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Past event
29.4 Tue
2025
From 7:00 PM
To 8:35 PM

Locus Cordis / A Frown Gone Mad (91')*



A Frown Gone Mad / فتنة في الحاجبين
Documentary, director: Omar Mismar, Lebanon, 2024, 71 min, AR, with EN st.

A bootleg beauty salon in suburban Beirut continues to serve its clients amid turbulent times. As another war threatens to engulf the country, exacerbating political and economic crises, the business thrives: Botox, filler injections, and other skin rejuvenation treatments remain in high demand. Beyond mastering the art of erasing wrinkles, Bouba, the salon owner, possesses a natural talent for entertainment. As she treats her clients, she engages them in lively and amusing conversations, offering a revealing glimpse into Lebanese society: its resilience, fears, hopes, peculiarities, and contemporary obsessions. This first feature documentary by Lebanese visual artist Omar Mismar premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2024.

Followed by a film talk with Omar Mismar.

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16th ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin Taking place between the 23rd - 30th of April 2025  at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, City Kino Wedding, Kino in der KulturBrauerei, SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA, Wolf Kino, Spore Initiative and Gretchen, the 16th edition of ALFILM features a wide selection of feature films, documentaries, and short films, while masterclasses, panel discussions, talks, special screenings, and a closing party round off the varied programme. As in previous years, the festival promises audiences a cinematic experience of artistic merit and relevance to timely issues across two program sections. ALFILM Selection highlights the richness of the contemporary Arab cinema landscape with film productions from the past two years. In ALFILM Spotlight Canceled Futures, Endless Pasts: Speculative Fiction on and Archival Subversions of the (Post)colonial Condition, the genre of speculative fiction and the subversive use of the archive are at the centre of an artistic examination of the (post)colonial entanglements of the Arab region. Complete programme at https://alfilm.berlin/.

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