ARKIPEL

Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival

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Night is Day

Ghassan Salhab

2024, Lebanon

346 min, Stereo, HD, Color, Arabic, English subtitles

Sinopsis / Synopsis

Kumpulan rekaman dari situasi demonstrasi di Revolusi Lebanon 2019 dan dinamika eskalasinya hingga terhambat COVID-19. Film ini menempatkan ruang privat layaknya ruang demonstrasi dengan tuntutan yang bergeser ke institusi yang lebih kecil, seperti jaringan keluarga, memori, dan kerapuhan individu dalam proses menuju transformasi sosial.

A collection of recordings from the 2019 Lebanese Revolution demonstrations and the dynamics of their escalation until they were halted by COVID-19. This film treats private spaces as demonstration spaces, with demands shifting to smaller institutions such as family networks, memory, and individual fragility in the process of social transformation.

Director’s Biography / Biografi Sutradara

Ghassan Salhab berkolaborasi dalam berbagai skenario, dan mengajar perfilman di Lebanon. Ia telah menyutradarai film fitur: The Last Man (2006); 1958 (2009); The Mountain (2011) dan The Valley (2014). Semua film tersebut telah terpilih di berbagai festival internasional. Pada tahun 2010, Festival Film Internasional La Rochelle dan JC Carthage memberikan penghargaan kepada film-filmnya. Ia juga telah menerbitkan artikel di berbagai majalah, dan sebuah buku, “fragments du Livre du naufrage” (Amers Editions) pada tahun 2012.

Ghassan Salhab collaborates on various scenarios, and teaches film in Lebanon. He has directed feature films: The Last Man (2006); 1958 (2009); The Mountain (2011) and The Valley (2014). All films have been selected in various international festivals. In 2010, La Rochelle International Film Festival and JC Carthage made a tribute to his films. He has also published articles in various magazines, and a book, “fragments du Livre du naufrage” (Amers Editions) in 2012.


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