Programs Calendar Films

The starting point of Replay (bis) is the idea of rupture in a time and place that are undefined. The story, which might have been experienced or dreamt, is repeated in various forms. The images appear as reminiscences of the past, as well as attempts to reconstruct a narrative. These attempts make room for one final long shot: A view of Beirut today, at the time of the dusk prayer; as if this last image, inducing contemplation, had become the filmmaker’s ultimate way of relating the story.

Born in 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon, Lamia Joreige studied cinema and painting at Rhode Island School of Design, USA, from which she graduated with a BFA in 1995. She presented her work in various film festivals, including The Images Festival, Toronto, La Cinemathèque, Paris, The Rotterdam International Film Festival, and The Mediterranean Festival of Cinema, Montpellier. She has had solo exhibitions at ACAF & Townhouse gallery, Egypt, 2004, Nicéphore Niépce Museum, France, 2003, Nikki Marquardt Gallery, Paris, 2000, and Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Beirut, from 1999 to 2004.