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Jocelyne Saabs 'What's Going On?' World Avant Premire
March 12, 2010 12:27
The Australian Cinémathèque presents the World Avant Première of Jocelyne Saab’s new film, What’s Going On?, completed only a month ago. St.George Bank BIFF screened Jocelyne Saab’s last film Kiss Me Not on the Eyes in 2006.
What's Going On? is a poetic exploration of the imagination of a writer and a portrait of Lebanon's capital city Beirut. The film travels through culture, love and the written word and seizes the best of Lebanese roots.
The film’s scriptwriter Joumana Haddad comments on What’s Going On? “The film is not only about the beauty of Beirut. It’s about the truth of Beirut, which is sometimes beautiful, sometimes not. It’s not trying to portray Beirut as an amazing, wonderful city. It’s not. It’s trying to get into the ribs, inside the flesh, and trying to portray the city from inside. Sometimes it’s ferocious.”
What’s Going On? World Avant Première
Event Details
Saturday 13 March, 3.30pm
Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art
Free admission. No bookings required.
What’s Going On? screens as part of the ‘Eating My Heart’ section of Promised Lands film programme presented by the Australian Cinémathèque. For more information on that program, visit http://qag.qld.gov.au/cinematheque/current_programs/apt6_cinema/promised_lands/eating_my_heart
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Location: (QSL)
Contact: Australian Cinémathèque
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