45th Parallel




Viennale 2022
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2022 (Winner)
Clermont Ferrand 2022
Cinema Vérité 2022 (Winner)
IFFR 2023




Director:
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
15min / 2022

Status: Complete

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Co-commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art; Mercer Union, Toronto; Spike Island, Bristol; and Western Front, Vancouver. The film is produced by LONO Studio and made possible with the generous support of Arts Council England, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ford Foundation.


Awards: 
Prix George for the Best Documentary Form


A monologue is performed in a building that inhabits the thickness of a borderline, telling stories of permeable borders and impermeable laws, reflecting on how free movement, free knowledge and free space are under threat.