45th Parallel
Toronto Biennial 2022 (Winner)
Viennale 2022
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2022 (Winner)
Clermont Ferrand 2022
Cinema Vérité 2022 (Winner)
IFFR 2023 CPH:DOX 2023 GSFF 2023 (Winner)
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.
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.