Screening
Jury Recommendation
Villages of the Absent
Omar Shami Nasr
Lebanon / Col / 4' 45" / In Arabic with English subtitles
Recommended by Ying Liang (Asian New Force Category)
This poetic documentary depicts the slow passage of time in Ain Bal, a village drowning memories of a livelier past, and inhabited by few elders, a mute lady, and a schizophrenic man.
