E muet 

Film Program

E muet 

Followed by a Q&A sessio
In collaboration with Ashkal Alwan

Tuesday 4 June 2024 from 19:30 to 21:30

The screening of E muet by Corine Shawi is part of a longer film program of Home Works 9 by Ashkal Alwan.

E muet 

Dir. Corine Shawi, 2013

55”, Lebanon

In Arabic and French with English subtitles

E muet is a documentary narrating the story of Nano and Rajwa between 2008 and 2013, chronicling their passion and anguish, understanding their intricate selves, and exploring love’s hidden corners. Shawi enters their worlds to find answers to her own questions, their lives become a stage for her to experience new forms of love. 

Corine Shawi (b. 1981, Lebanon) is a filmmaker who explores notions of taboo, kinship, friendship, and love. Her debut documentary, Les Femmes Bonnes, follows Doulika’s life between Lebanon and Sri Lanka over a period of six years. Shawi’s later works Oxygen (2007), Affinity (2007), Film of Welcome Farewells (2009), Love You Forever (2010), as well as What I Fear Does Not Exist (2022).