At Last, a Tragedy

synopsis

The filmmaker has created a slowly flowing and melancholy tale of an all-encompassing sense of emptiness, layered in collage-like images of Damascus and Beirut, old VHS videos from her childhood, and personal moments from the present day, and voyeuristically shows us a woman’s text messages with her close friend.

biography

Maya Shurbaji (1979) studied cultural management in Spain and worked for the Beirut-based production company Bidayyat, which focuses on documentary and experimental films. She produced several short films Now End of Season and Land of Doom. Her works have been shown at the Berlinale.

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