Disorder

Upstairs Auditorium

A multi-layered portrait of the turbulent and pivotal years that Lebanon has been living, since the big collapse of October 2019 and the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020, through four stories mixing drama and dark comedy.

DISORDER presents four different points of view on the upheaval that abruptly changed the lives of the Lebanese.

Four directors contribute to depicting an uncompromising big picture of a country trapped in total chaos.

THE GROUP – 16:9 – Digital

When a group of activists gather in Beirut to plan an anti-establishment stunt, they discover that the authorities are recording their meetings.

MOTHERLAND – 16:9 – Digital

In 2020, Beirut, the country's uprising disrupts the lives of three sisters and their mother who haven't been honest with each other for a while.

DO NOT PANIC – 4:3 – Digital

After the Beirut Port explosion, Malek, a life coach who wants to commit suicide, bumps inadvertently into Saïd, his former client, on a bench in a park. Saïd decides to help him.

A PIECE OF HEAVEN – 2:39:1 – Digital

During his stand up comedy routine, Chaker says that the only solution to Lebanon’s problems is a meteor that would wipe the country out of the face of earth. Now, a real meteor is coming, and everyone thinks that it’s his fault.

2024 Winner Cinema for Humanity Prize - El Gouna Film Festival 

Host or Publisher Calgary Arab Arts & Culture Society