Joude Gorani

Batroun, in northern Lebanon. A couple tries to take advantage of an afternoon at the beach. She is attracted to three handsome, virile hoodlums who disturb the tranquility of the otherwise perfect day. Their brutality angers the owner of a beach hut, who threatens them. Violence erupts everywhere. The woman's reaches another extreme.

Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.

The Barada, the river around which the city of Damascus was built, is drying up. The film follows his journey through the city, its neighborhoods, its inhabitants, its noises and its smells.

The Barada, the river around which the city of Damascus was built, is drying up. The film follows his journey through the city, its neighborhoods, its inhabitants, its noises and its smells.