1184799
1184799

To Remain in the No Longer

en 38m
DocumentaryHistory
Employing archival materials, interviews, and 16mm and digital film, the experimental documentary explores the political and cultural forces that have come to bear on the site—from its halted construction to its imposed abandonment and attempted reappropriations. How has architecture been instrumentalized in the ongoing construction of a national narrative? What is the role of architects in shaping society within corrupt ecologies of power and failed financial engineering? Film becomes a plastic medium to reframe the positivism of urban masterplans and architectural monuments and formulate a social critique. Modern structures under threat of collapse stand in as protagonists to tell the story of a promised metropolis that never came to be, while the fairground acts as a lens to look at implicit collapse beyond the perimeter of the site.

Director

Joyce Joumaa

Director of Photography

William Albu

Sound

Elia el Haddad

Line Producer

Rayane Karouta

Production Assistant

Mohammad Tartoussi

Editor

Kayla Fragman

Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada
  • Lebanon

Companies

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