The film is constituted of fragments of videos filmed by the Red Cross, during its intervention in Beirut, in August 1976. The plot focuses on the imaginary memories of a piece delegate, combined with those of a survivor, rescued by this delegate. The film places between the reality and the utopia, because the delegate saves the victims in a mystical way. The film transmits a meditative and enigmatic atmosphere.

Type
Workshops BA
Runtime
9 min
Year
2017
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:33 (4/3)
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
DSLR
Language
English
Direction
Ana Taran
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Editing
Ana Taran
Sound
Ana Taran
Photography
CICR archives

The film is constituted of fragments of videos filmed by the Red Cross, during its intervention in Beirut, in August 1976. The plot focuses on the imaginary memories of a piece delegate, combined with those of a survivor, rescued by this delegate. The film places between the reality and the utopia, because the delegate saves the victims in a mystical way. The film transmits a meditative and enigmatic atmosphere.

Type
Workshops BA
Runtime
9 min
Year
2017
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:33 (4/3)
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
DSLR
Language
English

Direction
Ana Taran
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Editing
Ana Taran
Sound
Ana Taran
Photography
CICR archives