E muet by Corine Shawi

Join us for the screening of E muet by Corine Shawi at the Sursock Museum. The film will be followed by a Q&A session. 

Date: June 4 - 7:30PM

Duration: 55min

Language: Arabic and French with English subtitles

This event is part of Home Works 9: A Forum on Cultural Practices.

Looking forward to seeing you!

E muet is a documentary narrating the story of Nanou and Rajwa between 2008 and 2013, chronicling their passion and anguish, understanding their intricate selves, and exploring love's hidden corners. Shawi enters their world to find answers to her own questions, their lives become a stage for her to experience new forms of love.

Corine Shawi is a filmmaker who explores notions of taboo, kinship, friendship, and love. Her debut documentary, Les Femmes Bonnes, follows Doulika’s life between Lebanon and Sri Lanka over a period of six years. Shawi’s later works include Oxygen (2007), Affinity (2007), Film of Welcome and Farewells (2009), Love You Forever (2010), as well as What I Fear Does Not Exist (2022).