Bayna Hayakel Studio Baalbeck
In the Ruins of Baalbeck StudiosBayna Hayakel Studio Baalbeck shows the ruination of film heritage in Lebanon, navigated through the country’s cinematic heydays in the late 1960s and early 1970s – a period that witnessed a rise of Egyptian producers and directors moving to Lebanon to make films partly due to Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian cinema.
With
- Alexandre Paulikevitch (dancer)
- Nadil Semaan (Kodak Laboratory)
- Vano (Photoscope)
- Tony Cloudly (Tiamo Music Shop)
- Georges Nasser (film director)
- Abudi Abou Jaoude (film poster collector)
- Ibrahim Takkoush (ex film director)
- Jerome Abi Saleh (comparse)
Crew
Director | Siska |
Cinematography | Siska |
Editing | Siska |
Music | Sam Wilder |
Sound Design | Siska |
Sound | Siska |
Producer | Siska |
Produced by
Culture Resource
Siska
Siska graduated from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in Beirut with a master’s degree in cinema studies and film directing. He has been living in Berlin since 2009. His practice is often centered on archiveology examining sociopolitical narratives in relation to personal and collective pasts. Siska’s work often questions the ruination of Arab cultural heritage. His use of film language and codes of cinematography as strategic mediations to activate an archive allows him to experiment with new forms of storytelling and his own biography. Siska’s work has been exhibited internationally, including Gropius Bau, Berlin, Centquartre-Paris, Beirut Exhibition Center, Mosaic Rooms, London. Siska’s Bayna Hayakel Studio Baalbeck (2017) was part of Forum Expanded 2018.
Filmography
2009 Trio a study on horses in the city; 15 min. 2011 E.D.L (Eléctricité Du Liban); 21 min. 2012 Visit to the white house; 3 min. 2013 Golden Rush; 40 min. 2014 A tragic tale of fire, water, and radon; 3 min. 2015 Die Gespenterei 2; 6 min. 2017 Bayna Hayakel Studio Baalbeck; 48 min., Forum Expanded 2018 2019 Latent Border(s); 18 min. 2020 Independance Day A Work in Progress; 7 min. 2021 Das Kino Projekt
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022