Mondial 2010

TEDDY 40 2026

Mondial 2010 examines institutional borders in today’s Middle East. Using video as an apparatus, it traverses borders imposed on people beyond their control. Framed as a travel film along a trajectory that does not allow travel, it follows two male lovers in a context where homosexuality is a punishable felony. Shot with a hand-held camcorder, Mondial 2010 adopts the aesthetics of a travelogue, normalising the abnormal, and by doing so creates its own universe of possibility. It is a shift from mainstream, passive representations of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict that place the victim/oppressor at the forefront of the produced imagery. Instead, the film glides across this conflict with an upper hand.

by Roy Dib (Director, Screenplay)
with Abed Kobeissy, Ziad Chakaroun Lebanon 2014 Arabic 19' Colour

TEDDY 40

Mondial 2010 celebrated its Berlinale premiere in the 2014 Forum Expanded.

With

Abed Kobeissy
Ziad Chakaroun

Crew

Director	Roy Dib
Screenplay	Roy Dib
Editing	Roy Dib
Sound Design	Tunefork Recording Studio
Production Design	Tunefork Recording Studios
Producer	Roy Dib

Roy Dib

Roy Dib lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.

Filmography

2004 B Mitl Beirut 2011 Under a Rainbow 2012 Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear 2014 Mondial 2010; Forum Expanded 2014 · A Spectacle of Privacy; Forum Expanded 2015 2016 The Beach House 2017 Plain Secret 2018 Revisiting Hesitation

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026