3 Films by Hisham M. Bizri

A Film (2010)
A film poem about love, the work embodies the blurred moments between dreaming and waking life. A journey through melancholy and joy, childhood and adulthood, the film stems from the notion that life is a circular journey.

Song for a Deaf Ear (2008)
A meditative exploration of the insanity of war, specifically in Lebanon, the artist’s home country. In 2007, Bizri returned to Lebanon with his camera and created this film around the death of his neighbors 20 years prior. A collage of home videos, new footage, and fading images, the film undeniably affecting.

Asmahan (2005)
A film about famous Syrian singer, Asmahan, the filmmaker rearranges two of the actor’s famous B-films to create a new narrative reflecting the star’s life in colonial Egypt. Dream sequences and found footage explore the material quality of film itself, placing an emphasis on the effects of formal arrangement.
Learn more about Bizri and his work at his website.