ONCE REMOVED

  • Director: Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  • Genre: FICTION
  • Duration: 28'
  • Year of production: 2019
  • Country: Jordan
Considering himself a reincarnation of a dead soldier, historian Bassel Abi Chahine has the remarkable ability to recall details from the Lebanese civil war, which mostly took place before his lifetime. Standing in front of the projected photographs from his personal collection, Abi Chahine embodies the suppressed trauma hidden to his generation.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a “Private Ear”. His interest with sound and its intersection with politics originate from his background as a touring musician and facilitator of DIY music. Award recipient of the 2019 Edvard Munch Art Award, the 2016 Nam June Paik Award for new media and in 2017 his film Rubber Coated Steel won the First Prize at the Rotterdam International Film festival.