{"id":64114,"date":"2022-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64114\/lebanese-film-suspended-wins-two-awards-at-final-cut-in-venice"},"modified":"2022-09-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T00:00:00","slug":"lebanese-film-suspended-wins-two-awards-at-final-cut-in-venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64114\/lebanese-film-suspended-wins-two-awards-at-final-cut-in-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Film &#8220;Suspended&#8221; Wins Two Awards at Final Cut in Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"At the 10th edition of Final Cut in Venice, a film by Lebanese filmmaker <B>Myriam el Hajj<\/b> and produced by <B>Abbout Productions<\/b>  entitled &#8220;Suspended&#8221; won two awards. The film won the Titra Films Award and the Mactari mixing auditorium award.<br \/>  <br \/>  According to their website, \u201cthe festival\u2019s purpose is to provide concrete assistance in the completion of films from Africa and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.\u201d It also aims to create channels for producers and directors to present their work-in-progress productions to distributors and \u201cfacilitate post-production and promote co-production partnerships and market access.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suspended by Myriam El Hajj just won two awards at the Venice Film Festival WIP platform final cut in the Venice: the Titra Films Award and the Mactari mixing auditorium award! We can\u2019t wait to see this work in progress come to life and to share it with the world! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CPXhHXvHx\">pic.twitter.com\/2CPXhHXvHx<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Abbout Productions (@AbboutProd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbboutProd\/status\/1566849001252704256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Born in 1983 in Beirut, <B>Myriam el Hajj<\/b> previously worked on the documentary film Treve (A Time to Rest,) which received several awards in its own right. <br \/>  <br \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/atlasateliers.festivalmarrakech.info\/en\/selection\/2020\/chronicle-of-amnesia\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspended<\/a> is centred around Lebanon\u2019s collapse and revolt. One of the main conflicts in the film is supposed to be the clash between the younger generation, represented by defeated 2018 parliamentary candidate Joumana Haddad and protest activist Perla-Joe, and the older generation, represented by Georges, a disillusioned but stubborn former Civil War fighter. <br \/>  <br \/>  Speaking about the film, el Hajj said that \u201cSuspended arises from the necessity of communication about intimate and universal questions: How can we change the nation in which we live? How can we find our place in a country that is haunted by a past that continues to pollute the present, and that is facing a revolution that has only just begun?\u201d    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" data-id=\"426437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2-250x170.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2-250x170.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2-600x408.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/64114-2.png 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 10th edition of Final Cut in Venice, a film by Lebanese filmmaker <B>Myriam el Hajj<\/b> and produced by <B>Abbout Productions<\/b>  entitled &#8220;Suspended&#8221; 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