Year of Production
2019
Country of Production
Lebanon
Running Time
6 min
Ghazal
Jana Younes

Ghazal, in Arabic, is a form of amatory flirt or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A young woman is either getting ready to leave or coming back from a night out. A young man sets up domino pieces. With a sudden power outage, both are triggered by the light left in the space. What begins doesn’t seem to end; what ends never seems to have begun. There is no such thing, at the level of love, that causes must precede effects. Ghazal is a playful game of time and the direction of its flow. The dance sequence is a one-backwards-shot that only reveals itself in subtle moments.

10 x 10: Dance on Film
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