In the valley of Beqaa in Eastern Lebanon, on the same grounds that were once (not so long ago) cultivated by Syrian workers, hundreds of refugee camps are set. In one of these camps, an award-winning director uses his trademark single-shot cinema verité style to leave his camera on rec mode and probes deep into the stories that single out each individual in the vast crowd, capturing this endless waiting time.
The Long Season
The Long Season
20th TDF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Script: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Pieter Van Huijstee
- Cinematography: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Ramia Suleiman
- Editing: Jelle Redeker, Jos Driessen
- Sound: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Ramia Suleiman, Ranko Pauković
- Music: Khyam Allami
- Production: Pieter van Huystee Film
- Producers: Pieter van Huijstee
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Netherlands
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 115'
- Contact: Films Transit International, janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Emerging Cinematic Vision Award – Camden IFF 2017, Regard Neuf Prize – Visions du Réel 2017
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Filmography
1991 Moving Objects
2001 De Stand van de Zon
2010 Stand van de Sterren
2017 The Long Season