A tattoo ritual and hookah session memorializes a pre-war flower shop. After seeing its storefront in archival footage of the Lebanese Civil War, a first-generation daughter seeks information and connection to place. Scenes of 1976 Beirut are paired with today’s modern landscape, while roses are etched and coconut coals burn in a snowy diasporic setting.
Christina Hajjar
CA 2023 | German Premiere
7 min | English
Best International Short Documentary
Lebanese Independent FF 2025
Christina Hajjar
The queer artist, writer and cultural worker lives in the Lebanese diaspora in Winnipeg, Canada.
christinahajjar.com
Films
Winter Road 2018 | Don’t forget the Water 2021 | The Landmarks of Memory 2023
R+E: Christina Hajjar | K: Laina Brown | Mit Nada Hajjar and Christina Hajjar