71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
2026 – 71st edition

The Diary of a Sky

El diario del cielo
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Lebanon
 - 2024
The film unfolds an atmospheric symphony of violence over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts. This video essay plunges viewers into a chilling chronicle of daily life transformed by the weaponization of the air, where the terror of repeated incursions becomes a disconcertingly banal backdrop.
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Contemporary artist and audio investigator born in 1985 in Ammam, Jordan. His investigations focus on sound and linguistics and have been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and as advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International together with fellow researchers from Forensic Architecture. He received his PhD in 2017 from Goldsmiths College University of London and in 2021 completed a professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he developed his research (airpressure.info). Past fellowships have been held at the University of Chicago and the New School, New York. His filmography includes films such as ‘Rubber Coated Steel’ (2016), ‘Walled Unwalled’ (2018), ‘45th Parallel’ (2022, award-winning at Clermont-Ferrand) and ‘The Diary of a Sky’ (2024, selected for Vision du Réel and IndieLisboa).
DIRECTOR
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Amir Afshar, Ghalya Albani, Larissa Aoun, Jad Atoui, Zeinab Awada, Ahmad Beydoun, Myriam Boulous, Hussein Borji, Jamal Chaiito, Zakia Drano, Nader Elatrache, Samer el Khoury, Sahar Ghaddar, Ahmad Ghossein, Nabil Hamdan, Ali Hmeidan, Maha Hoteit, Issa Hojeij, Mohamad Jawad, Nesrine Khodr, Adel Kudsi, Dj Madam, Huda Mirza, Ali Nahhas, Mahdi Najem, Kamal Nehme, Samer Noun, Tariq Qiblawi, Hiba Salman, Ali Shaib, Jube Siba, Hussein Srour, Zahra Wehbe, Aya Yaman, Jaber Yemen, Mahdi Zeinaldin, Elie Zehlewe
EDITOR
Mohamed A. Gawad
SOUND
Moe Choucair
PRODUCTION
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
CAST
Mazen El-Sayed (El Rass)
RUNNING TIME
45 min.
TYPE
Short film
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
COUNTRY
Lebanon
CONTACT
DIRECTOR
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Amir Afshar, Ghalya Albani, Larissa Aoun, Jad Atoui, Zeinab Awada, Ahmad Beydoun, Myriam Boulous, Hussein Borji, Jamal Chaiito, Zakia Drano, Nader Elatrache, Samer el Khoury, Sahar Ghaddar, Ahmad Ghossein, Nabil Hamdan, Ali Hmeidan, Maha Hoteit, Issa Hojeij, Mohamad Jawad, Nesrine Khodr, Adel Kudsi, Dj Madam, Huda Mirza, Ali Nahhas, Mahdi Najem, Kamal Nehme, Samer Noun, Tariq Qiblawi, Hiba Salman, Ali Shaib, Jube Siba, Hussein Srour, Zahra Wehbe, Aya Yaman, Jaber Yemen, Mahdi Zeinaldin, Elie Zehlewe
EDITOR
Mohamed A. Gawad
SOUND
Moe Choucair
PRODUCTION
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
CAST
Mazen El-Sayed (El Rass)
RUNNING TIME
45 min.
TYPE
Short film
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
COUNTRY
Lebanon
CONTACT

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