STATE OF AGITATION

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  • Director: ELIE KHALIFE
  • Genre: FICTION
  • Duration: 73'
  • Year of production: 2020
  • Country: Lebanon
Living in Beirut, a highly enthusiastic filmmaker is in a state of hyper inspiration characterized by an overflow of contrasting ideas. As a consequence, his characters will go through compelling and extraordinary circumstances. To clear his mind, he heads north where a screening of his short films is scheduled in a rural public school. A series of encounters along the way will turn his world upside down.

ELIE KHALIFE

Elie Khalife studied cinema at ESAV-HEAD school of Geneva. He directed : “Taxi Service” (1996) and “Merci Natex” (1998) with Alexandre Monnier (awarded shorts) , and a medium length film “Yanoosak” (2010). He also directed “Yalla Aabelkon” (single-married-divorced) the successful Lebanese comedy of 2015 and “State of Agitation” (2020). He teaches filmmaking in many Lebanese Universities.