1971
Short film
Affiche contre affiche
An early work that announced Borhane Alaouié’s interest in image-making, public space, and political expression.
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Filmography
Films by Borhane Alaouié
A cinema of history, displacement, memory, and human connection.
Across fiction and documentary, Borhane Alaouié created films that observe lives shaped by war, exile, social change, and the search for dignity and connection.
Filmography
Archive entry forthcoming
1971
Medium-length film
Forrière
An early film made during the formative years of Alaouié’s practice.
1971 / 1975
Feature film
Kafr Kassem
A historical work centred on the 1956 massacre in the Palestinian village of Kafr Kassem, and a landmark of modern Arab cinema.
1976
Documentary
It Is Not Enough for God to Be with the Poor
A documentary attentive to social life, inequality, and political realities in the region.
1979
Documentary
Letter from a Time of War
A reflection on conflict, daily life, and the pressures of war.
1981
Feature film
Beirut the Encounter
A defining film of divided Beirut, following the fragile possibility of connection across a city fractured by civil war.
1982
Documentary
Letter from a Time of Exile
A film of displacement, correspondence, distance, and life lived away from home.
1985
Documentary
To You Wherever You Are
A work on separation, communication, and the experience of living across borders.
1991
Documentary
The Gulf War… What Next?
A film that considers the consequences of the Gulf War and the uncertain futures it left behind.
2007
Feature film
Khalass
A later work on conflict, exhaustion, and the emotional residue of war.
2008
Short film
Mazen wal Namla
A late work that continues Alaouié’s close attention to people, memory, and everyday experience.
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