LIKE A SPIRAL
Lamia Chraibi | Canada 2024 | 28 Min. | French, English, Arabic with engl. subtitles
SUNDAY, 11.05. | 5:15 pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
Part of the Short Film Programm ISA II
Austrian premiere
The collapsing economy and the political situation in Lebanon reinforce the invisibility of migrants under the yoke of the traditional Kafala system. The stories of five exploited women who have come to Beirut to work as domestic servants echo through the streets of the city. Caught as if spiraling downward in life, they lift themselves up not to sink into oblivion.
In LIKE A SPIRAL, an expressive dialog unfolds between sound and image – an important film at a time when female migrant workers in particular are endangered by a lack of political support.
Director: Lamia Chraibi
Camera: Ariane Lorrain
Editing: René Roberge
Sound: Lamia Chraibi, Patricia Bergeron
Production: Productions Leitmotiv – Patricia Bergeron, Ghassan Fayad
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Selections in festivals:
Vancouver International Film festival 2024 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal 2024 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2025 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Festival Filministes 2025 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
IFFO – The International Film Festival of Ottawa 2025 (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
BIOGRAPHY
Lamia Chraibi is a French-Moroccan filmmaker based in Montreal. She is particularly interested in the themes of social justice, identity, family and territory. She also deals with subjects related to body language and social art. The human being is at the heart of her approach. Her studies in social science (Sorbonne, Paris) and in documentary (INIS, Montreal) have shaped her sensitive and committed vision of the world. Her art is nourished by her identity questions, her migratory journey and her travels. Lamia’s cinema is based on time and the trust established with the protagonists. With a poetic approach, her camera gives a voice to the forgotten from diverse backgrounds.
Filmography: LIKE A SPIRAL, 28 min, Documentary, 2024, CIRCO, 88 min, Documentary, 2024, STATU QUO, 10 min, Experimental, 2020, AMAZON VOICES, 52 min, Documentary, 2015
