MY OWN PERSONAL LEBANON
My Own Personal Lebanon is a short documentary following the attempts of a young Greek filmmaker to connect with his distant Lebanese half by discovering his mother's secret stories of the war.
The film explores the emotional tension between national and personal identity through a conversation in a car, two installations in Athens, a book about Beirut and three spoken languages.
Direction: Theo Panagopoulos
Executive Producers: Emma Davie, Amy Hardie, Noé Mendelle
Cinematography: Giorgos Karalias
Editing: Andrada Neacsu, Theo Panagopoulos
Music: Alexandra Katerinopoulou
Sound: Simon Howard
Producer: Theo Panagopoulos
Official selections
Encounters Short Film Festival, September 2020 (Bristol, UK)
Doc Lisboa International Film Festival, October 2020 (Lisbon, Portugal)
Greek Documentary Association Festival ,December 2020 (Athens, Greece)
London Short Film Festival, January 2021 (London, UK)
Shortlisted for Iris Award Best Student Film, February 2021 - Hellenic Film Academy
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, May 2021 (Glasgow, UK)
Barnes Film Festival, June 2021 (London, UK)
Winner Odysseus Award - Beyond Borders International Doc Festival Kastellorizo August 2021
AegeanDocs, October 2021 (Lesvos, Greece)
Micro Short Film Festival, October 2021 (Athens, Greece)
Online screening Good Wickedry - Tape Collective, February 2022 (UK wide)
Youth Film Access, Scotland, April 2022 (Glasgow, UK)
Glasgow Zine Library, July 2022 (Glasgow, UK)
Screened as part of Encounters Film Festival retrospective, September 2022 (Bristol, UK)
Balkan Beyond Borders, December 2022 (Athens, Greece)
Refugee Week Greece, June 2023 (Athens, Greece)
Kyiv International Short Film Festival, September 2023 (Kyiv, Ukraine)