Imagine Film Festival: In This Darkness I See You

Name: Imagine Film Festival: In This Darkness I See You
Start: 2026-11-06T12:20:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-06T13:45:00+00:00
Location: LAB111

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In 'In This Darkness I See You', director Nadim Tabet tells the story of Tarek, a Syrian deserter working as a construction worker in a hostile Lebanese village. You see how old wounds and a dark village secret haunt him. To be seen during the Imagine Film Festival at Lab111 Amsterdam.

Imagine Film Festival: In This Darkness I See You

Dates

Fri 6 Nov12:20 - 13:45

Location

LAB111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, 1054 PD Amsterdam

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A Syrian deserter in a hostile Lebanese village

Tarek is a Syrian deserter trying to build a new life as a construction worker in a remote Lebanese village. The villagers do not accept him. Old wounds and mistrust define the atmosphere. Tarek soon notices that the village also hides a dark secret, which gets closer and closer to him.

Horror as a mirror of a fraught history

Director Nadim Tabet uses the horror genre to depict the tense relationship between Lebanon and Syria. The Syrian occupation of Lebanon in the 90s left deep scars in both societies. Tabet translates that history into a film that heads towards a violent conclusion, with themes such as xenophobia, exclusion and intolerance.

An urgent film about living together

With In This Darkness I See You, Nadim Tabet makes a film that reaches beyond the region. The questions he asks about living together, exclusion and collective memory are also recognizable and relevant outside the Middle East. The film can be seen during the Imagine Film Festival at Lab111 in Amsterdam.