Synopsis

The Upper Gate was about Sidon (The capital of the south of Lebanon), the filmmaker Arab Loutfi’s home town; in which she wove a history of the city through the stories of its people. In her film she tries after the 1982 Israeli invasion, which caused so much damage and chaos, to reconstruct her own memories of the place offering accounts of herself, her sister Maha, her uncle and her friends, interspersing them with newspaper clips and personal photographs to illustrate her preoccupations and concerns in relation to Sidon at different times.

Director Biography

Film maker, writer, journalist and Film Faculty at (AUC)

Graduated from the High Cinema Institute 1976. After working for many years on feature films, with Mohammad Khan and Atef Altayeb, she moved to documentary filmmaking.

She was a jury member in many film festivals including Aljazeera film festival, Dubai International film Festival, Docu-days film festival, Ismailia Film Festival and others.

She was a Guest of Honor and a visiting Artist in many international film festivals and events.