Malak Mroueh

Malak Mroueh

lebanon, Nabatieh

Malak Mroueh is a filmmaker born in Nabatieh, South of Lebanon. She has directed several short films and essays around the themes of queer bodies, archives, and violence.

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Rupture Divine 2019 (10)

After her mother discovers her relationship with Dana, Maya undergoes electroshock conversion therapy and starts to hallucinate.
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Emergence ظهور (Micro-Commissions #3: Insecure) 2020

Four filmmakers and videographers were invited by the Beirut Art Center (BAC) to make a short narrative film using only recordings from the 6 security cameras set up in the BAC’s space. During the preparations for these commissions, a heavier reference imposed itself onto the visual imaginaries tied to the CCTV footage, and that is the anticipation of the disaster that rushed into the intimacy of our lives and demolished our shelters.
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Courage 2021

Courage is comprised of eight poetic acts written by Dayna Ash that tackle identity, freedom, and being queer in the Middle East—where the dominating discourse aims to dim and erase their existence. The “closet” is portrayed as a labyrinth of societal norms and traditions that bodies must navigate to survive, rendering coming out and the spectrum in-between as equally courageous acts.