Son of the sun is a poetry film written by Ibrahim Nehme and directed by Tanya Traboulsi. It traverses Nehme's healing journey following the Beirut port explosion, as he grapples with a severe foot injury and tries to find the meaning in it all.
The film follows the rising and setting of the sun, in a nod to the recurring sun references in the text. It was filmed against the monumental backdrop of Beirut's port, where more than 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded on August 4, 2020.
The movie is based on Ibrahim Nehme's text Son of the sun, which was written in the six months following the explosion at the Beirut port and first appeared on Mashallah News.
24 minutes, 2021
Direction, photography and editing: Tanya Traboulsi
Writing and voice-over: Ibrahim Nehme
Screened at DIAGONALE ‘23, LE FIFA, IDFA