Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Moonscape

Mona BENYAMIN 2020 Palestine color 17min DCP
The visuals in Moonscape merge surrealist scenes from the Arab music industry, re-enacted by the artist's parents, who play the roles of the singers in the film. The film uses found footage and archival references to explore the relationship between hope, nostalgia, and despair.

Director

Mona BENYAMIN

A visual artist and filmmaker born in Haifa in 1997. BENYAMIN’s works explore intergenerational perspectives on hope, trauma and identity. She works in a variety of media including painting, drawing, archival material and time-based media.

Mona BENYAMIN

2020 Moonscape

2018 Trouble in Paradise

Screenwriter: Mona BENYAMIN

Editor: Juna SULEIMAN, Mona BENYAMIN

Composer: Deema AZAR, Ghassan DIAB, Loay SROUJI

 

Mona Benyamin
monabenyamin2@gmail.com