Welcome to the Virtual Cinema screening room of MEMORY BOX in partnership with Frontline Online. This is your chance to see the award-winning, critically-acclaimed, boundary-pushing film from the Lebanese-French artist filmmaker duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Virtual Cinema extends the theatrical run of a film and gives back to cultural organisations by sharing box office returns.

DRAMA | FRENCH/ARABIC/ENGLISH | 102 MIN

Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia sent to her best friend from 1980’s Beirut. Maia refuses to open the box or confront its memories, but Alex secretly begins diving into it. Between fantasy and reality, Alex enters the world of her mother’s tumultuous, passionate adolescence during the Lebanese civil war, unlocking mysteries of a hidden past.

DIRECTORS Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
SCREENWRITERS Gaëlle Macé, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
CAST Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Cleménce Sabbagh, Hassan Akil


Q&A WITH DIRECTORS JOANA HADJITHOMAS & KHALIL JOREIGE
MARCH 17 6.30PM-8.30PM GMT
Join the Frontline Club for a Q&A with Memory Box directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, and hosted by associate lecturer in Film and Media at Birbeck University, Helen Dewitt.
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