Warsha

At a glance

Warsha, is a 2022 Lebanese movie, directed by Dania Bdeir, and starring Khansa, Kamal Saleh, Hassan Aqqoul. with a runtime of 16 minutes.

Overview

Warsha is a short Lebanese film following a Syrian migrant who works as a crane operator in Beirut and volunteers to take a shift on one of the city's most dangerous cranes. High above the noise and chaos of the city, suspended between sky and skyline, he discovers an unexpected freedom — a private space entirely his own, far removed from the marginalization and invisibility of migrant life below. The film is deliberately quiet, relying on the visual poetry of height and isolation to articulate a moment of profound inner liberation. Warsha earned international festival recognition for its ability to say so much with so little.

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