Octopus surfaced during trauma, in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Port of Beirut explosion. The film silently navigates that unfolding, giving space to the myriad of existential questions birthed by the enormity of the happening. Questions of unexamined worldviews, of suffering and meaning, of collective purpose, and of many other quiet thoughts strewn amidst the rubble. What are we saying when we say nothing at all?

Screenwriter Karim Kassem
Cameraman Karim Kassem
Editing Alex Bakri
Producer Karim Kassem
Screen Productions
kassem.karim6@gmail.com


IDFA 2021. – Best Film - Envision ZagrebDox 2022. - Jury Special Mention True/False 2022.