UNDERNEATH THE VEIL

 





Logline

The film is about Lana Diamond, a young transgender woman who grew up in Lebanon in a muslim household, travels to Ukraine hoping to find freedom in her womanhood, only to flee the war, and emancipates as a female dancer in Berlin.


Director's Note

The way I met Lana is quite the story: I went to a bar in Berlin and randomly asked someone for a cigarette: this person was Lana Diamond. A week later, we started shooting the film. From that moment on, since it was my first documentary, Lana's story was so rich that I decided to have almost no interference with it and very little planning, only a camera to capture it all. And just like that, the film shot itself.

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CREDITS


UNDERNEATH THE VEIL (2023-2024)

Short Documentary Film | Drama, Coming of Age | Berlin, Germany


Cast

Lana Diamond

Crew

Direction

Director        Elisa Ward

1. Assistant director            Sigridur Gylfadottir

Camera & Light
DoP                 Kenza Tazi

Camerawoman             Kenza Tazi & Elisa Ward

DIT                Elisa Ward

SoundSound Recorder                 Elisa Ward

ADR                 RecorderJames Waweru

Mixing engineer                 James Waweru
Sound designer                Elisa Ward


Production company

Metfilm School Berlin

Producer         Sigridur Gylfadottir

Assistant Producer     Beatriz Coimbra

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