Ghassan Salhab’s Godardian debut film is also his most accessible. Set in Lebanon at the end of the 80s, the film follows Khalil as he returns to Beirut under a new identity, forced to confront the old friends and comrades he left behind following his faked death a decade earlier. Phantom Beirut is a haunting exploration of the official silences and collective amnesias that stalk the lives of those who live through conflict. “A poem to a beloved city and its people” – Variety.