Leyla Assaf-Tengroth

In 1975, the Lebanese wars started when Maroun Bagdadi ended his first feature film "Beirutya Beirut". Did the war give an identity to Lebanese cinema? Productions of documentaries, action movies, actor films, co-productions, and emigration. Since 1975, the war has remained a major subject for feature fiIms shot in Lebanon. This is a history of stories about war and cinema.

Filmed in post-war Beirut, Leyla Assaf-Tengroth's "Frihetsligan" proposes a trajectory around the city guided by an unusual little girl, hustling to find her bearings in a place that appears both hostile and inspiring.

A documentary about young girls forced into marriage.

For 30 years Leyla Assaf-Tengroth have known Chadia and her daughters and followed the family's colorful personalities. She have seen the children grow up.She have seen some of them develop into rebels, others more resigned. There are major contradictions within the family that mainly concern tradition or renewal. By telling about Chadia and her daughters and the rest of the family, she mean's that she is simultaneously reflecting the great religious, ideological and political conflicts going on in the Middle East.