Slot in Memory (2013)

In Slot in Memory a 2013 short from Syrian filmmaker Khaled Abdulwahed images of war are only visible through a tiny crack in an otherwise dark frame Abdulwahed cuts between this crack and simple footage of children from Lebanons Sabra and Shatila refugee camps playing happily on a swing Abdulwahed has said he had initially set out to tell a more direct account of war and trauma but because he was physically unable to reach warzones inside Syria he felt he couldnt do such a project justice Instead filming the kids he discovered the swing they were playing on had a crack in it which inspired him to make the visual connection with the obscured war footage