{"id":13179,"date":"2026-04-17T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xposed-demo.hasans.de\/ive-heard-stories-ive-heard-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:14:36","slug":"ive-heard-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/ive-heard-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve Heard Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13179\" class=\"elementor elementor-13179\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59e979 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e59e979\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4443078 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4443078\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fba7cdb film-poster-container elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fba7cdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marwa-Arsanios-\u2014-I_ve-Heard-Stories-\u2014-Video-still-6-Arthur-Gruson.avif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12659\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marwa-Arsanios-\u2014-I_ve-Heard-Stories-\u2014-Video-still-6-Arthur-Gruson.avif 1440w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marwa-Arsanios-\u2014-I_ve-Heard-Stories-\u2014-Video-still-6-Arthur-Gruson-300x225.avif 300w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marwa-Arsanios-\u2014-I_ve-Heard-Stories-\u2014-Video-still-6-Arthur-Gruson-1024x768.avif 1024w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Marwa-Arsanios-\u2014-I_ve-Heard-Stories-\u2014-Video-still-6-Arthur-Gruson-768x576.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1a154 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b1a154\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402b563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"402b563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Retrospective Shorts<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c188bdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c188bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I've Heard Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37b1eb8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"37b1eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d482324 e-grid e-con-full qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d482324\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d0d2f e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19d0d2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1fb3ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1fb3ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sinema Transtopia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c166cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c166cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>24.05.2026 &#8211; 19:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2bc4e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bf2bc4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d860d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9d860d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve Heard Stories is a short animated film staging a story that<br \/>took place at the Carlton hotel in Beirut.<br \/>In this video, Marwa Arsanios attempts to piece together<br \/>rumors surrounding the now demolished Hotel Carlton. The<br \/>hotel was a popular meeting place for gay men living in Beirut,<br \/>Lebanon, where homosexual acts are considered illegal. At<br \/>that time (1973 to 1993), the hotel was also the setting of three<br \/>murders that might or might not have been related to these<br \/>sexual encounters.<br \/>Among the victim of these (probably) passionate crimes was<br \/>the Lebanese politician and businessman Henri Pharaoun.<br \/>Known as a collector and the richest man in Lebanon during<br \/>most of his lifetime, Pharaoun was stabbed multiple times by<br \/>an unknown assailant (his lover, driver or cook). Nora was the<br \/>only witness to this murder. The nature of the murders went<br \/>unreported.<br \/>The animation explores different ways of narrating Arsanios\u2019<br \/>reconstruction of the event through drawings and videos,<br \/>gossip and facts, in an effort to give these crimes their place<br \/>in the history of the city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e000e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b5e000e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-221b31a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"221b31a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Director: Marwa 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