A sense of imminence pervades Dream of Another Summer, Irene Bartolomé’s film that’s set in Beirut. A sense that something could happen at any moment, perhaps something terrible.
Bartolomé, a native of Barcelona, has made Beirut her home for the past six years. She lived through one of those moments of cataclysm – the August 2020 explosion that leveled part of the city, killing more than 200 people. The blast, powerful enough to be felt in nearby countries, was triggered by the ignition of a huge supply of ammonium nitrate improperly stored at the port.
Bartolomé’s feature screened at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece just days after its world premiere at CPH:DOX.
For the filmmaker and others living in the city, the explosion brought home “the true meaning of destruction,” Bartolomé writes in a director’s statement. “However, I was unable to record the moment, not
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