Performance
A Production by Münchner Kammerspiele
2020
Performance - KINAN HMEIDAN
Voice Over - JULIA RIEDLER
based on texts by Jean-Luc Lagarce – It’s only the end of the world
credits
Dramaturgy and artistic concept - KRYSTEL KHOURY
Video - RABELLE ERIAN
Camera - RITA HAJJAR
Stage - ANDREA PEREZ FU
Fotos - KHALED MOSTAFA Khaled Mustafa
Producer - CHARLOTTE HESSE
Arabic with English and German surtitles
A Production by Münchner Kammerspiele
2020
Performance - KINAN HMEIDAN
Voice Over - JULIA RIEDLER
based on texts by Jean-Luc Lagarce – It’s only the end of the world
credits
Dramaturgy and artistic concept - KRYSTEL KHOURY
Video - RABELLE ERIAN
Camera - RITA HAJJAR
Stage - ANDREA PEREZ FU
Fotos - KHALED MOSTAFA Khaled Mustafa
Producer - CHARLOTTE HESSE
Arabic with English and German surtitles
FOR THE LAST TIME
Why all this effort in striving for change and wanting to color the images stored in our memory? Why all this strain in figuring out answers, in trying to fit and reshape spaces and memories that might vanish in one instant?
I build up and destroy.
I am building up to destroy. One more time.
Why all this weariness and quest for new surroundings, when at the end all appears to be one? Yes, One. Syria, Germany, Ghana, Afghanistan, Switzerland…
The essence lies in us, whether here or there. On top of or under the ground, we are the essence.
“I will not be where I was and where I will always be.
I will hide in huge spaces, in a hole and I will lie to myself and I will mock myself.
I am on a visit, ” he said.
For the last time?
Why all this effort in striving for change and wanting to color the images stored in our memory? Why all this strain in figuring out answers, in trying to fit and reshape spaces and memories that might vanish in one instant?
I build up and destroy.
I am building up to destroy. One more time.
Why all this weariness and quest for new surroundings, when at the end all appears to be one? Yes, One. Syria, Germany, Ghana, Afghanistan, Switzerland…
The essence lies in us, whether here or there. On top of or under the ground, we are the essence.
“I will not be where I was and where I will always be.
I will hide in huge spaces, in a hole and I will lie to myself and I will mock myself.
I am on a visit, ” he said.
For the last time?
Rabelle Ramez Erian is a director, editor, and producer whose practice explores a range of cultural and socio-political themes, such as immigration, urban development and connecting communities. Working with different international partners, she mainly creates and produces creative documentaries that showcase character-driven stories. In addition to her film practice, Rabelle is proficient in translating Arabic, German and English content. She also initiates and realizes inter-cultural projects, exhibitions, plays and art performances.
Rabelle was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Munich, Germany in 2010 to study Art and Multimedia at the Ludwig Maximilian University. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree, she enrolled at the University of Television and Film in Munich to study filmmaking. She currently holds a German Diploma in documentary film directing and journalism for television, which is equivalent to a Master of Science. During her studies, she was awarded a scholarship by the Petra Matusche Foundation for outstanding non-EU students. She has directed, assisted, and edited several documentaries, as well as fictional films. Since 2015, her work has been screened at several international film festivals, for example, Loikka Dance Film Festival in Helsinki, Dok.fest in Munich, and Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
Taking the initiative to spread awareness about the topic of colonial artifacts in Europe and their restitution, she co-created the ongoing project between Egypt and Switzerland “Return Shepen-Isis” alongside film and theater director Milo Rau and Egyptologist Dr. Monica Hanna. In addition, she was the dramaturg of the interdisciplinary project “BLACK LAND” (2022) in cooperation with Elena Sinanina and the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.
In 2021, Rabelle worked as a dramaturg assistant at the Maxim Gorki Theater. As a digital producer, Rabelle worked with Ong Keng Sen at the 5th Berliner Herbstsalon to execute the “Young Curators Academy”. In 2018, she worked with the Open Border Ensemble at the State Theater “Münchner Kammerspiele”. Her first project as a translator and interpreter was a trilingual production called “What they want to hear” by Lola Arias. Later on, she joined the creative team in productions by Rene Pollesh and Toshiki Okada.
Rabelle's interest in art also includes curating exhibitions. For example, in 2017, she assisted in the programming of the international film festival UNDERDOX and co-curated the accompanying video biennale VIDEODOX, an exposition for video art from Bavaria.
From 2011 to 2014, Rabelle taught visual arts for children and young adults at Kunstwerk-Haidhausen, a private art school, as well as at SchlaU Schule, a center for young refugees in Munich. Following her passion for education, she also conducted filmmaking workshops for children at the Museum Brandhorst and the Kreisjugendring, a youth center organized by the local district in Munich.
Rabelle was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Munich, Germany in 2010 to study Art and Multimedia at the Ludwig Maximilian University. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree, she enrolled at the University of Television and Film in Munich to study filmmaking. She currently holds a German Diploma in documentary film directing and journalism for television, which is equivalent to a Master of Science. During her studies, she was awarded a scholarship by the Petra Matusche Foundation for outstanding non-EU students. She has directed, assisted, and edited several documentaries, as well as fictional films. Since 2015, her work has been screened at several international film festivals, for example, Loikka Dance Film Festival in Helsinki, Dok.fest in Munich, and Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
Taking the initiative to spread awareness about the topic of colonial artifacts in Europe and their restitution, she co-created the ongoing project between Egypt and Switzerland “Return Shepen-Isis” alongside film and theater director Milo Rau and Egyptologist Dr. Monica Hanna. In addition, she was the dramaturg of the interdisciplinary project “BLACK LAND” (2022) in cooperation with Elena Sinanina and the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.
In 2021, Rabelle worked as a dramaturg assistant at the Maxim Gorki Theater. As a digital producer, Rabelle worked with Ong Keng Sen at the 5th Berliner Herbstsalon to execute the “Young Curators Academy”. In 2018, she worked with the Open Border Ensemble at the State Theater “Münchner Kammerspiele”. Her first project as a translator and interpreter was a trilingual production called “What they want to hear” by Lola Arias. Later on, she joined the creative team in productions by Rene Pollesh and Toshiki Okada.
Rabelle's interest in art also includes curating exhibitions. For example, in 2017, she assisted in the programming of the international film festival UNDERDOX and co-curated the accompanying video biennale VIDEODOX, an exposition for video art from Bavaria.
From 2011 to 2014, Rabelle taught visual arts for children and young adults at Kunstwerk-Haidhausen, a private art school, as well as at SchlaU Schule, a center for young refugees in Munich. Following her passion for education, she also conducted filmmaking workshops for children at the Museum Brandhorst and the Kreisjugendring, a youth center organized by the local district in Munich.