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Heart Of Sky - The Short Film

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons present ‘Heart of Sky’ - a unique short film collaboration with fast rising Lebanese director Jessy Moussallem. Playing in the minimal spaces between documentary and fiction, Heart of Sky is a moving portrait of the farming communities that cultivate and harvest Lebanese Red hashish in the closed world of the Bekaa valley, between the mountains of eastern Lebanon. Soundtracked by Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons with music from their album 'Heart of Sky', the film is a blend of raw intimacy and cinematic transcendence and paints a profound and elevated picture of the beating hearts and tender hands that work the fields of the illegal industry. Never an artist to take the road well-travelled, Lazarus made the decision not to make conventional music videos but instead to commission a short film based on the band’s second album Heart of Sky that would blur the line between fiction and documentary. “The cinematic qualities of the Heart of Sky album directed me to find a special filmmaker who could take various strands of the music from the album and weave them together in one visual masterpiece,” says Lazarus. “I wanted to find a cosmic basis for the work, a theme that was universal but also very personal and in Jessy’s idea to film the families of the people working in the Lebanese desert cultivating hashish I felt we had hit on the perfect idea. Working closely with Jessy on this movie has been a brilliant symbiosis and I feel the result is a work of significant beauty.” The film comes at a particularly timely moment as the Lebanese government looks to consider legalising the enormously profitable cannabis industry, said to be worth up to $1bn, to rescue its ailing economy. “While I was scouting for another film in the Bekaa valley a year ago, I came across a beautiful green stretch of marijuana. A group of women laborers were sitting on the ground surrounded by the spiky leaves, taking a break from their work and drinking tea as their children played beside them. The peaceful scene in the controversial setting made a strong impression on me,” explains Moussallem on the creative inspiration behind the film. “The hashish trade is illegal in Lebanon. Hypocritically, however, they are operated and protected by political sectarian militias who benefit from the profits. “This was a wild journey from start to finish. I lived in the valleys doing research for a month and a half, where I met people from every level of the industry. I spent time in the fields with the farmers, in manufacturing garages with the laborers, with outlaws in hiding, in the homes of small time dealers and the mansions of big time ones. Somehow, I worked my way up until I found myself in the presence of the Middle Easts’ Escobar. “After all this, my intuition led me back to the scene and the people that I first met, those who see the red hash as the valley’s gift, the community that tends to the fields. “The film blends documentary and fiction. The scenes were scripted around real people and real situations, people who, despite difficult working conditions and an existence that seems suspended between the valley and the sky, live and labour with gratitude for the gifts of the earth, and with faith in god and in each other.” Moussallem was given full reign to work with the music from 'Heart of Sky' in the film. The album itself was released in July 2018 through Crosstown Rebels/BMG. Buy/stream here https://DLATAM.lnk.to/HeartOfSkyID Born and raised in Beirut, Jessy Moussallem pursued her inclination for storytelling in film school at the Lebanese Academy of Arts with her diploma short film winning first prize at the European Film Festival. Moussallem’s most recent work, a music video ‘Roman’ for Lebanese indie-rock band Mashrou’ Leila won gold in the Young Director category at this year’s Cannes Lions, selected by Ridley Scott. ‘Heart of Sky’ was a co-production between Phantasm Paris, Clandestino Films, Caviar London and Crosstown Rebels / BMG. Credits: Production: @phantasm.tv @clandestinofilms @caviar.tv Executive Producers: @oliviermulr @wissamsmayra @rey_barakat @scorchshepherd Cinematography: @benoitsoler Editor: @carlosfontclos Colorist: @mathieucaplanne Producer: Eli Souaiby Line Producer: @marlenejaber Assistant Director: @melee_kt Production Coordinators: @jadnehmeh @sarah_hassoun Phantasm Production Coordinator: David Borens Production Manager: Sayed Abou Haidar Fixer: Peter Lichaa Steady Cam Operator: @farescorbani Post House: Nightshift Post Producer: @iam_mdxx VFX: Brunch Sound Design: Benzene Graphic Designer: Claire Dubosc Commissioner: John Hassay Music by: Damian Lazarus and the Ancient Moons Moons Manager: Ed Cartwright Shot in Lebanon in May 2018