'Displaced Pieces: A Spy Story' is a documentary about the young artist Rayyane Tabet. He was born in Lebanon, but his family history is closely linked to a famous archeological site in Syria: Tell Halaf. Tell Halaf was discovered in 1889 by the German diplomat Max von Oppenheim, who Tabet’s great-grandfather served as a secretary. At the same time, his great-grandfather was on a secret mission: gathering information on the excavations, spying for the government in Beirut. Working at the intersection of storytelling, sculpture and architecture, Rayyane Tabet takes this extraordinary story to the 21st century.

Mirroring Tabet's work, ‘Displaced Pieces’ unravels a story of war, deconstruction and reconstruction through art. The film almost intuitively raises questions about belonging - both on a personal level as well as in the context of the contemporary art world.

Displaced Pieces in De DocUpdate

In collaboration with Ammodo and Uur van de Wolf.

TV broadcast May 2nd 2020.

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Catherine van Campen
EDITING | Leon Noordzij
CREATIVE & EDITING ADVICE | Joost Seelen
CAMERA| Jefrim Rothuizen
ARCHIVE RESEARCH | Karin Mulder
SOUND | Mark Wessner
MUSIC & SOUNDSCAPE | Frans de Rond
SOUND DESIGN & MIX | Rob Dul
TITLE DESIGN | Sander Brouwer
GRADING | Michiel Rummens
POST-PRODUCTION | Rob Maas
PRODUCTION MANAGER | Eline van Wees, Anouk Houtman
PRODUCER BASALT FILM | Simone van den Broek
AMMODO | Oda Barten, Juliette de Wijkerslooth, Anne Dilven, Milou van Vlijmen