“Director Lana Daher achieves something extraordinary. Through her meticulous, years-long, almost obsessive process, she has created a poetic film in a form we have never seen before.” —Jury Statement, Political Film Award of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung at Hamburg Film Festival 2025

“In Lebanon, there isn’t even a national archive, and this small film, just over an hour long, is an important step towards building a shared audiovisual memory: it is made up exclusively of archival footage that embrace about 70 years of the country’s history and culture. Do You Love Me confirms that in Lebanon, life can be very sad, but also very beautiful.” —Cineuropa

“Do You Love Me is a gripping personal cinematic essay that captures a country’s emotional memories with a subtle eye, but it’s also an entertaining, playful journey that reflects on the springs of collective memory.” —En Primera Fila

“Exhilarating! As freewheeling as a travelogue, Lana Daher’s mercurial documentary eschews talking heads and voiceover, drawing instead from more than 20,000 hours of archival footage to channel the resilient spirit of Beirut. Though composed of a huge volume of material, Daher’s documentary does not overwhelm, maintaining instead a remarkable rhythm that fluidly moves between calm, exuberance and disorder. Initially spurred by the erasure of Lebanon’s contemporary history in the country’s education system, [it] shows an alternative way of narrativising the past – one that moves away from the rigid confines of institutional models.” —The Guardian