A woman, too afraid to leave her house begins to make a series of calls to authorities reporting suspicious activity happening outside her window. 

We kick off our premiere podcast with a conversation with Farah Kassem about her award-winning short documentary film, Cleaning Schaerbeek (Belgium/Lebanon), available to stream for a limited number of days on docsinorbit.com, courtesy of the filmmaker.

Film Critics describe this film as "an equally intelligent and amusing essayistic look at paranoia and the obsession with security". 

We caught up with Farah through Skype to talk about her filmmaking process and making “interior based” films.

Relevant Links: 

• Watch Cleaning Schaerbeek
• Hammana Artist House : multidisciplinary art residency space with a focus on performing arts, located in the village of Hammana near Beirut, Lebanon
• Chicken & Egg Pictures: platform supporting women nonfiction filmmakers, providing financial grants and creative mentorship.