Icarus Films Acquires U.S. and Canadian Rights to Lana Daher’s ‘Do You Love Me’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Icarus Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to documentary “Do You Love Me,” the feature debut by Lana Daher, ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere at SXSW in March. Lightdox is handling world sales. The trailer debuts below.

In a separate distribution deal, Rapid Eye Movies has acquired rights for Germany and Austria, with plans for a spring theatrical release. The company will present the film to exhibitors during the European Film Market in Berlin.

“We are happy and excited to release Lana Daher’s beautiful, innovative and deeply touching film ‘Do You Love Me’ in German cinemas this spring,” said Stephan Holl of Rapid Eye Movies.

Composed entirely of archival footage, “Do You Love Me” is “a playful and deeply personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, spanning more than 70 years of film, television, home videos, and photography,” Lightdox said. “Framed as a love letter to Beirut, the film explores the country’s collective psyche — shaped by joy and intimacy, destruction and loss — in a nation without a national archive, where images become acts of preservation, resistance, and renewal.”

The film had its world premiere at Venice Days and has since screened at major international festivals including IDFA, Doclisboa, Cairo Film Festival, Marrakech Film Festival and Hamburg Film Festival.

Upcoming screenings include Göteborg Film Festival, DocPoint, Antenna Documentary Film Festival, and SXSW, where the film will make its U.S. premiere.