Sun, Oct 25
National Museum of Libya / Libya / 2025Film

I Am Libyan.

A short film for the reopening of Libya's National Museum in Tripoli, closed for 14 years, that follows a falcon through Libyan history from around 3000 BC.

Brand
National Museum of Libya
Market
Libya
Region
MENA
Year
2025

The challenge

Libya's largest museum, in Tripoli's Red Castle, closed in 2011 during the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi. The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity began renovating it in March 2023, and it reopened in December 2025 (Reuters, via Gulf Times). Katara Studios made the film to celebrate the reopening.

The idea

In Katara Studios' words, 'A falcon lifts from the stillness of the Libyan desert, and time begins to move.' Following its flight, the film passes through the Tehenu tribes around 3000 BC and the Vandal, Roman and Ottoman eras, surfacing the Three Graces of Sabratha, the mummy of Wan Muhuggiag, the emperor Septimius Severus and Omar Al-Mukhtar, the Lion of the Desert. It ends with the falcon back in the desert, joined by the people and histories it has carried, before Al Saraya Al Hamra, which the entry calls 'a timeless symbol of Libyan identity and unity' (MUSE).

Case study source: MUSE Creative Awards Source ↗

Awards

Credits

Production
Katara Studios
Director
Ahmed Al Baker
Cinematographer
Stephen C. Whitehead
Editor
Maryam Al Sahli
Composer
Greg M. Johnson
Executive producer
Mahmoud Hamaky
Colourist
Ahmed Essam

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