On the Impossibility of an Homage vs Yalla Habibi!
On the Impossibility of an Homage and Yalla Habibi! are tied on audience score (10/10). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 30m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Yalla Habibi!| On the Impossibility of an Homage | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 19m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Germany | Canada |
| Director | Xandra Popescu | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
Where to watch
Where to watch On the Impossibility of an HomageWhere to watch Yalla Habibi!
More like On the Impossibility of an Homage · More like Yalla Habibi! · Compare other titles