Studio Ragheb

We had a wonderful time being back in Athens, Ohio for 💛 So many incredible films and even more incredible people (including Pittsburgh icons Tony Buba and )!! And it was such a joy to screen FLORENCE IS FOR LOVERS with such a warm audience 🫶✨

And as a bonus we even spotted the AIFVF mascot 🐶 on the road home (see last photo)

Scotland, here we come!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our latest short film FLORENCE IS FOR LOVERS is having its international premiere at Alchemy and Moving Image Festival ()! We couldn’t be happier to be to be attending such an incredible fest in a place so dear to us (did you know they even host a festival cèilidh?!?)

UK friends, come on up/down to Hawick on May 2nd and say howdy! 🤠

We’re included in a program of eight films that survey myths and monsters, anxiety and trauma, in relation to land, place, identity and the seasons. The program was curated april forrest lin 林森, who writes, “In Florence is for Lovers by Lily Ekimian Ragheb and Ahmed Ragheb, text-to-speech translations and Hi8 tape configure an uncanny travel vlog to the eponymous city. Structured through reticent responses to a persistent stranger, this docu-fiction is an ode to place complete with morbid anecdotes and handheld close-ups.”

ALL HAIL FRIDA MARZOUK!! 🎥 We had the immense honor of working with Frida on our short film She Sings, which is included in Cinelogue’s retrospective of her ethereal cinematography!

Magnetic Pursuit of Feeling: The Cinematography of Frida Marzouk, curated by Nataleah Hunter-Young, streaming now via !

Image 1: Frida filming Frida in a still from She Sings
Image 3: capturing some behind the scenes of the shoot in Cairo

🔗 Head to the link in our bio to watch She Sings and to check out the other incredible moving images captured by the legend herself!

📣 We’re beyond thrilled to be announcing our latest short film FLORENCE IS FOR LOVERS, which will be premiering at next month!! We adore this fest and are so honored to be back!

If you’re free on April 14th and fancy a trip to the best Athens west of the Atlantic, join us for our world premiere!

🎬 FLORENCE IS FOR LOVERS: A fragmented encounter on a Tuscan train leads to an unsettling meditation on intimacy, violence, and communication in this part-travelogue, part-city symphony. This experimental docu-fiction short takes the nostalgia of Hi8 tape and the emotional distance of text-to-voice translation to create a new kind of travel film.

A huge thank you to the Thomas Edison Film Fesival for awarding Capitol Limited! 💛 TEFF is a traveling festival - it’s not just one screening but a year-round tour at universities, museums, cultural centers and more, so stay tuned for where you might be able to catch our film in 2026! 🚂✨

Entering: Green Street. Doors will open on the right! 🚇

Our short film Capitol Limited will be featured in ’s upcoming show Influx/Outbound, curated by Ariel Hou! 🎞️✨

The show will be on view at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery () at the Green Street T-Station from February 19th to March 28th.

We’re so bummed to miss the opening reception but if you happen to find yourself on the Orange Line, stop on by!!

Opening Reception: 2.21.26
Closing Reception: 3.27.26

Boston Cyberarts Gallery
141 Green Street, Boston

We 🫶 Nagada!! We had an amazing time filming for our friends at ! If you weren’t hip to their gorgeous clothes (or insanely tranquil Dokki villa), now you are!! ✨

She Sings is “an experimental masterpiece”?? “Dream-like and ethereal”?? A “perfect watch at 4:20 A.M.”???? Well that’s all according to the fans on Letterboxd but don’t just take it from them!! YOU can stream it now at the link in our bio on both and YouTube! 🎥✨

We’d rather be in Pittsburgh ☹️☹️ LA Edition 🌴