Lebanon

Frescos of a Ruined Memory
Adnan Kayssi
Experimental
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Short
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19
 mins
Kamal, traumatized from his nightmares, projects his fears on his boyfriend Jad. Their relationship becomes unstable until one of them realizes he can’t go on with it.
It Gets Darker
Daniel Habib
Firas Abou Fakher
Horror
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Short
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23
 mins
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
Ibn El Ballad
Tony El Ghazal
Comedy
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Short
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12
 mins
After feeling like a stranger in his own country, Firas, a nine-year-old Jordanian-Lebanese boy, goes to extreme lengths to finally fit in.
The Window
Sara Kaskas
Drama
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Short
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16
 mins
A year after Beirut’s port explosion, Basma and Mariam reunite in their old bedroom. Surrounded by a view of the port’s remains, the two attempt to resolve their shared trauma and broken relationship.
Warsha
Dania Bdeir
Drama
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Short
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16
 mins
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
Les chenilles
Michelle Keserwany
Noel Keserwany
Drama
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Short
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30
 mins
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France.
Tamouzi
Ali Dekmak
Narrative
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Short
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13
 mins
The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences
Nadim Choufi
Animation
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Short
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18
 mins
Two protagonists narrate how the control, isolation, and exploitation of time including environmental life cycles, seasons, and organisms’ lifetimes form the blueprint to achieve sustainable closed worlds.
When Beirut Was Beirut
Alessandra El Chanti
Animation
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Short
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12
 mins
If these buildings could talk, what would they say? In this animated documentary, three of Beirut’s monumental buildings come to life and share their stories of Beirut’s unsettling history.
Mummy Blue
Daniela Stephan
Drama
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Short
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11
 mins
Dina is caged in a claustrophobic London flat, torn between caring for her reeling mother, and escaping to a better life. Incapable of choosing, Dina loses sight of what’s real and what’s fantasy.
The Land
Mohamad Sabbah
Documentary
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Short
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27
 mins
'The Land' documents the uprising of the people of Bisri and activists from all of Lebanon against the construction of the dangerous dam leading up to the Bisri Valley's liberation.
Bellydance Vogue
Hadi Moussally
Documentary
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Short
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5
 mins
Hadi’s birthday landed on the 3rd of April, 2020, during lockdown, and for the first time he celebrated it all by himself.
1982
Oualid Mouaness
Drama
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Feature
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100
 mins
Yara
Abbas Fahdel
Drama
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Feature
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101
 mins