ARAB COMICS TODAY
THE NEW GENERATION
7/10 - 29/1/2022
It is no coincidence that the Arab youth’s modern renaissance in comics accompanied the revolutions in the Arab world that began a decade ago.
Book Signing . 15 November 2016, 5:30 PM - 7 PM
APOLLO ON GAZA SHORE
HOODA SHAWA
A book signing followed by a conversation with Hooda Shawa
Concert . 15 November 2016, 7 PM - 9 PM
AMAL KAWASH AND WESSAM ELALI
"QALANDIYA INTERNATIONAL" CLOSING
A music performance by Amal Kawash (vocals) accompanied by Wissam Elali (Oud)
Performance . 24 November 2016, 8 PM - 9:15 PM
WHERE CAN I FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU, ALI?
RAEDA TAHA
Written, produced and performed by Raeda Taha | Directed by Lina Abyad | Duration: 75 minutes | All proceeds of the play go to support the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation
Talking Music . 7 December 2016, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
KAMILYA JUBRAN
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation with the artist moderated by Khyam Allami
Talk . 9 December 2016, 4 PM - 5:30 PM
BEIRUT & BEYOND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PANELS
Two panels organized by the Beirut & Beyond International Music Festival
Talking Music . 20 November 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
DHAFER YOUSSEF
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation between Dhafer Youssef and Pierre Abi Saab
Screening . 28 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
3000 NIGHTS | MAI MASRI
The 1987 Intifada
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Mai Masri, moderated by Leila Shahid
Screening . 29 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE WANTED 18 | AMER SHOMALI
THE 1987 INTIFADA
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Amer Shomali, moderated by Rima Mismar, Executive Director of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC
Conference . 30 November 2017, 9 AM - 2:15 PM
CONFERENCE | THE 1987 INTIFADA
THE 1987 INTIFADA: HISTORY AND MEMORY
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, a conference day that aims to examine cultural production during and about the Intifada, with contributions by researchers, writers, artists, and filmmakers
Talking Music . 8 December 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM
YASMINE HAMDAN
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation with Yasmine Hamdan moderated by Pierre Abi Saab
Screening . 13 December 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
MACAM AT DAR
SHORTS SCREENING
In collaboration with the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum — MACAM: Screening of short films, followed by a discussion with Philip Joa
Beirut Art Film Festival . 3 November 2018, 6 PM - 6:30 PM
THE PIANIST OF YARMOUK
GÜNTER ATTELN AND CARMEN BELASCHK
Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death
Film Tuesday . 6 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
LEBANON IN TURMOIL
JOCELYNE SAAB
This film recounts the origins of the Lebanese conflict
Beirut Art Film Festival . 10 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
GRAFFITI MEN BEYROUTH
SARAH CLAUX
In the country of cedar trees, this new movement in street art gives a fresh voice to a youth who has long been ignored by its nation
Film Tuesday . 13 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
BEIRUT, NEVER AGAIN • FOR A FEW LIVES
JOCELYNE SAAB
Two short films from 1976
Album Release . 14 November 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
LAMMA TGHIBI
AHMAD KAABOUR
New album of the Lebanese singer
Beirut Art Film Festival . 17 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
UN CERTAIN NASSER
BADIH MASSAAD AND ANTOINE WAKED
Georges Nasser tells his own story of unprecedented success, struggles and disappointments
Film Tuesday . 20 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
LETTER FROM BEIRUT
JOCELYNE SAAB
Saab is like a character in her own story, returning to a country and a city that she no longer recognises
Beirut Art Film Festival . 24 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
MAY ZIADE: THE LIFE OF AN ARAB FEMINIST WRITER
MOHSEN ABD EL-GHANI
She firmly established herself as a vibrant female voice in what was clearly a man's world at the time
Film Tuesday . 27 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
A SUSPENDED LIFE
JOCELYNE SAAB
A tale of poetic truth, the film examines the ways in which war brings people together
Film Tuesday . 4 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
WAVES '98 • SAMT • THEN THEY SAID: REFUGEE
ELY DAGHER, CHADY AOUN, JACOB BOSWALL AND PERSIS LOVE
Three short films
Tribute . 5 December 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
IBRAHIM NASRALLAH
AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE POET AND NOVELIST
Moderated by Dr Ghada Sabih
Talking Music . 6 December 2018, 5:30 PM - 7 PM
LEKHFA
TAMER ABU GHAZALEH, MAURICE LOUCA AND MARYAM SALEH
Moderated by Abed Kobeissy
Screening and Talk . 8 December 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
QAIS AL-ZUBAIDI
THREE SHORT FILMS
'Away From Home', 'The Visit' and 'Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime'
Film Tuesday . 11 December 2018, 6 PM - 6:30 PM
BONBONÉ • CONDOM LEAD
RAKAN MAYASI • TARAZAN AND ARAB NASSER
Two short films
Dar Samaa' . 13 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
SABAH SINGS ABDEL WAHAB
MAHMOUD ZIBAWI
This collaboration started as early as 1945 and lasted until 1972
Film Tuesday . 18 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
LAST DAYS OF THE MAN OF TOMORROW • AYED
FADI [THE FDZ] BAKI • JAN BEDDEGENOODTS
Two short films
Exhibition and Panel . 12 December 2019, 7 PM - 9 PM
BORDERLANDERS
DANIEL MEIER & HUSSEIN BAYDOUN
People from the in-between spaces
Film Festival . 4 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
UNDERDOWN
SARAH KASKAS
A pulsating journey filled with harsh realities and an unbreakable sense of humor.
Musical Performance . 4 November 2021, 9 PM - 11 PM
TANJARET DAGHET & AUDYSEA
"ALMOST THERE" FESTIVAL
Opening concert for Almost There Film Festival - 5th edition
Film Festival . 7 November 2021, 8 PM - 10 PM
LIFT LIKE A GIRL
MAYYE ZAYED
In a busy, noisy, high-traffic street in Alexandria, Egypt, a seemingly vacant corner lot surrounded by chain link fencing is the training site of Egypt’s most elite champions – female weightlifters.
Film Evening . 23 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:25 PM
SEBASTIA
DIMA SROUJI
Sebastia, a small archaeological town, sits on top of a hill Northwest of Nablus, Palestine surrounded by Shavei Shomron, an illegal Israeli settlement and confiscated agricultural fields of olive groves and apricot trees.
Film Evening . 23 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 7 PM
IN VITRO
LARISSA SANSOUR & SØREN LIND
Set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. A vast bunker under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard.
Film Evening . 30 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:24 PM
I HATE CINEMA
WARD KAYYAL
Sami, a young boy who loves cinema, a famous director arrives at school to shoot a movie at the school. Sami seizes the opportunity to act.
Film Evening . 30 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 6:50 PM
MOONSCAPE
MONA BENYAMIN
Short film that takes the form of a music video for a ballad/middle-of-the-road song, performed as a duet between a male and female singer, in Arabic.
Storytelling Performance . 7 December 2021, 6 PM - 7 PM
THE FIG TREE
RAEDA TAHA
A journey through the memories of families and relatives, the smell of spices, the pistachio vendor, the loud chatter of passers by, the giggles and groans of the alleys and corridors of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Film Screening & Book Launch . 16 December 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
THE MEMORY OF CINEMA IN LEBANON
HADY ZACCAK
Encounter with director Hady Zaccak and the screening of his short films Lebanon through the cinema and The War Cinema in Lebanon followed by the presentation and signing of his latest book of The Last Show.. Biography of Cilema Tripoli.
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