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.
30 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 6:50 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.
30 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:24 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.
23 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 7 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.
23 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:25 PM
THEIR ALGERIA
LINA SOUALEM
After 62 years of living together, Aïcha and Mabrouk, Lina’s grandparents, have decided to separate.
26 October 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
THE SINGER
KASSEM HAWAL
A singer is expected in the palace for the dictator’s birthday celebrations. The festivities commence, but the singer’s car collapses on the road.
21 September 2021, 6 PM - 8 PM
200 METERS
AYMAN NAYFEH
Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the wall. One day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has had an accident.
8 September 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
ASFOURI
FOUAD ALAYWAN
It's Beirut in the 1970s. Karim lives with his family in a traditional building built by his grandfather Abu Afif. One day the residents meet to discuss restoring the building, but they cannot agree on what color to paint its facade.
13 July 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
IF, ONE DAY, THE PEOPLE
BORHAN ALOUIÉ
Testimonies of ordinary people
4 February 2020, 6:30 PM - 7 PM
A CITIZEN, A DETECTIVE AND A THIEF
DAOUD ABDEL SAYEF
Salim reports his car's theft and befriends the detective
16 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:45 PM
LAND OF FEAR
DAOUD ABDEL SAYEF
An undercover drug dealer with the license to kill
15 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:45 PM
THE SEARCH OF SAYED MARZOUK
DAOUD ABDEL SAYED
A peculiar billionaire dressed as a tramp
14 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:30 PM
FERTILE MEMORY
MICHEL KHLEIFI
The lives of two Palestinian women
24 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
1000 & 1000 NIGHTS AND REFUGEES FOR LIFE
HADY ZACCAK
Followed by a Q&A with the director
11 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
FOUR SHORT FILMS
FOUAD ELKOURY
Followed by a Q&A with the director
3 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
UNCLE NASHAAT
ASEEL MANSOUR
Aseel understands the reasons behind his broken relationship with his father
28 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
MAY IN THE SUMMER
CHERIEN DABIS
Cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show
21 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
THE RIVER
FOUAD ELKOURY
The banal story of a separation
20 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
THE COUNCIL
YAHYA ALABDALLAH
The film is about two students' journey
14 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE UNBEARABLE PRESENCE OF ASMAHAN
AZZA EL HASSAN
Behind her delicate face are dark secrets
7 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
WELCOME TO BEIRUT & MOVING OUT
FOUAD ELKOURY
Two shorts by the Lebanese photographer
30 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
LETTRES À FRANCINE & JOURS TRANQUILLES EN PALESTINE
FOUAD ELKOURY
Two shorts by the Lebanese photographer
16 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
REVISITING TARAB
FOUAD ELKOURY
Retracing moments between Lebanon, New York and Sharjah
2 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
THE TOWER
MATS GRORUD
Inspired by real-life interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
26 June 2019, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY
JEAN CHAMOUN
Rami lives his experience in the city
25 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
SUSPENDED DREAMS
JEAN CHAMOUN
A community shattered by war
18 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
WOMEN BEYOND BORDERS
JEAN CHAMOUN
Three pioneering Palestinian women
10 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WAR GENERATION – BEIRUT & HYMN FOR LIBERTY
JEAN CHAMOUN
Two short documentaries from the early works of Jean Chamoun
4 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
MILK, CARNATION AND A GODLY SONG
NIGOL BEZJIAN
An attempt to understand the evolution of Armenian intellectual, literally and spiritual history from pagan times to the present day
21 May 2019, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
GOHA
JACQUES BARATIER
Starring Omar Sharif and Zina Bouzaiade
18 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
ALI BABA ET LES 40 VOLEURS
JACQUES BECKER
Starring Fernandel and Samia Gamal
17 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
AMAL
MOHAMED SIAM
A compelling journey from childhood to adulthood
17 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
KAFR KASSEM
BORHAN ALAOUIÉ
The residents are trapped by the Israeli military
24 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
NOURHANE, A CHILD'S DREAM
MAY KASSEM
A film centred around passion and love
5 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
HOLD ON MY GLAMOROUS
SHIRIN ABU SHAQRA
Her voice is heard almost every day on Arab radio stations
25 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
BROKEN DINNERS, POSTPONED KISSES
NIGOL BEZJIAN
Six Syrian artists narrate their stories
21 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
SECTOR ZERO
NADIM MISHLAWI
The film examines the area’s peculiar history, using it as a metaphor for Lebanon’s troubled past
12 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
GATE #5
SIMON EL HABRE
The film follows truck drivers whose lives revolve around waiting at the city’s port
5 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
THEEB
NAJI ABU NOWAR
Theeb chases after Hussein and embarks on a treacherous journey across the Arabian Desert
29 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM
BLESSED BENEFIT
MAHMOUD AL MASSAD
Ahmad’s straightforwardness, sense of humour and sharp mind help him make friends and find tranquillity in the daily rhythm of prison life
22 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE LAST FRIDAY
YAHYA AL ABDALLAH
This film is a sober tale, set in Amman, of a marginalised man, a compulsive gambler, who is struggling to survive and making the best out of a difficult life
15 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
WHEN MONALIZA SMILED
FADI HADDAD
Monaliza is confronted by a community of nosy and quirky stereotypes
8 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM