LAST DAYS OF THE MAN OF TOMORROW • AYED
FADI [THE FDZ] BAKI • JAN BEDDEGENOODTS
Two short films
18 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
BONBONÉ • CONDOM LEAD
RAKAN MAYASI • TARAZAN AND ARAB NASSER
Two short films
11 December 2018, 6 PM - 6:30 PM
WAVES '98 • SAMT • THEN THEY SAID: REFUGEE
ELY DAGHER, CHADY AOUN, JACOB BOSWALL AND PERSIS LOVE
Three short films
4 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
A SUSPENDED LIFE
JOCELYNE SAAB
A tale of poetic truth, the film examines the ways in which war brings people together
27 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 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
20 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
BEIRUT, NEVER AGAIN • FOR A FEW LIVES
JOCELYNE SAAB
Two short films from 1976
13 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
LEBANON IN TURMOIL
JOCELYNE SAAB
This film recounts the origins of the Lebanese conflict
6 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY
JAN BEDDEGENOODTS
A film screening and a Q&A with the director
30 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
WAJIB
ANNEMARIE JACIR
'As per local Palestinian custom'
23 October 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
INFILTRATORS
KHALED JARRAR
This film is a visceral 'road movie' that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians
16 October 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
NAZARETH 2000
HANY ABU-ASSAD
The story unfolds through the eyes of two cynical, funny and wise gas station attendants
9 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
WITNESS FROM THE EAST
AYED NABAA
The film sheds light on Hirokawa’s arrival to the Dalia kibbutz in the Galilee Heights and the outbreak of the 1967 War
2 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
OUT OF LIFE
MAROUN BAGHDADI
The painful experience of a French journalist taken as hostage in a war-torn Beirut
25 September 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
LEBANON, THE LAND OF HONEY AND INCENSE
MAROUN BAGHDADI
The film recounts stories of the Civil War from the experience of two French doctors
18 September 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
BEIRUT OH BEIRUT
MAROUN BAGHDADI
Maroun Bagdadi's first feature, completed and screened on the eve of Lebanon’s Civil War
11 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
LITTLE WARS
MAROUN BAGHDADI
The story of Lebanon’s civil war in 1975 through three characters
4 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
WAVES
AHMED NOUR
In the extraordinary Egyptian city of Suez, the Egyptian revolution was born and the film features its entire special divided story
31 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:10 PM
RAGS AND TATTERS
AHMAD ABDALLA EL-SAYED
The film is a journey of one man’s search for an identity, during the first few days of the Egyptian revolution
24 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
LIVING SKIN
FAWZY SALEH
A documentary that explores the lives of Shoushou and Mohammad Farag, two children who live and work in the tanneries in Egypt
17 July 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY
TAMER EL SAID
Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker, is struggling to captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life
10 July 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
CHAOS, DISORDER
NADINE KHAN
Manal, Zaki and Mounir are in their twenties, living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew
3 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM
HEDI
MOHAMED BEN ATTIA
Hedi is a simple young man. He is not very talkative, not very reactive and does not expect much from the life that is traced for him
26 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
THE SEA IS BEHIND
HICHAM LASRI
In this ramshackle world, between fantasy and fantastic, lives a man, Tarik. Tarik wears makeup and dresses as a woman
19 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN
KARIM MOUSSAOUI
Mourad is a businessman who rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now he's a new man who wants to stay away from trouble
12 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
AS I OPEN MY EYES
LEILA BOUZID
A few months before the revolution, Farah turns 18. She joins a politically-engaged band of musicians and discovers freedom and love against her mother Hayet’s will, who is more conscious of Tunisia and its taboos
5 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
OMAR
HANY ABU-ASSAD
Separated by the Wall that snakes through the occupied West Bank, Omar has become adept at dodging surveillance bullets in order to climb the wall and visit the beautiful Nadia
22 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
EYES OF A THIEF
NAJWA NAJJAR
The film is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the inside
8 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
FEAST OF THE INHABITANTS • SOUP OVER BETHLEHEM
LARISSA SANSOUR
Sscreening of two short films by Larissa Sansour
24 April 2018, 7 PM - 7:30 PM
SCI-FI TRILOGY
LARISSA SANSOUR
Screening of three of Larissa Sansour’s films – 'A Space Exodus' - 2009, 'Nation Estate' - 2012, and 'In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain' - 2016
17 April 2018, 7 PM - 7:45 PM
LAST DAYS OF THE MAN OF TOMORROW
FADI [THE FDZ] BAKI
A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle
10 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
WAVES '98 • SILENCE
ELY DAGHER • CHADI AOUN
In the framework of 'Film Tuesdays', Dar El-Nimer would like to invite you to the screening of two animation shorts: 'Waves ’98' by Ely Dagher and 'Silence' by Chadi Aoun
3 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
HOME SWEET HOME
NADINE NAOUS
The director returns to her native Lebanon due to the financial difficulties of her father, the principal of the Lebanese Rabie School in the southern suburb of Beirut. The family home forms the venue for frequent lively and often humorous discussions. From these debates emerges the recent history of the country and the way political change has irreversibly transformed society
27 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
MY FATHER LOOKS LIKE ABDEL NASSER
FARAH KASSEM
Mostapha, in his late 70's, suffers from a sleeping disorder. His daughter comes to visit him home while he's running some medical tests. The film dwells in various intimate moments that the daughter tries to capture all along her stay, trying to get answers to all her questions, before it's too late
20 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
MY FATHER IS STILL A COMMUNIST
AHMAD GHOSSEIN
Maream is the mother of 4 kids, her husband Rachid worked abroad for more than ten years. From 1978 to 1988, Mariam's correspondence with her husband happened through audio cassettes that she sent with travellers
13 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
YAMO
Rami Nihawi
The film recalls the family's forgotten and scattered past through a love story that combined religions, nations, ideologies and wars while contemplating the destiny that awaited such a love story
6 March 2018, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
THOSE WHO REMAIN
ELIANE RAHEB
Al Shambouk is one of the highest mountainous areas in Lebanon. It is located in the Akkar heights and is only a few kilometres away from Syria. It is the homeland of Haykal, a 60- something-year-old Christian farmer.
27 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
CHILDREN OF BEIRUT
SARAH SRAGE
Sarah Srage was born in Beirut. She debuted her career by working in scenography, and then as a journalist in a TV station. Living in Paris since 2009, she perused her studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris school, Elsa Cayo studio, and then specialized in Documentary Film Making at Lussas (MA). “Children of Beirut” is her first feature film.
20 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
'IN BETWEEN WARS' & 'LEGO HOUSE'
YARA BORRELLO
Yara Borrello is an Italian-Lebanese filmmaker who graduated from USJ-IESAV in 2017, and she has so far directed four documentaries.
13 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
THE ONE MAN VILLAGE
SIMON EL HABRE
This screening, which is presented in collaboration with MC Distribution and Beirut DC, will be followed by a Q&A with director Simon El Habre.
6 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
THE WANTED 18
AMER SHOMALI
Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist, using painting, films, digital media, installations, and comics as tools to explore and interact with the sociopolitical scene in Palestine.
30 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
GHOST HUNTING
RAED ANDONI
Born in Palestine in 1967, Raed Andoni started his career in cinema as an independent producer in 1998. He co-founded the production company Dar Films.
23 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
STITCHING PALESTINE
CAROL MANSOUR
Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories and their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery.
16 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM