All Lebanon articles
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Reviews‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’: Galway Review
Backed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, this Lebanon-set documentary presents a troubling portrait of life in Sabra and Shatila
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Reviews‘Machtat’: Visions du Reel Review
A trio of female wedding singers find freedom in their art in this involving Tunisian documentary
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Dania Bdeir, writer/director (Lebanon)
Bdeir’s short ‘Warsha’ has picked up over 45 festival awards.
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FeaturesArab Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Ziad Jallad, actor (Lebanon)
Jallad starred in Venice title ’Dirty Difficult Dangerous’.
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Reviews‘Riverbed’: Cairo Review
A mother and daughter struggle to reconnect in Bassem Breche’s imagery-led feature debut
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Reviews‘Dirty Difficult Dangerous’: Hamburg Review
Two refugees find love against the odds in modern Beirut
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NewsReclaim the Frame x International unveils participants in Filmonomics training programme (exclusive)
The Filmonomics course will be led by director of Birds’ Eye View Melanie Iredale and training manager Simone Glover,
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Reviews‘The Dam’: Cannes Review
Ali Cherri’s Directors’ Fortnight feature debut about a Sudanese brick-maker is a striking allegorical tale
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NewsIndie Sales boards Ali Cherri’s Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Dam’ (exclusive)
Lebanese director Cherri is also a celebrated artist whose work is currently showing at The National Gallery and Venice Biennale
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FeaturesQumra mentor Ghassan Salhab talks about his early career and his new Beirut vampire film
Senegalese-born, Lebanese-French director talks about his hands-off mentoring approach.
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Reviews‘Broken Keys’: Red Sea Review
Jimmy Keyrouz’s impressive debut feature chronicles the horrors of war-torn Syria
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NewsFront Row acquires stake in creative agency Operation Unicorn
Companies are already collaborating on an Arabic-language remake of ‘Intouchables’
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Reviews‘The Sea Ahead’: Red Sea Review
Ely Dagher’s striking first feature is a poetic look at a woman who returns home, finding a city she no longer recognises
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NewsMiddle East heavyweights Cedars Art, Ritix launch theatrical label Arab Motion (exclusive)
Joint venture spurred by burgeoning Saudi box office following the lifting of 35-year cinema ban.
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NewsLebanese director Michel Kammoun on shooting ‘Beirut Hold’em’ with a "large cast and a small budget"
’Beirut Hold ’em’ Kammoun’s his second feature following 2006’s ‘Falafel’
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News‘Memory Box’, ‘Casablanca Beats’ head to inaugural Red Sea Film Festival
Saudi Arabia’s new film festival unveils first eight titles for Arab Spectacular section.
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NewsAlgerian, Palestinian projects scoop top prizes at CineGouna Platform
The El Gouna Film Festival’s project development platform showcased 20 projects in development and post-production.
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News‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic’ wins top prizes at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival
In other prizes Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon clinches Fipresci prize and inaugural Green Award.
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Reviews‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’: Venice Review
A terrific debut from Mounia Akl set in a Lebanese mountain idyll – until the landfill arrives next door
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NewsMounia Akl on the battle to shoot ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ following Beirut blast
The Lebanese director’s debut feature was shot in the aftermath of the devastating August 2020 explosion.