All hail the 9th Edition of the Lebanese Film Festival, ‘Probably the best place to watch Lebanese movies’. Revel in the majority-Lebanese films of all shapes and sizes, showcasing all that’s new and hot on the local independent scene.




Program details

Thursday 19
Cinéma 1

7pm
Opening ceremony

7:30pm

Takhabot by Ghassan Halwani: a Lebanese video clip ; duration: 6 minutes; made in 2010

Masmou7 lasek al e3lanat by Tarek chemaly: an Expérimental Lebanese film ; duration:7 minutes; made in 2010. (VO Arabic /ST Arabic)

Hinkerort Zorasune by Vatche Boulghourjian: a Lebanese fiction film ; duration: 29 minutes; made in 2010 (VO Armenian/ST English)

Le Temps de la Balle by Hervé Jacubowicz: a foreign fiction film; duration 29 minutes; made in 2010; (VO French, English /ST Anglais)




Friday 20
Cinema 1

6:30pm
Fi intidar Dounia by Samar Kanafani: a Lebanese experimental film; duration 15 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Arabic /ST English)

Vulnérable by Reine Mitri: a Lebanese documentary; duration: 52 minutes; made in 2010 ; (VO Fr, Ar/ ST English)

8pm
Les Arabes aiment les chats by Akram Zaatari & Lilianne Giraudon; a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 9 minutes; made in 2009; (no dialogue, music accompaniment by Sharif Sehnaoui)

Conversations with Changes by Shirin Abou Chaqra: a Lebanses animated film; duration: 12 minutes; madie in 2010; (VO Fr, Eng / ST English)

Bel Sama by Tania Choueiri: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 13 minutes; made in 2009; (VO arabic/ST English)

Al Mathana by Rami Kodeih: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 19 minutes; made in 2010; (VO arabic/ST English)

Friday 20
Cinema 2

6:30pm

Al a3chab al hawja' by Roy Arida: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 14 minutes; made in 2009; (VO arabic/ST French)

Zakira kassira by Marwan Khneisser:  a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 8 minutes; made in 2010; (VO arabic/ST English)

Kil el assafir bi sawfir by Roy Khalil: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 14 minutes; made in 2009; (VO arabic/ST English)

Hollow Mirrors by Wassim Tanios: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 20 minutes; made in 2010; (VO arabic/ST French)

8pm

Beirut Skinhead Movement by Khaled Ramadan & Joanne Mucho: a Lebanese experimental film; duration: 15 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST English)

La7za ma3 'Abou Rakan' by Christophe Katrib: a Lebanese experimental film; duration 4 minutes; made in 2008; (VO Arabic/ST French)

Love Talk 1 & 2 by Sirine Fattouh: a Lebanese documentary; duration 9 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Arabic/ST French)

Metel kel A7ad by Sami Succar: a Lebanese animated film; duration: 4 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST English)

Akh Ursula Akh by Lucin Bourjeily: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 8 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST English)

Ya ma7la l nawawai by Gabriel Zarazir: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 16 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST English)

9:30pm

Le temps d'un soupir by Patrick Sfeir: a Lebanese animated film; duration: 5 minutes; made in 2010; (VO french/ST English)

My Status by Nathalie Sejean: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 6 minutes; made in 2009; (VO English)

Para La Eternidad by Elie Lamah: a Lebanese animated film; duration: 16 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Spanish, Ar/ST English)

Tout va mieux by Christophe Karabache: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 40 minutes; made in 2009; (VO French/ST English)

Saturday 21
Cinema 1

6:30pm

The latest Vampire by Bane Saleh: a Lebanese experimental film; duration: 5 minutes; made in 2009; (VO French, English)

Al Ankad by Roy Arida:  a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 19 minutes; made in 2010; (VO French, English)

Beirut...Hide & Seek by Darine Hotait: A Lebanese Fiction film; duration: 35 minutes; made in 2010; (VO arabic, French/ST English)

8pm

Raksit Leila by Chady Aoun, Jad Sarout and Yasmine Sarout: a Lebanese video clip; duration 4 minutes; made in 2010

Fog el Nakhl by Pedros Temizian: a Lebanese video clip; duration 4 minutes; made in 2010

Feseteen by Diane Farah & Jowe Harfouche: a Lebanese video clip; duration 4 minutes; made in 2010

Wehde by Amin Dora, David Habchi, Tania Saleh, Ashley Choucair and Nadim Saoma: a Lebanese video clip; duration 4 minutes; made in 2010

Maddening day by Sandra Arslanian: a Lebanese video clip; duration 3 minutes; made in 2010

Bullets gently dancing over my head by Pedros Temizian: a Lebanese video clip; duration 5 minutes; made in 2010

Smile of pain by Assil Ayyash: a Lebanese video clip; duration 3 minutes; made in 2009

Disposable Valentine by Wissam Charaf: a Lebanese video clip; duration 3 minutes; made in 2010


Zartir Vortyag by Michelle Hallit: a Lebanese video clip; duration 3 minutes; made in 2010


General Suleyman by Gigi Roccati: a Lebanese video clip; duration 4 minutes; made in 2010


Urinal Blues part 1 by Elyse Tabet: a Lebanese video clip; duration 2 minutes; made in 2010

Welia by Zeid Hamdan: a Lebanese video clip; duration 3 minutes; made in 2008


No On Knows About Persoan Cats by Bahman Ghobadi: a Foreign fiction film; duration: 101 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Persian/ST English)

Saturday 21
Cinema 2

6:30pm

Deyrouth by Chlo Maszlo: a Lebanese animated film; Duration: 17 minutes; madie in 2010 (VO Arabic/ST English)

8pm

Cent visages pour un seul jour by Christian Ghazi; a fiction film; duration: 63 minutes made in 1972; (VO Arabic/ST French)

9:30pm

Back to the roots by Samer Ghorayed: a Foreign documentary; duration: 12 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Italian, English/ST English)

Little Stones by Tamara Stepanyan: a Foreign documentary; duration: 27 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Armenian, English, Ar/ST Eng)

Essay from a Room by Rana Salem: a Foreign documentary; duration: 28 minutes; made in 2010; (VO English, Danish, Ar, Fr/ST English)


Sunday 22
Cinema 1

6:30pm

Terres de pommes de terres by Ziad Antar: a Lebanese experimental film; duration 4 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Arabic/ST English)

Zahra Al Mansiya by Riham Assi: a Lebanese Documntary; duration 16 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST English)

Wadi Khaled by Christophe Karabache: a Lebanese Documntary; duration 15 minutes; made in 2008; (VO French/ST English)

November by Mirella Salame: a Lebanese fiction film; duration 24 minutes; made in 2010; (No Dialogue)


8pm

10 Beiruti minutes by Ashraf Mtaweh: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 13 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST english)

Au Milieu des Autres by Renee Awit: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 20 minutes; made in 2010; (VO English, Fr, Ar/ST english)

Les Aiguilles by Jessy Moussallem: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 12 minutes; made in 2010; (VO French)

Quite Quite by Marc Abiad: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 22 minutes; made in 2010; (VO Arabic/ST english)

DRU by Jihane Chouaib: a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 15 minutes; made in 2009; (No Dialogue)


Cinema 2

6:30pm

Kama Kala Al Cha3er by Nasri Hajjaj: a Foreign documentary; duration: 58 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Ar, Eng, Fr, Por, Heb, Kurde/ST Eng)

8pm

Chou Sar? by De Gaulle Eid: a Lebanese Documentary; duration: 75 minutes; madee in 2010; (VO Arabic, French/ST English)

9:45pm

Maman, le Liban et moi by Olga Nakkas: a Lebanese Documentary; duration: 72 minutes; made in 2009; (VO Arabic, French/ST English)

Monday 23 - Closing

Cinema 1

7pm

Closing ceremony - Bank Audi Best Film Awards

8pm

Domaine by Patrick Chiha; a Lebanese fiction film; duration: 110 minutes; made in 2009; (VO French/ST English)