For the second time around, Beirut's only animation festival is back to indulge your film fetishes with screenings, workshops and premières from May 2 to May 7. Get acquainted with the week's programme and mark it in your calendar.

The full schedule of film screenings is listed below:

May 2:
The Illusionist Dir. Sylvain Chomet 2010. 87mins. France/UK. 8.30pm (on invitation, limited seats for the public)

May 3:
Early Egyptian Animation (in the presence of Shwekar Khalifa, ASIFA Egypt) 56mins. 7.30pm
Tribute to Edgar Aho (curated by Jad Khoury). 8.30pm
Made in Slovenia (in the presence of Igor Prassel, Animateka Film Festival, Slovenia) 71mins. 10pm

May 4:
Anime series dubbed in Arabic. 90mins. 6.30pm
Best of Animateka (in the presence of Igor Prassel, Animateka Film Festival, Slovenia) 70mins. 8.30pm
Carte Blanche to Lina Ghaibeh 75mins. 10pm

May 5:
Best of Animadoc – Dok Leipzig 50mins. 7.30pm
From Comics to Animation 90mins. 8.30pm
International shorts program 1 95mins. 10pm

May 6:
Best of Elephant (in the presence of Igor Prassel, Animateka Film Festival, Slovenia) 63mins. 5pm
International shorts program 2 90mins. 6.30pm
Idiots and Angels Dir. Bill Plympton 2008. 75mins. USA. 8.30pm
Lebanese and Arab shorts 107mins. 10pm

May 7:
Eleanor’s Secret Dir. Dominique Monfréry 2009. 80mins. France. 5pm
Metropia Dir. Tarek Saleh 2009. Sweden. 80mins. 6.30pm
Closing ceremony/Agence du Court Métrage program 50mins. 8.30pm
Pierre Hébert live animation performances (with Mazen Kerbaj) 90mins. 10pm

Closing party will be held at Imm Nazih, May 7, 11.30pm

Throughout the duration of the festival at Metropolis Empire Sofil, an exhibition of artworks by Edgar Aho and Alex Baladi will be on display