The 6th edition of The Cinema Days of Beirut

This event, bound to be one of the most exciting cultural happenings in Beirut, will take place between the 16th and the 26th of September 2010 at Metropolis Empire Sofil, Achrafieh.

The 2010 edition will showcase an eclectic selection of feature and short films from all corners of the Arab World,… creative documentaries, foreign films that deal with the Arab World as well as films from the Arab cinema heritage. This edition will also have retrospectives, a master class held by filmmakers Ghassan Salhab and Tariq Teguia as well as a pitching session for Arab documentary filmmakers in the presence of local and international producers.

The full selection:
Feature Films
Every Day Is a Holiday كل يوم عيد – Dima El Horr* LB / FR / DE 84′ 2009
Harragasحرّاقى – Merzak Allouache* DZ / FR 103′ 2009
Inland (Gabbla) الڨبلة – Tariq Teguia* DZ / FR 138′ 2008
Laila’s Birthday عيد ميلاد ليلى – Rachid Masharawi PS / TN / NL 70′ 2008
The Long Night الليل الطويل – Hatem Ali* SY 94′ 2009
The Mountain الجبل – Ghassan Salhab* LB 85′ 2010
Pomegranates and Myrrh المرّ والرمّان – Najwa Najjar* PS 95′ 2009
Son of Babylon ابن بابل – Mohammad Al Daradji* IQ / UK / NL 90′ 2009
Zindeeq زنديق – Michel Khleifi* PS / UK / UAE 85′ 2009

Documentaries
Back to One’s Roots العودة إلى الذات – Bilal Youssef PS 54′ 2010
Fix Me صداع – Raed Andoni* PS / FR / SW 98′ 2009
How Bitter My Sweet بحبّك يا وحش – Mohamed Soueid* LB 90′ 2010
In Pieces أشلاء – Hakim Belabbes MA 91′ 2009
Neighbours جيران – Tahani Rached EG 105′ 2009
Once Upon Our Time كان يا ما كان في هذا الزمان – Hichem Ben Ammar TN 84′ 2010
Port of Memory ميناء الذاكرة – Kamal Aljafari PS / GR / UAE 70′ 2009
Waiting for Abu Zayd في انتظار أبو زيد Ali Atassi* SY / LB 82′ 2010
We Were Communists شيوعيين كنا – Maher Abi Samra* LB / FR / UAE 84′ 2010

Short Films
Beirut Express / بيروت إكسبرس – Houaida Azar* LB 15′ 2010
The Fifth Column (Hinkerort Zorasune) / الطابور الخامس Vatche Bourghouljian* LB 29′ 2010
Garagouz / قراقوز Abdenour Zahzah* DZ 24′ 2010
Into the Belly of the Whale / إلى بطن الحوت – Hazim Bitar JO / PS 25′ 2010
Missing / خبرني يا طير – Siwar Zirkly SY 16′ 2008
A Tuesday /تلاتا – Sabine El Chamaa LB / FR 20′ 2010
You Bet? / تراهن؟ – Mark Lotfy EG 16′ 2010

Foreign Look on the Arab World
Carlos / كارلوس – Olivier Assayas* FR / DE 333′ 2010

Films from the Arab Cinema Heritage
Nahla / نهلة – Farouk Beloufa* DZ 110′ 1979
Fertile Memory / الذاكرة الخصبة – Michel Khleifi* PS / SW 99′ 1980
Aziza /عزيزة – Abdellatif Ben Ammar TN 100′ 1980
Dreams of the City / أحلام المدينة – Mohammad Malas SY 120′ 1983

Student Films
Chez Aziz, le Fils / عند عزيز، الإبن – Cedrik Kayem* LB 22′ 2010
Dirty Mirror / المرآة المتّسخة – Mirna Mounayar* LB 8′ 2010
A House among Many Houses / بيت بيوت – Sana Atrisi* LB 16′ 2010
Look Inside /غمضة عين – Karl Salameh* LB 13′ 2010
Saida /صيدا – Michael Abi Khalil* LB 17′ 2010
Tom / طوم – Karim Ghorayeb* LB 15′ 2010
The Unknown Woman / المرأة المجهولة – Dany Saliba* LB 21′ 2010

Children Screenings
Very Humane / إنساني… إنساني جداً – Oussama Faouzi* EG / QT 33′ 2009
My Simple Story / حدوثة صغيرة – Isidore Mousallem* PS / QT 32′ 2008

Carte Blanche to the BBC
Jews of Lebanon / يهود لبنان، الولاء لمن؟ – Nada Abdelsamad* LB 45′ 2010

World Cinema Fund
The Hunter (Shekarchi) / الصياد – Rafi Pitts IR / DE 92′ 2010

Lebanese Danish Exchange
Equal Men / ناس وإناث – Anthony El-Chidiac* LB / DK 32′ 2010
Essay from a Room / مقال من غرفة – Rana Salem* LB / DK 28′ 2010
Hands / أيدي – Eli Souaiby* LB / DK 26′ 2010
Little Stones / أحجار صغيرة – Tamara Stepanyan* LB / DK 27′ 2010
Notes on Love in Copenhagen / مدونات عن الحب في كوبنهاجن – Rania Rafei* LB / DK 30′ 2010
A Trip to the Barbershop / رحلة إلى الحلّاق – Selim Mourad* LB / DK 22′ 2010

* in the presence of the filmmaker.

Information on the films and full program are available on www.beirutdc.org.
To contact us: 00961 1 293 212.