The recent war between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon provided inspiration for many of the entries at this year's Beirut Film Festival. An Arab film festival kicked off in Beirut this week, ...

STORY: The award-winning documentary feature-length film that details the aftermath of the Beirut port blast was directed and written by Lebanese director Karim Kassem. Initially planning to make ...

Beirut wouldn’t let war derail its latest film fest. Lebanese packed Cinema Days of Beirut, the city’s first film fest since the monthlong conflict with Israel this summer. Organized by local film org ...

The sight of dogs ravaging war-torn streets has become an all too familiar sight. Sandra Tabet’s debut feature film “Rabies” (Rage) – a development project at the Atlas Workshops – returns to early ...

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Cate Blanchett and Nadine Labaki were among the stars sending messages of support for Beirut’s landmark arthouse Metropolis Cinema as it officially opened its new venue in the city’s port area of Mar ...

Authorities have cancelled licenses to screen the Lebanese documentary "What Happened" at the Banned Movies Festival, following a previous ban on the Iranian movie "Green Days". (ANHRI/IFEX) – ANHRI ...

From 27 to 30 June, the Karama - Beirut Human Rights Film Festival held its eighth edition, under the theme “Remember.” This marked the sixth consecutive year that the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in ...

Stephen Gerard Kelly and Garry Keane’s documentary In The Shadow of Beirut has been submitted as Ireland‘s entry for the 2024 Oscar International Feature Film race. The film, which is executive ...

The Lebanese heist thriller by director Katia Jarjoura was among a raft of winners among projects that are either works-in-progress or in development at the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia event on Wednesday. By ...

From 1975 to 1990, the world watched as Beirut was decimated by a complex, sectarian civil war that left, by some estimates, 150,000 people dead and 1 million Lebanese displaced. In the years since, ...