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SP 02 Arab Shorts - Metropolis Beirut

Perhaps more than any other place today, the Lebanese capital stands for the diversity and chaos, the community and conflicts of the Arab world. Brand-new skyscrapers tower into the sky alongside the ruins of buildings marked by war. The heterogeneous cityscape doesn’t just mirror the eventful history of the country – it also reflects the divide between corrupt government officials and the needs of the general populace. Transcending diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, the people of Beirut join in subverting the rotten structures of their homeland.

11.11.20, 00:00h, online: interfilm.de/sooner (Nov 11 - 22)

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9 films

We take back mountains

Hind Shoufani // Lebanon // 2019 // 08:00 min

Documentary, Experimental

A cinema poem which takes the protest movement that occurred throughout Lebanon in 2019 as an opportunity to honour the determination of the population and their resistance.

Sot El Thawra

Enzo Mokdad // Lebanon // 2020 // 02:30 min

Music Video

Set to images of the 2019 protests, this rap video is a declaration of war against the system and the individuals who head it.

Waves '98

Ely Dagher // Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar // 2015 // 15:00 min

Animation, Live Action

Disillusioned with life in the suburbs, Omar leaves for the center of Beirut. Once there, he’s immediately sucked into the current of urban society and city life.

Barke Lyom...

Perhaps today...

Nadine Asmar // Lebanon // 2017 // 09:00 min

Live Action

Every week, 60-year-old Oum Karim experiences the same day over again, performing the same ritual in the hope that it will come to an end.

Kan Ya Makan

Once upon a Town

Farah Chaya // Lebanon // 2009 // 17:00 min

Documentary

A vacant former cinema in downtown Beirut, affectionately referred to as the “Egg” due to its shape, becomes a window to the city’s past, to a time before the ravages of war.

Sett El Donia

Elie Fahed // Lebanon // 2020 // 02:10 min

Experimental, Live Action

A love letter to Beirut from two of its residents.

تأخرت عالصف

Late for class

Lynn Itani // Lebanon // 2020 // 11:48 min

Animation, Documentary

Every day, Hajj, a family friend, gives Lynn a ride to uni. During the drive, the older man conjures up the city of his youth, back in the days before and during the civil war.

A Bohemian Dream

Reem Al Mohtar // Lebanon // 2019 // 02:55 min