In the wake of a three-year hiatus, and despite the circumstances currently plaguing the country, Beirut DC returns to theaters in its 11th edition of Ayam Beirut – Beirut Cinema Days – scheduled to run from June 10 through June 19, 2022.
This edition offers a diverse program of recent films, films dealing with the past, a selection of Coup de Coeur, discussions, a concert, and an exhibition that takes us back to the old Beirut of the pre-war period.
The projections will occur at Cinema City – Beirut Souks and Dar el Nimer for Arts and Culture. Reruns will also grace the screen of the Ettijahat cultural organization and will be available outside the city, namely in Ishbilia – Saida, Kobayyat, Shebaa, AlHermel, Arabsalim, AlJiyeh, and at the Action for Hope center, Bar Elias.
In this Place is a section of the festival that tries to reconstruct our past through cinema and photography, to better understand our present and dare to imagine our future. Old and new films will be screened as part of this section.
A series of short films will also grace the screens of the festival, and in parallel, we will watch short films in competition with the main theme revolving around: the relationship of people with the space they occupy.
An exhibition whose inauguration will take place on June 11 at the Mina Image Centre gallery in the city’s center will also accompany the festival. This exhibition will transport us through cinema and images to the center of the city of Beirut, extending from the port to the hotels while going through the shopping center from the years 1935 to 1975.
The festival will be concluded with music, a concert by Rima Khcheich on June 19 at Al-Madina Theatre – Hamra. Khcheich will sing a selection of classic Egyptian titles previously performed by actresses/singers such as Leila Murad, Hoda Sultan, Sabah, Shadia, and Souad Hosni in musical films between 1935 and 1972.
