Beirut Cinema Platform returns for a 6th edition in its new and expanded online format that started in 2021.
In our 2022 edition, we selected 16 projects, fiction and documentary, in development and post-production. The films shed light on issues from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen.
Over two weeks, the teams were offered consultations, introductions, and masterclasses catered to each projects’ needs in various fields: scriptwriting, production, legal, direction, sound, impact distribution, funding, and packaging and followed by three days of intensive meetings with around 90 film experts and professionals.
These encounters, along with the awards granted by our partners, aim to help the selected projects evolve further and find their path to success.
This year’s selection is marked by protagonists searching for the truth, either by investigating political and social issues or pursuing more personal quests exploring identity and sexuality. Women and men are trying to break free from patriarchy and question the gender issue. Sickness and diseases are omnipresent, and the search for a healer is necessary yet unattainable.
We believe in the urgency and power of these narratives and invite you to embark on their journeys.
Sorry to be There • by Aissa Djouamaa • Algeria
Theft of Fire • by Amer Shomali • Produced by Rashid Abdelhamid • Palestine
A Road to Damascus • by Meedo Taha • Produced by Samira Ghoul & Marie Mouchel Blaisot • Lebanon
An Endless Night • by Mohamed Kassaby • Produced by Mohamed Kateb • Egypt
Another Night • by Essam Doukhou • Morocco
Hamlet From the Slums • by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh • Produced by Ahmed Amer • Egypt
Specters of Alhoot • by Ahmad Mahmoud • Produced by Rua Osman • Sudan
Summer 58 • by Stephen Khattar • Lebanon
Weedestine • by Said Zagha • Produced by Mais Salman • Palestine, Jordan
The Life and Times of Omar Sharif • by Mark Lotfy & Axel Petersén • Produced by Sigrid Helleday • Egypt
Let’s Play Soldiers • by Mariam Al-Dhubhani • Produced by Mohammed Al-Jaberi • Yemen
Embodied Chorus • by Danielle Davie & Mohamad Sabbah • Produced by Yara Abi Nader & Julia Wagner • Lebanon
Machtat • by Sonia Ben Slama • Produced by Tania El Khoury • Tunisia
Hanging Gardens • by Ahmed Yassin • Produced by Huda Al Kadhimi, Margaret Glover & May Odeh • Iraq
Concrete Land • by Asmahan Bkerat • Produced by Asmahan Bkerat & Sahar Yousefi • Jordan
Backstage • by Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane • Produced by Khalil Benkirane • Morocco, Tunisia
