Kassem Istanbouli has been on a mission over the past decade restoring abandoned cinema theaters and converting them into cultural hubs for marginalized communities in Lebanon. Working under the ...
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 ...
Lebanese filmmaker Marie-Rose Osta took home the prestigious Golden Bear award for Best Short Film at the 2026 Berlin International Festival.
The movie complex in Mar Mikhael district, which opened its doors Saturday to support Lebanese and Middle Eastern cinema, replaces one devastated by the city’s 2020 port blast. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...
Beirut’s beloved Metropolis Cinema – championed by Lebanese filmmakers as an indie cinema beacon amid bombings, despair and dysfunction – came back to life on Saturday with the inauguration of a new ...
Remembering and documentation are radical acts in Lebanon, a country with a tumultuous history and no national archive. Daher’s effervescent cultural collage is a direct challenge to collective amnesi ...
In 1975, the Lebanese wars started when Maroun Bagdadi ended his first feature film "Beirutya Beirut". Did the war give an identity to Lebanese cinema? Productions of documentaries, action movies, ...
Late last month, Lebanon announced the nomination of "A Sad and Beautiful World," directed by Cyril Aris, as Lebanon’s official submission to the 2026 Academy Awards for Best International Feature ...
Lebanon has always had a love affair with the movies. In the 1960s, Beirut was often called the cinema capital of the Arab world. UNESCO records show that in 1960, the average Lebanese went to the ...
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