C 1 – COLLECTIONS
Three films taken from a restoration project led by the Jocelyne Saab Association between 2019 and 2022 which led, among other things, to the publication of a DVD box set. These exceptional documents describe the decrepitude of Beirut.
The images speak for themselves: destroyed neighborhoods, looting. Children making war. They are fifteen, sixteen years old and their words are already bitter. Jocelyne Saab is a journalist, but her films go beyond simple reporting: they are a denunciation of war.
C 2 – COLLECTIONS
LETTERS
At the initiative of Josef Khallouf (The Film Monk), 18 Lebanese directors testify! Through this collection of 17 films mixing epistolary exchanges, poetry and documentary, we make out a portrait of Beirut and Lebanon in the light of an aggression whose extent was not yet known.
Among these filmmakers, we find Nadim Tabet, whose music video for The Bunny Tylers and the film Enfin la nuit about the legendary AHM club feature in the Decibels! programme dedicated to Lebanon