Posts tagged Movie
January 8, 2010 · Filed under Activism, Movies · Tagged Abdo El Ghazali, Aimee Succar, Alexandre Najjar, Andre El Hajj, Antoine Ghandour, Carole Sakr, Civil, Corruption, D. Boutros Labaki, D. Waleed Gholmieh, Environment, Farid Salman, Fouad El Turq, Gilbert Doumit, Hady Sharara, Henry Zgheib, Hiba El Kawwas, Hope, Jean Rouhana, Jihad Al Atrash, Khalil & Patricia Semaan, Lebanon, Marie Claude Najm, Mary Mahfood, May El Murr, Michel Elefteriades, Movie, Nayla Geagea, Pierre Sadek, Politics, Pollution, Pr. Zeidan Karam, Rabih Keyrouz, Rabih khalifeh, Racha Najdi, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Raymond Jebara, Refaat Tarabay, Romeo & Alexandra Lahhoud, S. Hani Fahs, S. Morsel Nasr, Sonia Beiruty, Sr. Agnes Mariam, Stavro Jabra, Tony Hanna, Yolande Khoury, YouTube, Zeina Karam, Ziad Abed El Samad, Ziad Abou Absi
A documentary film about the wreck of a country that we made for ourselves
50 personalities describe how beautiful Lebanon is and how ugly we have made it going through pollution, corruption, traffic system, giving solutions among which the near elections out of which we can make a big change.
The movie ends with hope for a better future if the Lebanese youth overcome their ignorance and fear and lead the way themselves to a new civil country.
Watch the movie for free on www.thelebanonidreamof.com
November 17, 2009 · Filed under Made in Lebanon, Movies · Tagged Animation, Beirut, Beirut Animated, Cartoon, Cinema, Empire, Festival, Film, Grendizer, Holiday Inn, Lebanon, Metropolis, Movie, Samandal Comics, Sofil
A Los Angeles Times article about the Beirut Animated film festival in Metropolis-Empire Sofil:
Grendizer is a unifying figure for an entire generation of Lebanese who grew up during the country’s bitter 15-year civil war. When Beirut was being torn to pieces by local warlords and their foreign-funded militias, the Grendizer cartoons were a welcome distraction for children who were more likely to miss school because of shelling than chicken pox.
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October 15, 2009 · Filed under Made in Lebanon, Movies · Tagged Ain al-Halazoun, Empire, Film, Lebanon, Movie, One Man Village, Semaan El Habre, Simon El Habre, Sofil, Village, war, سمعان بالضيعة
The One Man Village is currently played in Empire Sofil
In his comforting and humorous film, Simon El Habre observes the life in his quasi ghost village and tries to reflect on the collective and individual memory in a country that seems to live in a collective amnesia and is vulnerable to a new civil war.
Semaan El Habre: The film that we are shooting is actually my life story, how I live, how I deal with the cows. There is no scenario. It’s what I truly do every minute, every hour of the day…
Trailer & censored scene:
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September 11, 2009 · Filed under Made in Lebanon, Movies · Tagged Beirut, Cinema, Cinemacity, Dunes, Empire, Fadi Reaidy, Film, Gabriel Yammine, Habibi, Hany Tamba, Julia Kassar, Lara Matar, Lebanese, Lebanon, Maggie Badawi, Majdi Machmouchi, Melodrama, Movie, Patrick Chesnais, Pierre Chammassian, Pierrette Katrib, Sofil
Melodrama Habibi (2008) is a Lebanese film by Lebanese director Hany Tamba.
Featuring Julia Kassar, Patrick Chesnais, Pierrette Katrib, Gabriel Yammine, Lara Matar, Pierre Chammassian, Maggie Badawi, Majdi Machmouchi & Fadi Reaidy, it was released yesterday in Lebanon’s cinemas
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