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dimanche 25 septembre 2011

The "BIFF" a rich and variegated eleventh edition

La présidente du festival Colette Naufal, entourée de Alice Eddé, Lina Mroué et Joumana Hatem (SGBL). Photo Michel Sayegh
Conference The 11th International Film Festival begins in Beirut on October 5 with "The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick (Golden Palm, Cannes) and ends Oct. 13 with "Melancholia" by Danish director Lars von Trier.

It was during a press conference held in the auditorium Bernard Fattal Colette Naufal, president of the BIFF, unveiled the program of the festival. "It was a very rich film year, she said, and I managed to bring international festivals of works of high quality. "Thus, divided into seven different categories including three competitions: feature film (7) Short Film (16) and literature of the Middle East (8) and the non-competitive sections as panorama, short film, films culinary and children's works are projected to number 67 from 29 different countries. The festival will be marked by the presence of Iranian cinema, "a younger generation to a very promising talent," says Naufal. In addition, the festivals in the Gulf region and support the production, therefore, the right to preview the Middle East. "We are not interested in merely to project previews, she said again, our goal is to ensure their visibility at the hearing Lebanon. Therefore, for the edition of 2012, we delay the dates of the event so that the film festivals in the Middle East and Gulf are projected thereafter during our festival.The jury of the International Film Festival in Beirut was chaired by the Italian director Luca Guadagnino who was present last year in Lebanon with his film I Am Love. It will be surrounded by the film critic journalist Cristina Piccino (Manifesto), the directors and Maysoon Pachachi Karin Albou, and the author of Saudi Girls of Riyadh Rajaa al-Sanea.

"The opening and closing will not take place as usual at the Unesco Palace, as the theater is undergoing maintenance, said Colette Naufal. They will be held at the theater Caracalla (center Ivoire, Horch Tabet) and regular screenings will be held at Empire Theatre, Sodeco Square. "
ProgramPanoramaThe "panorama" includes 25 films including 22 planned for the first time in the Middle East. Besides the opening film The Tree of Life and the closing film Melancholia of Danish director Lars von Trier, the Lebanese will have the opportunity to see among other works Restless Gus Van Sant, Michael of Austria's Markus Schleinzer, Pina de Wim Wenders, John Turturro and Passione Manuale d'amore Giovanni Veronesi and Inconscio Guadagnino in italiano. While the film by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar La Piel Habito that will be screened in the gala circuit Planet.
Feature film in the Middle EastThe films competing for the prize Aleph best feature are, among others, the Black Venus Tunisian Abdellatif Kechiche, Cairo Exit the Egyptian Hesham Issawi and Ibrahim al-Hawi Batout.
Competition Documentary FilmEight films are in this competition, including Beirut aal foam Lebanese director Zeina Sfeir, Hady Zaccak of Beirut Taxi, This Is My picture When I Was Dead of Jordanian Mahmoud al-Massad, and Under the Bridge Nora Niasari.
Short Film CompetitionIt includes 16 films, including six Lebanese. To name a few as Troubled Waters of the Lebanese director Carine Khalaf, Blue Line from Lebanese Alain Sauma, Us, the Moon & the Neighbors of the Lebanese Mohammad Rifai, Dirty Laundry Tunisian director Malik Amara, Love ... Older directed by award-winning Jordanian Zaid Abu Hamdan, and short life of Moroccan director Adil al-Fadil, who won several awards. Hana Makhmalbaf will be present in this competition with A Dog's Life.The film section includes culinary eight films, but the children's section is in the spotlight this year.Chaired by the Lebanese actress Mirna Maakaron this target section of the films produced in five countries: France, Germany, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.All works will be simultaneously translated into Arabic through headphones so that children can not read to understand the film.On the sidelines of the festival, Greenpeace will organize activities and games to Sodeco Square on 8 and 9 October on the Sea of ​​Lebanon.Finally, Colette Naufal concludes, "the BIFF has developed and acquired a reputation regionally and internationally. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support and generosity of our partners such as banking and Edde Sands SGBL which were added this year, France 24, RFI, Future News, TV5Monde and other sponsors. "Tickets are on sale from September 26.Tickets: regular screenings 4500 LL children's films 1000 LL 000 LL gala15 projections.For more information, contact (10h-22h) on 70-141843Empire Sodeco Square (15h-22h) 01-616706/7info@beirutfilmfoundation.org,www.beirutfilmfoundation.org

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