The Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf, whose short film "A Dog's Life" will be presented to BIFF. Photo from the site commeaucinema.com. The eleventh edition of the International Film Festival in Beirut, which runs from October 5 to 13, will be punctuated by the projection of nearly sixty seven films by directors from twenty nine countries. Back on programming this year, marked by the presence of six Iranian films.The International Film Festival will be inaugurated in Beirut on October 5 at the theater Caracalla Centre Ivoire, Horsh Tabet (and not in the Unesco Palace, whose hall is under construction), with the screening of "The Tree of Life" of Lebanese-American director Terrence Malick, who won the 2011 Palme d'Or for Best Film during the 64th Festival de Cannes in May. The films are then screened at the Empire cinema Sodeco. This year the jury will be chaired by Luca Guadagnino, Italian director whose last film released in 2010, Amore, met with a unanimous criticism and a Golden Globe nomination in 2011. The jury consists of Piccino Cristiana (Italian film critic) Karin Albou (actress, director and screenwriter French), Maysoon Pachachi (Iraqi producer and director) and Rajaa Al Sanea (Saudi writer, author of "Girl of Riyadh"). The International Film Festival in Beirut will close with the screening of "Melancholia," the latest film by Lars Von Trier released this year.
Colette Naufal, President of the International Film Festival in Beirut, said that the festival will present sixty-seven movies in seven different categories: "Feature film of the Middle East" (seven films), "Short film from the Middle East" ( sixteen films), "Documentary film in the Middle East" (eight films) and the sections out of competition "Panorama", "Film Short Film", "Film culinary" and "Children's film." She adds, "2011 was an exceptional year for the wealth of quality films, but unfortunately out of competition. This amounts to the fact that the production of film festivals is supported by the Gulf countries, which, therefore, hold the rights as to the previews of these films in the Middle East. " Colette Naufal continues: "Thus, we delay the dates for the 2012 festival until the lastWednesday of October to allow the competing of these films from the Middle East during our festival "
Strong presence of Iranian cinema
Fourteen Lebanese directors will participate in this festival marked by the presence of Iranian cinema through the presentation of films by Iranian directors six in all three competitions and the presence of Iraqi cinema through the films of five directors to the three Iraqi participant competitions. Four Kurdish filmmakers will participate in the International Film Festival in Beirut. During the festival, also a film will be screened in Bahrain and three film from the Maghreb, Egypt and Jordan will be, and honor.
The International Film Festival Beirut serves as a political tool to promote freedom of speech, a forum for dialogue, even as the Middle East is entering a new era with the revolutions that have affected several Arab countries. With this in mind that margin of the Festival, the NGO Greenpeace organize activities for children awareness Sodeco Square on October 8 and 9 on the coastal pollution in particular. Something that Colette Naufal said during the press conference: "These activities are educational and are designed to educate children about the importance of the ecology of our planet and how to protect it to preserve its biodiversity" .
A festival under the sign of the commitment and diversity but also addressed to fans of film, ready to spend hours in the cinema!
Practical information:Tickets are on sale from September 26.Ticket prices: regular screenings 4500 LLChildren's Movies 1000 LL15 000 LL gala screenings.For more information, contact (10h-22h) on 70-141843
Empire Sodeco Square (15h-22h)01-616706/7info@beirutfilmfoundation.org,www.beirutfilmfoundation.org
Here is the detailed program of this rich film weeks, selection by selection:
"Panorama"
Besides the opening film "The Tree of Life" and the closing film "Melancholia," other films will be screened in the "Panorama"• "Restless" by American director Gus Van Sant• "Michael" of the Austrian director Markus Schleinzer,• "Pina" by German director Wim Wenders,• "Passion" the Italian director John Turturro,• "Manuale d'amore" of Italian director Giovanni Veronesi starring Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci.• "Cultures of Resistance" of the American director Lee Yara• "Joschka Fischer and Herr" by German director Pepe Danquar• "We, the Princess of Cleves" by French director Regis Sauder• "What Habito Piel" by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas• "Solo Andata, Il Viaggio di a Tuareg" the Italian director Fabio Caramaschi• "Terraferma" the Italian director Emanuele Crialese• "Inconscio italiano" the jury president, Luca Guadagnino• "Outrage" of the Japanese director Takeshi Kitano• "Submarino" the Danish director Thomas Vintenberg• "hot summer" of French director Philippe Garrel with Monica Bellucci and Louis Garrel• "The Forgiveness of Blood" by director Joshua Marston Albanian-American.• "That Girl In Yellow Boots" by director Anurag Kashyapavec Kalki Koechlin Indian who was a member of the jury of the tenth edition of the Festival.• "Udaan" of the Indian director Vikramaditya Motwani.• "Hanyo" North Korean director Sang-soo Im• "Svet-ake" by director Aktan Kyrgyz Kabuta FYROM (film co-produced by the Kyrgyz Republic, France, the Netherlands and Germany)• "The Love of Books: a Sarajevo Story" from director Sam Hobkinson• "We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay with Tilda Swinton
"Film feature of the Middle East" (Price "Aleph")
• "Black Venus" French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche• "Exit Cairo" Egyptian Hesham Issawi director• "Hawi" of the Egyptian director Ibrahim El Batout• "Garaqi Daholakan" Kurdish-Iraqi director Mahmoud Ali Hassan• "Mandoo" of Kurdish-Iraqi filmmaker Ebrahim Saeedi Ibrahim• "I love Tehran" the Iranian director Sahand Samadian• "Transit Cities" by director Jordan Mohammed Al Hushki.
"Competition Documentary Film"
• "Beirut Mouss Aal" ("All about my father") of the Lebanese director Zeina Sfeir• "Beirut Taxi" from Lebanese director Hady Zaccak• "This is my picture When I Was Dead" directed by Mahmoud Al Massad Jordan• "Al Anfal - Fragments of Life and Death" director's Kurdish-Syrian Mano Khalil• "Cola" directed by Iraqi Al Yahya Allaqi• "Goodbye Babylon" the director Amer Alwan Iraq• "Red, White and The Green" from Iranian director Nader Daoudi• "Under The Bridge" of Iranian-Australian filmmaker Nora Niasari.
"Film Short Film Competition"
• "Dirty Laundry" by Tunisian Amara Malik• "Older Love ..." by director Jordan Zaid Abu Hamdan• "The Power of Generations" director Bahraini Mohammed Jassim,• "Semi-illuminated" by director Iraqi Jassim Mohammed Jassim• "Short Life" directed by Moroccan Adil El Fadil• "Not A Big Deal" by director Jordan Rawan Babia• "Blue Line" of the Lebanese director Alain Sauma• "Us, The Moon & The Neighbors" Lebanese director Mohammad Rifai• "Jacko" the Lebanese director John Hatem• "Eaux Troubles" of the Lebanese director Carine Khalaf• "Love & Whiskers" ("Amor Y Bigote") of the Lebanese director Rabih Ibrahim• "Habibti" of the Lebanese director Nour Wazza• "Senses" Egyptian director Mohamed Ramadan• "Journey of No Return - Last stop Frankfurt Airport" ("Reise Ohne Rückkehr - Frankfurter Flughafen Endstation") directed by Turkish Guclu Yama• "I Wish Someone Was There Waiting For Me" ("Dost Dashtam Kasi Jia Mntazerambashad") directed by Babak Amini Kurdish-Iranian• "A Dog's Life" ("Zendegiye Sagi") of the Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf.
"Film Short film"
• "Yasmine and Revolution" of the French director Karin Albou• "My Yen Aad Aleik" Lebanese director Elie Fahed• "Music Love Beirut" Lebanese director Alain Roukoz• "Happiness instructions" of the Lebanese director Elio Srour• "Beirut, My Heart" of the Lebanese director Haydar Sabah• "Pelican" of the Lebanese director Carmen Bsaibes• "My Neighbour" Lebanese director John Hatem
Other numerous projections are provided in the film short film section.
"Film culinary"
• "Toast" of the English director SJ Clarkson• "El Camino Del Vino" of the Argentine director Nicolás Carreras• "Divine Pig" of Dutch filmmaker Hans Dortmans• "The Pipe" of the Irish director Risteard Ó Domhnaill• "El Bulli: Cooking In Progress" by German director Gereon Wetzel• "Enjoy your meal" ("Summer Smakelijk!") Of Dutch filmmaker Walther Grotenhuis• "Taste The Waste" by German director Valentin Thur• "Our Garden of Eden" ("Unser Garten Eden") of Kurdish-Syrian director Mano Khalil.
"Children's film"
• "7 or Why I Exist," a German film recommended for children over 7 years.• "Fuschia, The Mini-Witch" ("From Foeksia Miniheks") of Dutch filmmaker Johan Nijenhuis recommended for children over 6 years.• "Magic Silver" ("I Julenatt Blafjell"), a Norwegian film recommended for children over 5 years.• "The Great Bear" ("Den Kæmpestore Bjørn"), a Danish film recommended for children over 7 years.• "My Little Planet darling" of the French director Jacques-Remy Girerd recommended for children over 4 years.
Colette Naufal, President of the International Film Festival in Beirut, said that the festival will present sixty-seven movies in seven different categories: "Feature film of the Middle East" (seven films), "Short film from the Middle East" ( sixteen films), "Documentary film in the Middle East" (eight films) and the sections out of competition "Panorama", "Film Short Film", "Film culinary" and "Children's film." She adds, "2011 was an exceptional year for the wealth of quality films, but unfortunately out of competition. This amounts to the fact that the production of film festivals is supported by the Gulf countries, which, therefore, hold the rights as to the previews of these films in the Middle East. " Colette Naufal continues: "Thus, we delay the dates for the 2012 festival until the lastWednesday of October to allow the competing of these films from the Middle East during our festival "
Strong presence of Iranian cinema
Fourteen Lebanese directors will participate in this festival marked by the presence of Iranian cinema through the presentation of films by Iranian directors six in all three competitions and the presence of Iraqi cinema through the films of five directors to the three Iraqi participant competitions. Four Kurdish filmmakers will participate in the International Film Festival in Beirut. During the festival, also a film will be screened in Bahrain and three film from the Maghreb, Egypt and Jordan will be, and honor.
The International Film Festival Beirut serves as a political tool to promote freedom of speech, a forum for dialogue, even as the Middle East is entering a new era with the revolutions that have affected several Arab countries. With this in mind that margin of the Festival, the NGO Greenpeace organize activities for children awareness Sodeco Square on October 8 and 9 on the coastal pollution in particular. Something that Colette Naufal said during the press conference: "These activities are educational and are designed to educate children about the importance of the ecology of our planet and how to protect it to preserve its biodiversity" .
A festival under the sign of the commitment and diversity but also addressed to fans of film, ready to spend hours in the cinema!
Practical information:Tickets are on sale from September 26.Ticket prices: regular screenings 4500 LLChildren's Movies 1000 LL15 000 LL gala screenings.For more information, contact (10h-22h) on 70-141843
Empire Sodeco Square (15h-22h)01-616706/7info@beirutfilmfoundation.org,www.beirutfilmfoundation.org
Here is the detailed program of this rich film weeks, selection by selection:
"Panorama"
Besides the opening film "The Tree of Life" and the closing film "Melancholia," other films will be screened in the "Panorama"• "Restless" by American director Gus Van Sant• "Michael" of the Austrian director Markus Schleinzer,• "Pina" by German director Wim Wenders,• "Passion" the Italian director John Turturro,• "Manuale d'amore" of Italian director Giovanni Veronesi starring Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci.• "Cultures of Resistance" of the American director Lee Yara• "Joschka Fischer and Herr" by German director Pepe Danquar• "We, the Princess of Cleves" by French director Regis Sauder• "What Habito Piel" by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar with Antonio Banderas• "Solo Andata, Il Viaggio di a Tuareg" the Italian director Fabio Caramaschi• "Terraferma" the Italian director Emanuele Crialese• "Inconscio italiano" the jury president, Luca Guadagnino• "Outrage" of the Japanese director Takeshi Kitano• "Submarino" the Danish director Thomas Vintenberg• "hot summer" of French director Philippe Garrel with Monica Bellucci and Louis Garrel• "The Forgiveness of Blood" by director Joshua Marston Albanian-American.• "That Girl In Yellow Boots" by director Anurag Kashyapavec Kalki Koechlin Indian who was a member of the jury of the tenth edition of the Festival.• "Udaan" of the Indian director Vikramaditya Motwani.• "Hanyo" North Korean director Sang-soo Im• "Svet-ake" by director Aktan Kyrgyz Kabuta FYROM (film co-produced by the Kyrgyz Republic, France, the Netherlands and Germany)• "The Love of Books: a Sarajevo Story" from director Sam Hobkinson• "We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay with Tilda Swinton
"Film feature of the Middle East" (Price "Aleph")
• "Black Venus" French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche• "Exit Cairo" Egyptian Hesham Issawi director• "Hawi" of the Egyptian director Ibrahim El Batout• "Garaqi Daholakan" Kurdish-Iraqi director Mahmoud Ali Hassan• "Mandoo" of Kurdish-Iraqi filmmaker Ebrahim Saeedi Ibrahim• "I love Tehran" the Iranian director Sahand Samadian• "Transit Cities" by director Jordan Mohammed Al Hushki.
"Competition Documentary Film"
• "Beirut Mouss Aal" ("All about my father") of the Lebanese director Zeina Sfeir• "Beirut Taxi" from Lebanese director Hady Zaccak• "This is my picture When I Was Dead" directed by Mahmoud Al Massad Jordan• "Al Anfal - Fragments of Life and Death" director's Kurdish-Syrian Mano Khalil• "Cola" directed by Iraqi Al Yahya Allaqi• "Goodbye Babylon" the director Amer Alwan Iraq• "Red, White and The Green" from Iranian director Nader Daoudi• "Under The Bridge" of Iranian-Australian filmmaker Nora Niasari.
"Film Short Film Competition"
• "Dirty Laundry" by Tunisian Amara Malik• "Older Love ..." by director Jordan Zaid Abu Hamdan• "The Power of Generations" director Bahraini Mohammed Jassim,• "Semi-illuminated" by director Iraqi Jassim Mohammed Jassim• "Short Life" directed by Moroccan Adil El Fadil• "Not A Big Deal" by director Jordan Rawan Babia• "Blue Line" of the Lebanese director Alain Sauma• "Us, The Moon & The Neighbors" Lebanese director Mohammad Rifai• "Jacko" the Lebanese director John Hatem• "Eaux Troubles" of the Lebanese director Carine Khalaf• "Love & Whiskers" ("Amor Y Bigote") of the Lebanese director Rabih Ibrahim• "Habibti" of the Lebanese director Nour Wazza• "Senses" Egyptian director Mohamed Ramadan• "Journey of No Return - Last stop Frankfurt Airport" ("Reise Ohne Rückkehr - Frankfurter Flughafen Endstation") directed by Turkish Guclu Yama• "I Wish Someone Was There Waiting For Me" ("Dost Dashtam Kasi Jia Mntazerambashad") directed by Babak Amini Kurdish-Iranian• "A Dog's Life" ("Zendegiye Sagi") of the Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf.
"Film Short film"
• "Yasmine and Revolution" of the French director Karin Albou• "My Yen Aad Aleik" Lebanese director Elie Fahed• "Music Love Beirut" Lebanese director Alain Roukoz• "Happiness instructions" of the Lebanese director Elio Srour• "Beirut, My Heart" of the Lebanese director Haydar Sabah• "Pelican" of the Lebanese director Carmen Bsaibes• "My Neighbour" Lebanese director John Hatem
Other numerous projections are provided in the film short film section.
"Film culinary"
• "Toast" of the English director SJ Clarkson• "El Camino Del Vino" of the Argentine director Nicolás Carreras• "Divine Pig" of Dutch filmmaker Hans Dortmans• "The Pipe" of the Irish director Risteard Ó Domhnaill• "El Bulli: Cooking In Progress" by German director Gereon Wetzel• "Enjoy your meal" ("Summer Smakelijk!") Of Dutch filmmaker Walther Grotenhuis• "Taste The Waste" by German director Valentin Thur• "Our Garden of Eden" ("Unser Garten Eden") of Kurdish-Syrian director Mano Khalil.
"Children's film"
• "7 or Why I Exist," a German film recommended for children over 7 years.• "Fuschia, The Mini-Witch" ("From Foeksia Miniheks") of Dutch filmmaker Johan Nijenhuis recommended for children over 6 years.• "Magic Silver" ("I Julenatt Blafjell"), a Norwegian film recommended for children over 5 years.• "The Great Bear" ("Den Kæmpestore Bjørn"), a Danish film recommended for children over 7 years.• "My Little Planet darling" of the French director Jacques-Remy Girerd recommended for children over 4 years.
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