Tales of the Purple House (2022) Duration: 3H4M Description: From their ‘Purple House’ in the South of Lebanon, French-Iraqi director Abbas Fahdel and his Lebanese wife, the painter Nour Ballouk, start exploring a multifaceted country that seems to be on the edge of the abyss… Trailer ↗ Iraq France Lebanon 2022 Documentary
Category: Lebanon
Batata (2022)
Tayeb, khalas, yalla (2010)
Tayeb, khalas, yalla (2010) Duration: 1H33M Description: In ‘Tripoli’, Lebanon, where family ties run deep, a forty year old man still living with his elderly mother has given up on the idea of becoming independent, but when suddenly his mother leaves him, he is left with nothing but th….. Trailer ↗ United Arab Emirates Lebanon […]
Yusuf (2021)
Yusuf (2021) Duration: 1H32M Description: Shows the life of a 25 years old youth, who has an illness called Dream Reality Confusion. Yusif Ibrahim is a university student who studies Arabic literature in Beirut, he suddenly starts to live two separated lives before he dec….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon 2021 Crime Drama Thriller
It's All in Lebanon (2011)
It’s All in Lebanon (2011) Duration: 1H2M Description: Based on the main events in Lebanon since the end of civil war. “All this and more” is a journey through the video images produced by modern Lebanon, a country torn between the delight of senses, warrior’s messages and amnesia… Trailer ↗ Lebanon France 2011 Documentary
Ammo Nashaat (2011)
Ammo Nashaat (2011) Duration: 1H30M Description: Nashaat is a Palestinian fighter who was killed by the Israelis in 1982. When Aseel, Nashaat’s nephew, comes across a fact that makes him doubt the circumstances of his uncle’s death, he embarks on a quest to find the truth. Not o….. Trailer ↗ Jordan United Arab Emirates Lebanon […]
The Dream of Shahrazad (2014)
The Dream of Shahrazad (2014) Duration: 1H50M Description: THE DREAM OF SHAHRAZAD is a feature-length documentary film that brings together the famous story collection THE 1001 (or “ARABIAN”) NIGHTS with recent political events in Egypt, Turkey and Lebanon… Description The “Arab Spring”….. Trailer ↗ South Africa France Egypt Netherlands Lebanon 2014 Documentary Drama History
Bint Antar (1964)
Bint Antar (1964) Duration: 1H42M Description: After the death of Antar, the men of Bani Fazaza tribe take revenge of the men of the tribe of Bani Abs; Antar’s tribe, and kill all of them. Antar’s sister manages to flee with Antar’s daughter and hides her. She raised her to be….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon 1964 […]
What Is Buried Must Remain (2022)
Lettre d'un temps d'exil (1988)
Lettre d’un temps d’exil (1988) Duration: 51M Description: Alaouié presents the stories of four exiles from Beirut. Their only connection is the voice of the narrator and their situation of living in exile in Europe. Told with a subtle humor, the film sketches four highly individual portr….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon France 1988 Documentary Drama War
Khalass (2007)
This Narrow Place (2011)
This Narrow Place (2011) Duration: 1H37M Description: After smuggling himself into the United States and reconnecting with his estranged sister, a conflicted young Palestinian man begins an unlikely friendship with a lonely drug addict upon his quest to have the same U.S. company tha….. Trailer ↗ United States Egypt Lebanon 2011 Drama
Civilisées (1999)
Yaumiyat Beirut: haqa'eq wa akadheeb wa (2006)
Yaumiyat Beirut: haqa’eq wa akadheeb wa (2006) Duration: 1H19M Description: Young, opinionated, and driven, Nadine Zaidan is a 25-year-old Lebanese activist who was one of the thousands who gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square in the chaotic days after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri… Trailer ↗ Lebanon 2006 Documentary
S.L. Film (2000)
S.L. Film (2000) Duration: 1H40M Description: Adel (Adel Karam), who works three jobs and takes care of his grandmother, falls in love with Roula (Roula Chamieh) and wants to marry her. However, her father disagrees because of Adel’s low income and social status, and her Aunt….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon 2000 Comedy
Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth (1995)
Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth (1995) Duration: 1H44M Description: Two young girls of the war generation, Yasmin and Leila, are in search of Beirut. When they meet an elderly film enthusiast with a secret store of Lebanese films, they persuade him to screen his collection for them. So begins an i….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon France […]
Anjar: Flowers, Goats and Heroes (2009)
Anjar: Flowers, Goats and Heroes (2009) Duration: 1H27M Description: Growing up in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, the filmmaker’s life in a small Armenian village becomes forever linked to a group of 1915 genocide survivors. Through rare photos and archival footage the feature documentary l….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon Canada 2009 Documentary
23 Kilometres (2015)
Asfouri (2012)
Asfouri (2012) Duration: 1H38M Description: 1975, the residents of a traditional building decide to repaint the facade, but the civil war begins leaving it on hold. Peace announced, Karim returns from US with hope to rescue the building of his childhood threatened by the pr….. Trailer ↗ Lebanon United Arab Emirates 2012 Drama