Lebanon through Cinema / Press Kit

Lebanon through Cinema / Press Kit
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Lebanon through cinema
A Hady Zaccak short documentary
Original title: Loubnan min khilal es cinema
Year of production: 2003
Original language: Arabic (with French subtitles)
Script: Hady Zaccak
Editing: Hady Zaccak-Pierre Mouarkech
Music: Toufic Farroukh
Executive production: Hady Zaccak
Producer: Aimée Boulos
Production: Fondation Liban Cinéma
Written and Directed by: Hady Zaccak
Format: Betacam SP
Running time: 15 minutes
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Synopsis
A short story about Lebanon and its cinema through 50 feature films from the 50’s till 2001.
This trip is constituted by the recurrent images of the films of Lebanon:
The airport, Beirut, the village, nightlife, war, emigration…And the continuous crisis of the Lebanese cinema.
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Screenings
Date
Place or broadcaster
Context
26/3/2003
Hotel Monroe,
Lebanon
16/4/2003
Monnot Theatre, Beirut, Projection for the public
Lebanon
20/8/2003
Salle Montaigne, Centre Né à Beyrouth Festival
Culturel Français, Beirut
2/10/2003
Espace SD, Beirut
25/10/2003
Salle
Eisenstein, Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen
Montpellier, France
2003 Montpellier
14/4/2004
NBN TV station
3/11/2004
Office National du Film, Festival du monde
Montreal, Canada
Montréal 2004
1/4/2006
Cinéma Louis
Paris, France
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Beirut, Launching
Cinema”
of
“Fondation
Liban
Ciné-Club
Cinema Beyrouth program
arabe
de
Daquin, Festival Côté Court de Pantin 2006
2/6/2007
Centre de Culture et La semaine libanaise
d’Information
sur
le
Monde Arabe, Marseille, (The Lebanese week)
France
26/6/2007
Lille Metropole, France
Festival International
Indépendant
du
Film
(Retrospective cinéma libanais)
4 & 7/7/ 2007
Cinema Quartier Latin
Festival Paris Cinéma
Paris, France
23/11/2011
Royal Film Commission,
Special Screening
Amman, Jordan
8/3/2012
Hangar Umam,
Lebanon
15/6/2012
Cinema
Metropolis, "The Most Beautiful Days of my Life"
Empire Sofil-Beirut
Restrospective
Beirut, Archive Conference
N.B: this documentary was presented at the launching of the “Fondation Liban Cinema”.
It was also selected in festivals and broadcasted on TV.
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Press Reviews
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Photos
More pictures @ www.hadyzaccak.com/lebthroughcinemaphotos.html
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