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Beirut writer-director Sarah Francis world premieres her film 'Dead Dog,' an intimate tale of an estranged marriage in Lebanon, at IFFR 20025.
Lebanon on Friday approved the "Barbie" film to be screened in cinemas following an initial attempt to ban it by its culture minister over claims it contradicts conservative values.
This review of “Costa Brava, Lebanon” was first published July 14, 2022, before it opened in New York City. Mounia Akl’s debut feature film “Costa Brava, Lebanon” is valiant filmmaking.
Creative director Giona A Nazzaro broke festival circuit ranks by explicitly condemning Israeli atrocities in Gaza ...
Disney’s live-action “ Snow White ” has been banned from playing in movie theaters in Lebanon due to the presence in the film of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who plays the role of the the Evil ...
Barbie is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, Aug. 10, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film apparently over it's alleged LGBTQ themes has raised questions over how widely it ...
Locarno Film Festival: Lebanon’s Abbout Productions to Receive Producing Award Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine of the Beirut-based production company will also present two movies, Mounia ...
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) – The urge to defend Islam’s most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, wasn’t enough to bring together Lebanon’s divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims. The two sects ...
Lebanon’s Crisis Weary Filmmakers Brace For Worst In Escalating Israeli-Hezbollah Conflict ...
The two 17-year-olds - Stanley is a junior and Warren graduated Tuesday with the Lebanon High School Class of 2003 - both worked as extras in Van Sant's independent film, "Elephant," which in May ...
Barbie is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, Aug. 10, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film apparently over it's alleged LGBTQ themes has raised questions over how widely it ...