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Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya
أيام بيروت السينمائية
أيام بيروت السينمائية هو مهرجان سينمائي عربي. يهدف إلى الدفاع عن السينما الأصلية والمستقلة والمحفزة للفكر ، وتكريم السادة وتشجيع المواهب الجديدة ، لتقديم وتعزيز القصص العربية التي يرويها الفنانون العرب.
Shortfilm Competition
We are happy to announce the opening for submissions of the “ShortFilm Competition” for Beirut Cinema Days 11, which will take place in June 2022!
We are looking for short films produced as of 2019, on the theme “In this Place”; stories that retrace and reconstruct the houses, squares, buildings, formal and informal, intimate and common spaces that make up our cities, villages, and country; and the stories that once existed and the ones that were not allowed.
The selected films will be screened during #Ayam11, and on AFLAMUNA.online as part of the festival.
The audience will choose one film which will be granted a cash award.
Rules and Regulations:
- Filmmakers should be Lebanese nationals or Arabs residing in Lebanon
- Duration should not exceed 15 minutes
- Produced as of 2019
- All film genres are eligible (documentary, fiction, animated, experimental, etc…)
Music videos as well as promotional, awareness, and educational films are not eligible to submit.
In case of selection, English subtitles will be required.
Deadline April 10, 2022
Note:
Beirut DC is a safe space and considers freedom of expression, a fundamental human right. Beirut DC shall not & will not discriminate against race, religion, gender, national origin, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or disability.
the festival
A festival that introduced Arab cinema to the Lebanese audience.
Twenty years ago, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya (Beirut Cinema Days) was started by a group of Lebanese filmmakers who sought to create the platform for Lebanese and Arab Cinema they thought the city was missing.
The festival was the first in the region to focus exclusively on Arab cinema and created a unique place of dialogue for Arab filmmakers. The biennial event has since brought together over 500 features and shorts films from the region and beyond with its annual audience of more than 8,000 viewers.
A festival that recognizes the driving forces of Arab cinema.
Throughout the years, Ayam Beirut has paid tribute to many acclaimed filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, Abderrahmane Sissako, Yousry Nasrallah, Michel Khleifi, Hany Abou Assaad, Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghassan Salhab, Omar Amiralay, Oussama Mohamed and Farouk Beloufa.
But more importantly, it has embraced emerging talents from Lebanon and the Arab World, including Lebanese filmmakers Simon El Habre, Dima El Horr and Michel Kammoun, whose careers the festival kickstarted.
It has also hosted many revered film figures, both local and international, such as French icon Catherine Deneuve, Egyptian star Leila Aloui and French actress Elodie Bouchez.
Never shying away from the political and social potency of cinema as a medium, the festival has held numerous talks, with the likes of Samir Kassir and Fawaz Traboulsi and special film programs, tackling urgent socio-political questions.
A festival that tackles the needs of its industry.
The festival has held several workshops over the years, it has hosted masterclasses by established filmmakers, and panels shedding light on emerging voices. It has sought to shed light on the struggle of Arab filmmakers, to provide them with a space for dialogue and critical thought, and to create support structures to address their needs, leading up to the creation of the Beirut Cinema Platform.
A festival in constant transformation.
Ayam Beirut aims to reflect the current state of Arab cinema and of Arab society, constantly looking to address its local audience’s needs, be it through its programming, but also through the nature of the event itself.
In 2019, the festival extended beyond the city to reach audiences in Saida and Hammana, and beyond the theatre, to reach audiences in classrooms and prisons.
And each edition will strive to explore the constantly expanding boundaries of cinema, to step up to the needs of its audience, and to address the defining issues of its time.
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“Ayam Beirut holds a place in my heart like no other festival. A relationship spanning 20 years, I have screened every film I’ve ever made there and it has been an essential part of my life as a filmmaker”
- Anne Marie Jacir, Filmmaker
