News

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED


Screen Institute Beirut announces the extension of the deadline for submitting proposals for the DOCUMENTARY FILM FUND until February 1, 2012

Next application deadlines:
February 1, 2012 Application submission deadline
February 15, 2012 Short list announcement
February 21-22,2012 Meetings with shortlisted teams
February 29, 2012 Grant announcements

December 7-14 2011
Dubai International Film Festival

 

BREAKING NEWS! SIB grantees will compete in the 8th Edition of Dubai International Film Festival-DIFF this coming December, 2011.


IN COMPETITION FOR THE "MUHR ARAB" COMPETITION -DOCUMENTARY

Gate # 5 Director Simon El Habre
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Germany/2011/Arabic / English subtitles
HDCam/Colour/84 mins
Producer: Georges Schoucair

Uncle Nashaat Director Aseel Mansour
Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates/2011/Arabic / English subtitles
DigiBeta/Colour/90 mins.
Producer: Cindy Le Templier

Yamo Director Rami Nihawi
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates/2011/Arabic / English subtitles
DCP/Colour and Black & White/70 mins.
Producers: Monika Borgmann and Rami Nihawi

"ARABIAN NIGHTS" PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY

It's all in Lebanon Director Wissam Sharaf
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates/2011/Arabic & French / English subtitles HD/Colour/62 mins. Producers: Pierre Sarraf and Monika Borgmann


Nice to meet you Director Rodrigue Sleiman and Tarek Bacha

Lebanon/2011/Arabic / English subtitles DigiBeta/Colour/65 mins.
Producer: Tarek Bacha

For more info on DIFF 2011

October 25-29 2011
Doha Tribeca Film Festival

Laila Hotait Salas’s documentary film "Crayons of Askalan" will premier in Doha Tribeca Film Festival in October. The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) announced the line up for this year’s festival. 14 Features Films and Documentaries to Compete for awards \For more info on DTFF 2011\

 
October 5-13 2011
Screening: All about My Father by Zeina Sfeir

5-13 October Beirut International Film Festival

8 October at 7:30 pm Sodeco Square

9 October at 7:30 pm Sodeco Square
Application Schedule
February 1, 2012 Application submission deadline
February 15, 2012 Short list announcement
February 21-22, 2012 Meetings with shortlisted teams
February 29, 2012 Grant announcements
Projects
74 (Post-Production)
Director:Rania Rafei
1974 is a film about Leftist youth in Lebanon today trying to reenact the student rebellion of 1974. By blending factual elements from the 1974 rebellion and current ideas and positions of politically active Leftist students, .... \more\
My love awaits me by the sea (Production)
Director: Mais Darwazeh
The film pays tribute to Hasan Hourani, an artist who’s work has become popular for its imaginative simplicity, giving a sense of hope and a belief in a dream, an emotional state necessary for the present generation struggling to avoid the numbness imposed on it by the various political and social realities of today. ... \more\
Grant Results
September 2011
  • Gate # 5 Director Simon El Habre, Lebanon
  • The Infiltrator Director Khaled Jarrar, Palestine
  • Encounters Director Sarah Francis, Lebanon
  • My love awaits me by the sea Director Mais Darwazeh, Palestine /Jordan
  • Mother of the unborn Director Nadine Salib, Egypt
  • Conflit Director Joseph Kaluf, Lebanon
  • May 9 Director Tamara Stepanyan, Lebanon

June 2011
  • Crayons from Askalan Director Laila Hoteit, Lebanon
  • ›› Whose country Director Mohamed Siam, Egypt
  • 74 Director Rania Rafei, Lebanon
  • Trip tease Director Diala Kashmar, Lebanon

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