Lebanese Shorts at Metropolis Empire Sofil Day 1

The European Film Festival 2013 continues with its initiative to encourage young talents. Just like in past years, the festival committee will organize a competition to choose the best Lebanese short movie. The festival will grant the winners the possibility to attend the European Festivals. Lebanese film critics and members of the cultural embassies will be among the jury. This initiative encourages young talents and at the same time invites the public to give more attention to the new generation of filmmakers.

Short Films List

-Academie Libanaise Des Beaux-Arts (ALBA)

Draps
-Director: Patrick Tass
-Cast: Charbel Kamel, Sahar Khoury, Jamila Safadi
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 11 min
-Language: Arabic with French subtitles

Synopsis
The story of a dubious relationship on the brink of incest.

-American University Of Technology (AUT)

Behind the Obvious
-Director: Pascale Choucair
-Cast: Edwina Habchi, Martine Bou Younes, Sophia Choucair, Marguo Maalouf
-Production: 2012
-Running time: 10 min
-Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Synopsis
A little girl is getting ready to face life: seeing it as a whole, all steps, the good and the bad, the difficulties and the pain she will be facing. Will she be able to control her birth despite all of that?

-American University Of Science And Technology (AUST)

Devil’s Eyes
-Director: Georges Roukoz
-Cast: Talal Jurdi, Dima Abou Rjeily, Kamal Shaarawi, Milad Chahine, Saker Hanna, Darine Roukoz
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 25 min
-Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Synopsis
A blind middle-age priest dedicates his life to the church, until he is tempted by the devil who offers to give him back his eyesight in exchange for him abandoning his faith.

-Lebanese American University (LAU)

Mulberry Swing
-Director: Hasan Salame
-Cast: Wissam Bechara, Layal Syriani, Hala Fayad
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 22 min
-Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Synopsis
Thirty-something Saleh is trying to flee conscription under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s. He nurtures the objective of going back home to his pregnant wife and his daughter

-Notre-dame University (NDU)

I Fly Away
-Director: Manon Nammour
-Cast: Rayanne Farah, Jessica Younes, Charles Cremona, Rita Ashkar
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 12 min
-Language: French with English subtitles

Synopsis
The journey of a little girl who employs her imagination to heal her sick mother by escaping into her own tailored world.

-Universite Saint-esprit De Kaslik (USEK)

Echoes
-Director: Diane Bou Chedid
-Cast: Natasha Baydoun, Cynthia Jeitani
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 14 min
-Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Synopsis
A young girl finds old tapes that her deceased dad used to send her when he was away. After listening to them, she visits the house where he used to live. Everything is still the same, just the way he left it. She examines his belongings, where old cinema tickets lead her to his work place.

-Universite Saint-Joseph

Monologues of a Pig
-Director: Inaam Attar
-Cast: Cherine Khoury, Said Serhan
-Production: 2013
-Running time: 19 min
-Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Synopsis
May makes Jawad listen to a selection of her own confessions. She travels in her head and takes us with her.