On migrant Lebanese filmmakers, their films and their nostalgias
Sobre los cineastas libaneses migrantes, sus películas y sus nostalgias
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My first short docu- mentary
Beirut... coming back to you is not painful
A documentary that explores Lebanese post-war cinema as a trans-national and migrant’s cinema through the works and interviews with the filmmakers Ghassan Salhab, Ziad Doueiri and Nigol Bezjian.
Un documental que explora el cine libanés de la posguerra como un cine transnacional y de migrantes a través de las obras y de entrevistas con los cineastas Ghassan Salhab, Ziad Doueiri y Nigol Bezjian.
Contact and Screen: If you want to organize a screening of BEIRUT…COMING BACK TO YOU IS NOT PAINFUL, please, write lailahotaitassistant@gmail.com or laila@laaventura.net and we will be happy to help you.
SCREENINGS
Middle Eastern Studies Association Film Festival Washington, DC, 2004 The 9th Arab Film Festival San Francisco, U.S.A. 2004 Festival Ciné DiversCités MIGRINTER, Poitiers, France, 2004 Institut Francais du Proche-Orient Beirut, Lebanon, 2004
CREDITS
Co-Directors: Laila Hotait and Nadia Hotait Editor: Roger Nasr Performing: Ziad Doueiri, Nigol Bezjian and Ghassan Salhab. Producer: Nadia Hotait and Laila Hotait Camera Operators: Abdelsalam Akkad and Karim Koleilat