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25.01.2022 Starring Lebanons Nicolas Mouawad, the teaser trailer for His Only Son has dropped today. Tell us what you think!
25.01.2022 LFF ON DEMAND, coming to your lounge room this week! Don’t miss comedy action film, ‘By Chance’ launching at LFF 2020. For more info or to rent or buy this film, head to www.LFF.org.au.
25.01.2022 Today we share The Valley by Ghassan Salhab that you can watch ONLINE and for FREE on Aflamuna until August 13. Streaming link in both English and French subtit...les: https://www.aflamuna.online/the-valley The Valley offers a nonconformist approach to drama/thrillers by relying on skilful interweaving of setting and character, as well as, its way of playing on the audiences curiosity. It portrays an amnesiac man that finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility, post surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanons isolated Bekaa Valley. The film premiered at TIFF 2014 and Berlinale Forum 2015 winning multiple awards including best director at Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Main Credits: Cast: Carlos Chahine, Fadi Abi Samra, Aouni Kawas, Carole Abboud, Yumna Marwan Producers: Georges Schoucair Coproducers: Serge Lalou, Charlotte Uzu, Titus Kryenberg Line Producer: Ginger Beirut Productions Cinematographer: Bassem Fayad Editor: Michele Tyan Sound Design: Rana Eid Sound Mixing: Florent Lavalle Music: Cynthia Zaven #LebaneseCinema #Lockdown2020
24.01.2022 This Thursday morning, our director Camille will be part of a Screen NSW Film Festival Forum. The Forum will bring together the NSW film festival community to discuss common issues, share knowledge, and provide opportunities for business development and virtual networking. Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/76ul56j1/register
23.01.2022 On the Ropes is a short film by Manon Nammour, now available for your viewing at home. The film is a story that reflects the Lebanese situation through the lives of a family - a life constantly in suspense. Enjoy!
23.01.2022 One of the worlds most dignified, iconic and celebrated Lebanese voices, singer Fayrouz, and the French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron visited the Lebanese artist upon his arrival in Lebanon, in celebration of Lebanons 100th birthday, on Monday evening at her home in Rabieh, near Antelias, honouring her with the receipt of the Medal of the Supreme Chorus of Honour in France. #BhebbakYaLoubnan
22.01.2022 Link to donate: https://gf.me/u/ynuxv8 We have been directly contacting victims of the Beirut tragedy, helping them source repairers and directly assisting them with funding to repair their homes. Please help us help our arts community and their families. Most of them live in the hardest hit areas like Gemayze and Achrafiyeh. Two areas that were once vibrant in the arts and culinary scene in Beirut. Together with the Beirut Film Society, the Lebanese Film Festival Association... is helping film makers and artists and their families repair homes that have been damaged by the tragic Beirut explosions. This is a community already under-supported, and now mourning this tragic devastation of their homes, their loved ones and their city. We are sending funds directly to the artists for repairs to make their homes liveable. To donate, head to the page below. *We are managing funds to go directly to the artists, not via any third party.
22.01.2022 LFF ON DEMAND is streaming now! Head to www.LFF.org.au for the latest in Lebanese cinema and stream from the comfort of your own home.
22.01.2022 Netflix alert Some exciting news to compliment your weekend, the streaming giant will make Nadine Labakis new lockdown short film available to watch on June 30 Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9JaGmaiKRLA ... Nadines film is featured as one of the Homemade shorts made by many other acclaimed filmmakers: Ladj Ly - Paolo Sorrentino - Rachel Morrison - Pablo Larran - Natalia Beristin - Sebastian Schipper - Naomi Kawase - David Mackenzie - Maggie Gyllenhaal - Antonio Campos - Johnny Ma - Kristen Stewart - Gurinder Chadha - Sebastin Lelio - Ana Lily Amirpour
22.01.2022 Want to catch up with Lebanese Cinema? As promised, we are making available one by one our Abbout Productions films for free. Today we share e muet by Corine S...hawi that you can watch until the 20th of May on aflamuna // , Beirut DCs new streaming platform. Link for the English and French subtitled versions: https://www.aflamuna.online/emuet Available worldwide E muet is an intimate documentary that explores the intersections of friendship, love and seduction. It premiered at FIDMarseille in 2013 part of the international competition and screened worldwide since, including special sessions at MK2 Beaubourg and part of the Lebanese Cinema focus at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015. Corine is currently in post-production for her new feature documentary "Perhaps What I Fear Does Not Exist" Main Credits: Producers: Myriam Sassine, Corine Shawi Co-Producers: Olivier Marboeuf (Spectre Productions), In association with Abbout Productions Cinematography: Corine Shawi Editors: Chaghig Arzoumanian, Halim Sabbagh Cast: Nanou Ghanem, Nora Haakh, Johanne Issa, Corine Shawi, Rajwa Tohm #LebaneseCinema #Lockdown2020
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21.01.2022 LISTEN is a romantic drama set in the beautiful streets of Beirut. Joud, a handsome sound engineer falls in love with strong and free-spirited Rana, who comes from a different social and religious background. A drastic turn of events gets between them and Rana suddenly slips away. As her parents forbid Joud from seeing her, he creatively finds a way of communicating with her. LISTEN is also back by popular demand after screening at last year’s girls night out. To stream, head to https://lff.org.au/film/listen/
20.01.2022 Our 2019 Film of the Year, Kairos by Paul Barakat is now available on Apple TV and JB Hi-Fi. This is a must watch, local production which captivated audiences at last years Festival. To rent or buy, head to Apple TV on your streaming device or in store and/or online via JB Hi-Fi.
20.01.2022 A beautiful act of solidarity last night with the cedar tree projected onto the Sydney Opera House. One week after last weeks explosive tragedy, Beirut and Lebanon are left pondering in a state of economic and political uncertainty. We are doing our small part to help by supporting film makers repair their homes. To support this initiative, head to, https://gf.me/u/ynuxv8. Lebanon remains in our thoughts and prayers!
20.01.2022 Tomorrow morning, our director Camille will be part of a Screen NSW Film Festival Forum. The Forum will bring together the NSW film festival community to discuss common issues, share knowledge, and provide opportunities for business development and virtual networking. Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/76ul56j1/register
19.01.2022 It’s been a full on year for all of us, but planning for LFF online 2020 and our tenth anniversary edition in 2021 is underway! Stay tuned as we reveal our 2020 virtual platform soon.
18.01.2022 Start your morning by watching the replay of Lebanese composer Gabriel Yareds interview and concert from the Cannes Film Festival 2020 March du Film now available here! We certainly miss our yearly Cannes trip! #LFFAU #LebaneseFilmFestivalAustralia #LebaneseCinema #LebaneseFilm #GabrielYared #Composer #Cannes2020... https://vimeo.com/431046392/0559b73659
16.01.2022 Dont miss some great film content!
16.01.2022 Back by popular demand, ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST is once again screening as part of the Lebanese Film Festival via our online on-demand edition, streaming now until 25 January. Take a journey through the ancient sacred and archaeological sites of South Lebanon in this documentary film. For info, or to stream, head to https://lff.org.au/film/on-the-footsteps-of-christ/ #LFFAU #LebaneseFilmFestival
15.01.2022 The Sydney South African Film Festival is happening next week, and its accessible from your own lounge room this year. Dont miss this exciting program of film. For more info, head to their Facebook page or website, https://ssaff.org.au/
14.01.2022 Great news today as Western Sydney University’s Bankstown Campus development gets underway.
14.01.2022 Were very keen to see the Foreign Correspondents take on Lebanons economic, political and public health crisis. Its on tonight at 8pm on ABC TV + iview. ... This is not your typical revolution. Its not just a group of young idealists pushing for the stars.... The revolution that has filled Lebanons streets for months on end has broad-based support. Young and old, rich and poor, Muslim, Christian and Druze are united in their desire to overthrow their corrupt and incompetent leaders and save their country and themselves from economic collapse. After decades of neglect, the country is on its knees. Theres hyperinflation, currency collapse, high unemployment, constant power cuts and people going hungry like never before. And now the country is dealing with the new coronavirus. In a rollercoaster ride, Beirut-based correspondent Adam Harvey lived through months of protest and weeks of lockdown and has documented it for Foreign Correspondent. Adam meets ordinary and extraordinary Lebanese who are struggling to survive and desperately trying to save the country they love. Theres Rima, the owner of a once-grand now crumbling hotel in the countrys east, a former haunt of kings, queens and presidents. Today tourism has dried up and the hotel is struggling. Rima spends her time organising food handouts for hungry neighbours. "The corruption...has eaten up the Lebanon weve known and were all trying to save it", she tells us. He meets Tarek, the star of Revolution TV whos live-streaming the protestors every move for his popular YouTube channel. "Its very sad whats happening but Beirut will never die. Beirut will get sick...but Beirut will survive." Theres Tala, a young DJ and part owner of Beiruts biggest nightclub. Instead of spinning discs, shes in lockdown, worried about her countrys future. "Right now, our country has sunk so low...and it will be very, very hard to come back from that." And we meet unemployed Imad Awad, who doesnt have enough money to pay for heating or his wifes medicine. The coronavirus is putting more pressure on a country already in strife. But it cant kill the revolution. As the lockdown lifts, the protestors are coming back. "We want action now. We want to see a result immediately on the streets for the people - otherwise there is no country", warns Tarek. In a visually arresting story, we meet four Lebanese from different walks of life, all united in their desire to bring their country back from the brink. Watch Revolution in the Time of Corona on Foreign Correspondent, Tuesday 5 May at 8pm on ABC and on iview.
13.01.2022 Together with the Beirut Film Society, the Lebanese Film Festival Association is helping film makers and artists and their families repair homes that have been damaged by the tragic Beirut explosions. This is a community already under-supported, and now mourning this tragic devastation of their homes, their loved ones and their city. We are sending funds directly to the artists for repairs to make their homes liveable. To donate, head to the page below. Link to donate: https://gf.me/u/ynuxv8 *We are managing funds to go directly to the artists, not via any third party.
13.01.2022 Time is running out to see @nadinelabaki in ‘1982’ as part of the Lebanese Film Festival on demand, running until 25 January. To stream, head to our website, www.LFF.org.au
12.01.2022 Dani, a 10-year-old blind girl is waiting to find out whether or not the prearranged meeting with her singing idol will be taking place. KinShip is more than a 'will she or will she not' story - it is a gentle unfolding of the heart. Don’t miss Australian Lebanese film maker, Nadi Sha’s short film, ‘Kinship’ screening now at the Lebanese Film Festival online. To stream or for more info, head to https://lff.org.au/film/kinship/ #LFFAU #lebaneseaustralian #lebanesefilmfestival #filmfestival #australianfilm #sydney #melbourne #adelaide #canberra
11.01.2022 Today our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Beirut. The city suffered from an explosion at the port of Beirut which has killed tens of people, and injured hundreds. It has also destroyed some of the city, with homes and workplaces destroyed. If youd like to donate to the Lebanese Red Cross, head to http://www.redcross.org.lb/index.aspx?pageid=907
10.01.2022 Exciting news for our LFF 2018 film, Heaven Without People -
10.01.2022 Five years ago the Lebanese Film Festival made its first representation in Cannes! It was great to see how the French city comes alive for the Festival de Cannes and meet many amazing Lebanese film makers making their mark on the international film scene.
09.01.2022 The Lebanese Film Festival is continuing to plan its ninth edition, albeit in a new format! Stay tuned and subscribe to our newsletter via www.LFF.org.au to make sure youre in the know!
09.01.2022 Eid Mubarak to our Muslim friends!! Sending our love from the LFF team.
08.01.2022 Thank you City of Canterbury Bankstown for today flying the Lebanese flag at half mast in Bankstown in solidarity with the victims and families affected by the tragic Beirut blast.
08.01.2022 We're very excited to launch our 2020-21 branding to you all! 2020 has been a difficult year for all of us, in Australia and particularly in Lebanon. Whilst these challenges have meant our 2020 edition could not proceed in its usual format, we're pleased to announce that we will be launching an online platform for you to be able to access the best and latest in Lebanese cinema for two weeks in late November, from the comfort of your own home! Stay tuned as we'll soon be releasing our line up and launching our fresh new website for 2020-21.
06.01.2022 The Lebanese Film Festival team is looking for a website designer and host. If youre creative, innovative and have a passion for the arts, check out our current opportunity. For details on the services required and how to make a submission, please find the link below. #LFFAU #sydneyjobs #creativejobs #film
05.01.2022 The Lebanese Film Festival is streaming online until 25 January. Check out the line up of 17 feature, short and documentary films at https://lff.org.au/films/ and grab your all access pass today!
05.01.2022 A fantastic initiative brought to Lebanese homes during this difficult time in Lebanon. Well done Baalbeck International Festival ! #thesoundofresilience
05.01.2022 What did everybody think of the ABC TV + iviews foreign correspondent episode on Lebanon last night?What did everybody think of the ABC TV + iviews foreign correspondent episode on Lebanon last night?
05.01.2022 Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with all of our family and friends in Lebanon today and always. Lebanon, were here for you! - https://mailchi.mp/1198b3265383/lebanon-were-here-for-you
05.01.2022 ATTENTION FILM MAKERS. Submissions close this month for the Lebanese Film Festival Australias 2020 edition. Submit your film online at www.LFF.org.au/film-submission Submissions close Friday, 22 May.
05.01.2022 LFF 2020 now online, and on-demand! We're excited to launch our 2020 online edition, bringing you the best in Lebanese cinema until 22 December. You can catch Nadine Labaki in '1982', laugh to a group of seniors on a mission to help their friend in 'Wanted', or learn about the plight of Syrian refugees in 'We Are From Here' - https://mailchi.mp/a2572e6b755f/lff-2020-online-update
04.01.2022 If you haven’t yet watched the Four Corners episode on the Beirut explosion, two months on, this is a must watch. Thank you ABC Australia and Adam Harvey, ABC Middle East Correspondent for this well put together documentary that takes Australians on a personal journey of the suffering inflicted on innocent lives in Beirut. Our heart breaks for the Lebanese people who continue to struggle through everyday life due to rampant economic, political, social and environmental vandalism and neglect. The best we can do right now, is continue to share the stories of this beautiful yet troubled land.
04.01.2022 Happy Birthday to our wonderful Director and extraordinary human being Camille Lattouf!
03.01.2022 Are you ready to watch Lebanese films from the comfort of your own home? Well, you can now stream the latest in Lebanese cinema online!! You can rent films individually or buy a bundle that gives you access to the lot! Head to our website, www.LFF.org.au and get streaming! Streaming is open until 22 December!
02.01.2022 An interesting discussion with Georges Khabbaz Joelle Touma and Bahij Hojeij, who have written some of our favourite scripts in Lebanese cinema. #LFFAU #LebaneseFilmFestivalAustralia #LebaneseFilmFestival #Cinema #LebaneseFilm #LebaneseCinema #LebaneseCinemaAustralia https://www.youtube.com/watch
02.01.2022 We’re excited to be screening the short film, Kinship, by Australian Lebanese director, Nadi Sha. Don’t miss this locally produced film in this year’s LFF-On Demand, streaming now until 22 December!
02.01.2022 To all our Muslim friends and supporters, we wish you a happy Eid al Adha!
01.01.2022 One of our favourite comedy short films is Deyra made by the young Martine Daher, whos life was unfortunately cut short through a tragic accident. Enjoy this great short tonight!
01.01.2022 Weekend Watch List Alert: Our long time friends at Abbout Productions share the news STRAY BULLET by Georges Hachem will be on NETFLIX. Released in 2010, starring Nadine Labaki, Rodrigue Sleiman , Badih Abou Chakra , Takla Chamoun - , Hind Taher, Pauline Haddad, Stray Bullet is a deeply felt story of a woman attempting to take control of her life. It screened in multiple festivals across the world winning Best Film at the Dubai Internation...al Film Festival. Main Credits: Producer: Georges Schoucair Cinematographer: Muriel Aboulrouss Music Composer: Nadim Mishlawi Editors: Elias Chahine, Simon El Habre Production Designer: Petra Abou Sleiman Sound Mixer: Rayan Al Obeidyine Sound Designer: Rana Eid Re-recording Mixer: Florent Lavalle #LebaneseCinema #AbboutProductions #LebaneseFilmFestival #LebaneseFilmFestivalAustralia #LFFAU
