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Each year you can experience UK feature presentation in the annual European Union Film Festival. We strive to provide you with information about British cinema, promote exchange and joint productions between the UK and Lebanon.
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Our biggest annual involvement is through our participation in the European Film Festival held in Beirut. We bring you the most recent entries from the British film industry |
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We advise Lebanese film festival organisers on British contributions to their festivals |
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We invest in projects that lead into long-term partnerships between the Lebanese, regional and UK film sectors |
The sacred and the profane in cinema
A seminar on religious narrative in cinema delivered by Omar Al Qattan beginning with a lecture outlining approaches and themes on how faith is dealt with in cinema; including background history for certain films that will be screened during the seminar, as well as an introduction to key concepts that will be explored.
This experience was stimulating and challenging and helped form the beginning of networks of young filmmakers on a local and regional level.
The 6 days long seminar took place at ALBA - Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts in February 2004. Participants were students of universities in Beirut running a film and/or media department.
The Sacred and the Profane Project to introduced the group of film and media students to various approaches of dealing with issues of universal philosophical, ethical and aesthetic importance which are still regarded as sensitive and delicate in our societies.
The seminar stands on its own as a totally viable and interesting project, however it also paves the way for Phases 2 and 3 which are still in their very early stages of development.
Phase 2 (2004/2005) will concentrate on putting in place the required mechanism for students to submit film proposals, as well as fixing the selection criteria and organising the competition.
Phase 3 (2005/2006) will be the production of the winning proposals and their distribution.
We featured the best British movies at several film festivals in Lebanon.
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