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februar 1, 2013

  以色列秘密安全组织“辛贝特”(Shin Bet)的6位前领导人讲述了该国1967年之后的历史,包括那些公开的和不为人知的历史。如果你认为你理解中东,那么你必须看看这部纪录片,它会让你大开眼界。   辛贝特是以色列的国家安全机构,主要负责保卫国内首脑和外国来访政客的人身安全。他们的座右铭是“看不见的盾”,在任何时候他们的成员姓名都是保密的,只有领导人的名字会被披露出来。辛贝特是一个很成功的组织,有些人对他们颇有微词,包括他们刑讯逼供的不择手段,再有就是1995年他们没能阻止对当时总统拉宾的暗杀。   在以色列历史上,曾有过十三任的首领。而在过去三十年里,只有六个人有资格统领这个机构。此前,他们从未接受过任何采访,在导演德赫-莫雷赫的镜头前,他们第一次打开了话匣。“到底是什么让他们决定道出有关这个组织的秘密和运作方式?”从1980年任职的亚伯拉罕-沙洛姆,到2011年刚刚卸任的尤瓦尔-迪斯金,他们以充满自信和挑衅的口吻谈论了以色列的秘密行动、审讯手段和反恐措施。这些处于机构最高级别的人,深知许多政权内幕,而未来在他们眼中却是一片黯淡……

desember 3, 2021

Maia和她十几岁的女儿Alex住在蒙特利尔。在平安夜,Maia收到了一个盒子,里面装着她离开黎巴嫩时托付给好友的日记、磁带和照片。她拒绝打开这个潘多拉的盒子,但因暴风雪被困在家中的亚历克斯却抵挡不住诱惑,偷偷地翻看了母亲记忆的盒子,了解到母亲于内战期间在贝鲁特度过的动荡青春。

A group of young UN soldiers in Lebanon enters service with pro-Israeli views and a naive outlook on war. They go through a radical change of heart as they witness and film the Qana massacre. They secure video evidence indicating that Israel deliberately bombed a UN camp killing 106 refugees.

Uninhibited examination of the legacy of Lebanon’s civil war. A reflection on the destinies of comrades who were once bound by ideologies and remain tightly knit friends. The film travels the chimeric and daunting reality of Lebanon's fractured post-war landscape.

July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the conflict. It is the beginning of an unpredictable, unexpected adventure...

Beirut resident Soraya is drawn to two men: daredevil photographer Nabil and Talal, who must embrace his feudal heritage when his father is kidnapped.

Samar, a child of the war, finds relief from the chaos around her through Egyptian movies she watches on television. Karim, an artist in retreat from life, remains in his apartment in war-torn West Beirut, confident that he is safe in his familiar neighborhood. An unlikely bond is formed between the two as they face the devastating civil war.

The apocalyptic blast in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, exacerbates anger at those in power: protests cross religious boundaries as the Lebanese people curse corruption, nepotism, gross economic mismanagement and squandering of resources. How did the Land of Cedars, a country with so much to offer, allow itself to get into such a dire situation? And will it be able to bounce back?

Thirty years after the end of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1991), a filmmaker seeks to explore the trauma inflicted by the war on her family. Reverberations traces the history and politics of a nation in disarray in an intimate mother-daughter portrait that unravels the trauma that defined an era lost to history and a generation’s silence about its long-standing effects.

Oum Karim, a 60-year-old Beiruti lady, is used to preparing Lahm Bi Ajin (Lebanese ham pie) once per week.

The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.

Still Burning tells the unexpected reunion in Paris in June 1998 of André, a Lebanese filmmaker living and working in France, and Walid, the very close friend he has not seen for years. In their youth, in Beirut, during the civil war, they were both possessed by the same artistic vocation: Cinema, but also by the same woman: Amira. Their reunion, all night long, will not fail to awaken their old repressed demons for better or for worse.

Bahij Hojeij’s documentary studies the infamous Green Line between east and west Beirut during the civil war.

oktober 6, 1984

Filmed in Beirut in the Spring of 1984, in many ways a letter about warfront.

Architecture in Beirut was the second greatest victim of the civil war, with pages of ancient and modern history erased by the end of the conflict. This documentary interviews citizens calling for a reconstruction plan that would preserve Beirut’s spirit of culture and openness.

“Al Makhtufun” won the 1998 Best Short Documentary Film Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival for highlighting the issue of abducted Lebanese. The film raises two major issues: The abductee’s physical absence and his spiritual presence among his family members, and the parents silently wishing his return. The documentary looks at documents kept by Wadad, a mother who decides to step outside her comfort zone and share her papers and forms when other parents would not.

august 8, 2017

Day one of the FIFA World Cup. The residents of Beirut have eagerly anticipated the big event, but for some reason the telecast is interrupted by strange audio waves. Soon they realize that an Israeli attack is in progress, but instead of running away and hiding, they rush to their rooftops where they can witness a much bigger live event.

januar 1, 2007

This political documentary by Hady Zaccak delves into the world of Lebanese Shiites through interviews with three Shiite youths, each with a different political and ideological affiliation, in addition to a very valuable interview with late Shiite cleric Sayyed Hani Fahs. The documentary explores the Shiites’ relation to Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb, a Shiite stronghold, as well as the difference between the political and social perspectives of these youths.

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