Congratulations to Gabriella Choueifaty, who has just won the ZINEBI prize for best fiction short film for ‘2006’!Congratulations to the director and her team for this powerful and touching debut film, shot last year in Lebanon. Coproduction : Films de Force Majeure, Né à Beyrouth FilmsSupport : CNC (aide à la production audiovisuelle), Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes...
Category: Festival
FILMS DE FORCE MAJEURE AT IDFA
DO YOU LOVE ME by Lana Daher has been selected for the Rough Cut Presentations at the IDFA Forum, where it will be presented by the director and the producer. A love song to Beirut, this archival film delves into the Lebanese psyche by exploring 70 years of public, private, cinematic, and television archives. >>...
2006 – European premiere in competition at ZINEBI
Following the announcement of its world premiere at the Winterthur Film Festival, a second good news has arrived: 2006 by Gabriella Choueifaty will make its European premiere at ZINEBI 66, Bilbao’s International Short Film Festival! The film will be screened on November 11 at 8pm in the presence of the director. Congratulations on the continuation...
2006 – World premiere in competition at Winterthur
2006, Gabriella Choueifaty’s first short film, will have its world premiere at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage in Winterthur, Switzerland. In 2006, as Israeli bombs rain down on Lebanon, a mother and her daughters live confined to the heights of Beirut, as if nothing had happened. Sharp tensions soon arise between the two sisters. Screenings on 07...
STRANGER EYES in October
After its world premiere in Venice in September, STRANGER EYES has been selected for the New York Film Festival, where it will have its North American premiere on September 28 and 30 in the presence of director Yeo Siew Hua. A third date is scheduled for Saturday, October 12 at 9:45pm. The film will then...
THE FLATS – October’s festival selections
Alessandra Celesia’s new feature film continues its international festival run. This month, THE FLATS will be screened at the Mirage in Oslo on October 11 at 6:30pm, at the B3 Festival of the moving Image in Offenbach on October 14 at 4pm, and at FilmFest Cologne on October 20 at 3:30pm and October 22 at...
GREEN LINE at Locarno (Concorso Internazionale) and Lussas
Green Line by Sylvie Ballyot will make its world premiere in the International Competition at Locarno: 1000 congrats to the director and the whole team! The film will also have its French premiere at the États généraux du film documentaire in Lussas. Produced by TS Productions and co-produced by Films de Force Majeure, XBO Films...
THE FLATS – French premiere in Lussas
The Flats by Alessandra Celesia will make its French premiere at the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas. It will be screened on 21 August at an open-air screening attended by the director, editor Frédéric Fichefet and part of the production team. Distributed in France by Les Alchimistes, it is sold internationally by The...
THE FLATS wins Pull Focus Award for Irish documentary features
The Flats has just won the Pull Focus Award for Irish documentary features at the Docs Ireland festival! “The Pull Focus jury was deeply moved by this caring and collaborative portrayal of a community living the long shadow of violence while finding new forms of agency, expression and healing. It is an unforgettable, distinctively crafted...