Beirut's Metropolis Cinema Proceeds With South Screens Festival Amid Israeli Bombing Escalation
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· 3 sourcesBeirut's Metropolis Cinema is proceeding with the second edition of its South Screens festival (May 28-June 6) despite an intensified Israeli bombing campaign in Lebanon, according to Deadline and Variety. The festival opens with Dina El-Horr's documentary "And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads," and includes a Master Class by director Oliver Laxe, Deadline reported. Variety noted that an airstrike hit the suburb of Choueifat, close to the airport and just kilometers from the cinema, yet the festival is fully booked and continuing as planned. Festival organizers framed the event as a collective act of facing reality together through cinema during wartime, Variety added.
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Beirut's Metropolis Cinema is proceeding with the second edition of its South Screens festival (May 28-June 6) despite an intensified Israeli bombing campaign in Lebanon. The festival opens with Dina El-Horr's documentary "And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads," which examines the impact of conflict and economic crisis on Lebanon. Spanish-French director Oliver Laxe will also give a Master Class moderated by Berlinale Arab film programmer Rabih El-Khoury.
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· 3 pulledBeirut's arthouse Metropolis Cinema has confirmed that the second edition of its South Screens festival will kick-off as scheduled this week.
The event, running May 28 to June 6, opens on Thursday with documentary And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads by Dima El-Horr, exploring the impact of conflict and economic crisis on Lebanon through the eyes of three men who have met on the same beach for years.
Spanish French director Oliver Laxe is also making the trip to Beirut to give a Master Class on June 3, moderated by Rabih El- Khoury, who is the Berlinale's Arab film programmer
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