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With more than 500 films made in Lebanon, [1] this is an incomplete list of Lebanese films in year order. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Lebanese films.
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1929 | The Adventures of Elias Mabrouk [2] [3] | Arabic: "مغامرات إلياس مبروك" French: Les Aventures d'Elias Mubarak | Jordano Pidutti [4] | Comedy [5] | 1929 | |||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1931 | The Adventures of Abu Abed | Arabic: "مغامرات ابو عبد" French: Les Aventures d'Abu Abed | Jordano Pidutti [4] | Rachid Ali Chaaban [6] | Comedy [5] | 1931 | Rachid Ali Chaaban [6] | ||
1936 | In the Ruins of Baalbeck [7] | Arabic: "بين هياكل بعلبك" French: Dans les ruines de Baalbek | Karim Bustany Julio de Lucci | 1936 | Luminar Films [7] | ||||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1940 | The Rose Seller [6] | Arabic: "بياعة الورد" French:La Vendeuse de rose | Ali Al-Ariss | ||||||
1946 | Planet of the Desert Princess [6] | Arabic:"كوكب أميرة الصحراء" French: Planète de la princesse du désert | Ali Al-Ariss | Antoine Haddad, Melvina Amine | |||||
Summer in Lebanon | Arabic: "صيف في لبنان" French: L'été au Liban | Salah Badrakan | |||||||
1947 | The Summer Season in Lebanon | Arabic: "الإصطياف في لبنان" | Bishara Wakim | Nour Al Hoda | 1947 | ||||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1951 | Bride of Lebanon | Arabic: "عروس لبنان" French: La Mariée du liban | Hussein Fawzi | Hagar Hamdi | Comedy | 1951 | Noura Productions | 1 hr 34 mins | |
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1953 | Remorse [8] | Arabic: "عذاب الضمير" French: Remords | Georges Qa'i | Ihsan Sadek, Michel Tamer, Lucien Harb | Drama | 1953 | Al-Arz Al-Fania | 85 mins | |
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1957 | The First Melody [5] | Arabic: "اللحن الأول" French:"Le premier chant" | Mohamed Selmane | Najah Salam, Wadih El Safi | Musical | 1957 | Mohamad Ali Al-Sabah | ||
Red Flowers | Arabic: "زهور حمراء" French:"Fleurs Rouge" | Michel Haroun | |||||||
1958 | Towards the Unknown [9] | Arabic: إلى أين French: Vers l'inconnu | Georges Nasser | Laura Azar, Shakib Khouri, Mounir Nader, Raouf Rawi, Nazha Younes | Drama | 1958 | |||
For Whom the Sun Rises | Arabic: "لمن تشرق الشمس" French:Pour qui se lève le soleil | Joseph Fahdi | Nour El-Hoda, Gilda El-Almaniya | ||||||
Memories | Arabic: "ذكريات" French:"Souvenirs" | Georges Qa'i | |||||||
Rendezvous with Hope | Arabic: "موعد مع الأمل" French:"Rendez-vous ave l'espoir" | Mohamed Selmane | Qamar, Taghrid | ||||||
1959 | The Songs of My Love | Arabic: "أنغام حبيبي" French:"Les Chants de mon amour" | Mohamed Selmane | ||||||
The Judgement of Fate [8] | Arabic: "حكم القدر" French: Jugement du destin | Joseph Ghorayeb | Nadia Gamal, Habiba, Joseph Nano, Sylvana Barakat | Drama | 1959 | 100 mins | |||
Days of My Life | Arabic: "أيّام من عمري" French: Jours de ma vie | Georges Qa'i | Ihsan Sadek | 95 mins | |||||
Two Hearts, One Body [8] | Arabic: "قلبان وجسد" French: Deux cœurs, un corps | Georges Qa'i | Qamar, Michel Tamer, Ihsan Sadek | 90 mins | |||||
The Rock of Love [8] | Arabic: "صخر الحب" French: Le rocher de l'amour | Rida Myassar | |||||||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Genre | Release date | Production | Length |
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1960 | The Deadly Collar | Arabic: "العقد القاتل" | Ibrahim Takkush | 1960 | ||||
Baalbeck Festival, 1960, The | French: Festival de Baalbeck 1960, Le | Ahmed El-Toukhi | ||||||
Birth of the Prophet [10] | Arabic: "مولد الرسول" French: Naissance du prophète | Samira Tewfik | ||||||
Burning Heart | Arabic: "في قلبها نار" French: Cœur brûlant | Ahmed El-Toukhi | Nazha Younes, Najah Salam | |||||
The Deadly Necklace | Arabic: "العقد القاتل" French: Le collier meutrier | Ibrahim Takkouche | 1960 | Takkouche & Falah | 90 mins | |||
A Stranger in the House [11] | Arabic: "في الدار غريبة" French: Une étrangère à la maison | Joseph Fahdi | Nawal Fahd | 1961 | ||||
The Small Stranger | Arabic: "الغريب الصغير" French: Le petit étranger | Georges Nasser | Gaston Chikhani, Shakib Khouri, Suzette Stellwy | Drama | 1962 | |||
I Am Not Guilty | Arabic: "لست مذنبة" French:Je ne suis pas coupable | Ibrahim Takkush | 1960 | |||||
1961 | The White Poison | Arabic: "السم الأبيض" French:Le poison blanc | Georges Qa'i | Nazha Younes, Ihsan Sadek | ||||
The Knight and the Bandit | Arabic: "الفارس والشقي" | Georges Qa'i | ||||||
The Temple of Love | Arabic: "معبد الحب" | Atef Salem | Sabah | |||||
1962 | Abu Salim in the City | Arabic: "أبو سليم في المدينة" French: Abu Salim en ville | Hasib Chams | Salah Tizani | Comedy | |||
The Broken Wings | Arabic: "الأجنحة المتكسرة" French: Les Ailes brisées | Youssef Maalouf | Nidal Al-Ashkar, Philippe Akiki, Pierre Borday | Drama | 1964 | |||
The Devil's Chariot | Arabic: "عربة الشيطان" French: La charrette du diable | Georges Qa'i | Nazha Younes, Ihsan Sadek | 90 mins | ||||
1963 | Abu Salim, the Messenger of Romance | Arabic: "أبو سليم، رسول الغرام" | Youssef Maalouf | Salah Tizani | Comedy | |||
The Watchful Eye [12] | Arabic: "العين الساهرة" | Gary Garabedian | ||||||
A Bedu Girl in Love | Arabic: "البدوية العاشقة" | Niazi Mostafa | Samira Tewfik | |||||
Chouchou and the Million | Arabic: "شوشو والمليون" French: Chouchou et le million | Issam Hamawi | Chouchou, Elias Rizk, René Helou | |||||
A Love Story | Arabic: "حكاية غرام" French: Histoire d'amour | Mohamed Salman | Maha Sabry, Moharam Fouad, Wahid Jalal, Julia Daw, Hassan El Mliegy, Said Elmaghrabi | |||||
Lebanon at Night | Arabic: "لبنان في الليل" French: Le Liban, la nuit | Mohamed Salman | Sabah, Jacqueline, Samira Tewfik, Jean Saadeh | |||||
Master Craftsman Lattouf | Arabic: "المعلّم لطّوف" | Kamel Costandi | ||||||
Red on the Snow [12] | Arabic: "دماء على الثلج" French: Rouge sur neige | Wiam El-Saidi | ||||||
Strike of the Promise' [12] | Arabic: "ضربة الوعد" | |||||||
The Wonders of Love | Arabic: "يا سلام الحب" | Tahsine Kawadri | Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy | |||||
1964 | Joys of Youth | Arabic: "أفراح الشباب French: Les Joies de la jeunesse | Mohamed Salman | Sabah, Jacqueline | 1964 | |||
The Pearl Necklace | Arabic: "عقد اللولو" French: Le collier de perles | Youssef Maalouf | Sabah, Duraid Lahham | |||||
A Bedouin in Paris | Arabic: "بدوية في باريس" | Mohamed Salman | Samira Tewfik | Romance | ||||
Antar's Daughter | Arabic: "بنت عنتر" | |||||||
The Idol of the Crowds | Arabic: "فاتنة الجماهير" French: L'Idole des foules | Mohamed Salman | Sabah | Romance | 1964 | |||
Beloved of All | Arabic: "حبيبة الكل" | Rida Myassar | Sabah, Fahd Balan | Comedy | 1964 | |||
The Desert Beauty | Arabic: "حسناء البادية" French: La Beauté du désert | Seif Eddine Shawkat | Samira Tewfik, Samira Barudi, Nadia Gamal | |||||
You Are My Life | Arabic: "أنت عمري" | Georges Qa'i | Jacqueline | |||||
The Mountain Singer | Arabic: "شادية الجبل" French: La Chanteuse de montagne | 1964 | ||||||
O' Night | Arabic: "يا ليل" | Gary Garabedian | ||||||
1965 | Abu Salim in Africa | Arabic: "ابو سليم في افريقيا" French: Abu Salim en Afrique | Gary Garabedian | Salah Tizani | Comedy | |||
Naked and Unashamed | Arabic: "عاريات بلا خطيئة" French: Nues sans péché | Alexandre Costanoff | Eghraa | 1967 | ||||
Bitter Honey | Arabic: "العسل و المر" French: Le Miel amer | Rida Meyassar | Randa, Jacqueline | |||||
The Bank | Arabic: "البنك" French: La Banque | Mohamed Salman | Taroub | Romance | ||||
A Bedouin in Rome | Arabic: "بدوية في روما" | Mohamed Salman | Samira Tewfik | Arab Co. for Cinema | ||||
In the Service of Love | Arabic: "بأمر الحب" | Mohamed Salman | Romance | 1965 | ||||
Biya el-Khawatim | Youssef Chahine | Fairuz, Philemone Wehbe, Nasri Shamseddine | Musical | |||||
Jababira, Al | ||||||||
Jaguar al Saouda, Al | ||||||||
Lahib al Jassad | Rida Meyassar | Fahd Ballane, Abdel Salam el-Naboulsi, Sammoura, Mayada | Drama | |||||
Layali al Chark | ||||||||
Millianara, Al | ||||||||
Rahiba, Al | ||||||||
Walidtu min Gadid | ||||||||
1966 | Amil al Sirri 99, Al | |||||||
Siba wa al jamal, Al | ||||||||
Chebab Taht al Chams | Samir Nasri | |||||||
Dalou'a, Al | ||||||||
Gharam fi Istambul | ||||||||
Ghorfa Numero 7, Al | ||||||||
Itab | ||||||||
Kahirun, Al | ||||||||
Layali al Helwa | ||||||||
Lika fi Tadmur | ||||||||
Lil nisa' Fakat | ||||||||
Mawal al Akdam al Zahabiya | ||||||||
Mawal | Sabah (singer), Nadia Gamal, Wadih el Safi, Wahid Jalal | Musical | ||||||
Rahina, Al | ||||||||
Safar Barlek | Henry Barakat | Fairuz, Elie Choueiri, Joseph Nassif, Nasri Shamseddine | Musical | |||||
Shariah al Dabab | ||||||||
Sharidan, Al | ||||||||
Sultana | ||||||||
Wadi al Mot | ||||||||
1967 | The Guard's Daughter | Arabic: بنت الحارس French: La fille du gardien | Henry Barakat | Fairuz, Samir Chamas, Elie Choueiri | Drama Musical | 1968 | Phenicia Films | 1h 40min |
1968 | Broken Wings | |||||||
Farewell to Well | Arabic: "وداعاً يا لبنان" | Howard Avedis | Marlene Schmidt, Youssef El Ani, Elie Snaifer, Yvette Sursock | 1968 | Kairouz Film | 1h 40m | ||
Hello, Love! | Arabic: "أهلاً بالحب" | Mohamed Selmane | Najah Salam, Sabah | |||||
1969 | Hob al Kabir, Al | Henry Barakat | ||||||
We Are All Freedom Fighters [13] | Gary Garabedian | 1969 | ||||||
Heroes and Women [14] | Arabic: "ابطال ونساء" French: Des heroes et des femmes | Mohamed Selmane | Jean Saadeh, André Saadeh, Nabila Ebeid, Madiha Kamel | Drama Romance | 1969 | Fawaz Bros. Films | 95 mins | |
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1971 | Rimal min Dhahab | |||||||
1971 | Aalem El Shohra | Muhammad Salman | Ferial Karim, Afif Chaya, Samir Chamas | |||||
1972 | Paris and Love | Muhammad Salman | Salah Zulfikar, Sabah | |||||
1973 | ||||||||
1974 | Saat el Fahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar | Heiny Srour | ||||||
1975 | Beyrouth ya Beyrouth | Maroun Baghdadi | ||||||
Habibati | ||||||||
Kafr Kasem | ||||||||
Majority Is Standing Strong | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
1976 | Kafarkala | Arabic: "كفركلا" | ||||||
South Is Fine, How About You, The | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
1977 | Greetings to Kamal Jumblat | |||||||
1978 | Lebanon... Why? | Georges Chamchoum | Documentary | |||||
Most Beautiful of All Mothers, The | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
Ninety | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
1979 | Martyr, The | Maroun Baghdadi | ||||||
Story of a Village and a War, The | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
We Are All for the Fatherland | Maroun Baghdadi | |||||||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release date | Production |
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1980 | Procession, The | Maroun Baghdadi | Maroun Baghdadi | Documentary | 1980 | |||
Whispers | Arabic: "همسات" French: Murmures | Maroun Baghdadi | Nabil Ismail, Nadia Tuéni | Maroun Baghdadi | Documentary | 1980 | Fondation Nadia Tuéni | |
The Last Days of Summer | Arabic: "آخر الصيف" French: La Fin d'été | Marwan Rahbani | Ronza, Fadia Tomb, Wahid Jalal, Hekmat Wehbe, Melhem Barakat, Sammy Clark | Marwan & Ghadi Rahbani | Musical | 1980 | ||
1981 | Beirut, The Encounter | Arabic: "بيروت إلى اللقاء" French: Beyrouth - La rencontre German: Das Treffen in Beirut | Borhane Alaouié | Nadine Acoury, Renée Dick, Haithem El Amine, Najoua Haydar | Ahmed Beydoun | Drama | 1982, 32nd Berlin International Film Festival | Ciné Libre, Etablissement Arabe de Production Cinématographique (EAPC) |
1982 | Little Wars | Arabic: "حروب صغيرة" French: Les petites guerres | Maroun Baghdadi | Soraya Khoury, Roger Hawa, Nabil Ismail, Rida Khoury, Rifaat Tarabay | Maroun Bagdadi, Kamal Kassar | Drama | 1982 Cannes Film Festival | |
The Explosion [15] | Arabic: "الإنفجار" | Rafic Hajjar | Madeleine Tabar, Abd El-Majid Majzoub, Ahmad Zain | Rafic Hajjar | Drama | 1982 | ||
Lebanon in Spite of Everything | Arabic: "لبنان رغم كل شيء" French: Le Liban, malgré tout | André Gédéon | André Gédéon | Documentary | 1982 | |||
1983 | A Country Above Wounds [16] | Arabic: "وطن فوق الجراح" French: Un pays, les plaies, un déplacement | Sobhi Seifeddine | Amal Afaish, Akram El-Ahmar | Sobhi Seifeddine | Drama | 1987 | |
1984 | Leila and the Wolves | Arabic: "ليلى والذئاب" | Heiny Srour | Nabila Zeitouni | Heiny Srour | Documentary | 1984 | British Film Institute (BFI) Leila Films Ministère Nationale et de la Culture Française NCO & Novib |
1985 | Deflowered | Afif J. Arabi | A J Arabi | Drama (short) | DXM | |||
Suspended Life, A [17] | Arabic: "غزل البنات" French: Adolescente, sucre d'amour | Jocelyne Saab | Jacques Weber, Hala Bassam, Juliet Berto, Youssef Housni | Gérard Brach, Jocelyn Saab | Drama | 1985 | Aleph Production Cinévidéo Sigmarc U.P.C.T. | |
1986 | Entre Nous | Afif J. Arabi | A J Arabi | Experimental | DXM | |||
Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon [18] | Jean Khalil Chamoun, Mai Masri | Jean Khalil Chamoun, Mai Masri | Documentary | 1987 | Nour Productions | |||
Theater in Lebanon | French: Le Théâtre au Liban | Jean Daoud | Documentary | |||||
1987 | Adam and Eve | Afif J. Arabi | Assad Fouladkar | Drama (short) | DXM | |||
The Veiled Man | French:Homme voilé, L | Maroun Baghdadi | Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac | Maroun Bagdadi, Didier Decoin | ||||
The Land of Honey and Incense | French: Liban, le pays du miel et de l'encens | Maroun Baghdadi | Documentary | 1987 | ||||
Our Night | Arabic:"ليلنا" French: Notre nuit | Yasmine Khlat | Documentary | 1987 | Middle East Communication Center Institute du Monde Arabe Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) | |||
The Shadow | Hisham Bizri | Short (12 min) | Hisham Bizri | Muquarnas Cinema | ||||
Phantasmagoria | Hisham Bizri | Short (12 min) | Hisham Bizri | Muquarnas Cinema | ||||
The Sun | Hisham Bizri | Short | Muquarnas Cinema | |||||
1988 | Beirut: The Last Home Movie | Jennifer Fox | Jennifer Fox, John Mullen | Documentary | 1987 | Zohe Film Production Valley Filmworks WGBH | ||
The Third of May | Hisham Bizri | Short (20 min) | Hisham Bizri | Muquarnas Cinema | ||||
1989 | The Professional | Afif J. Arabi | A J Arabi | Drama (short) | DXM | |||
The Ridiculous Man | Hisham Bizri | Short (22 min) | Hisham Bizri | Muquarnas Cinema | ||||
Where's Maria | Afif J. Arabi | A j Arabi | Drama (short) | DXM | ||||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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1990 | Children of Fire [19] | Arabic: "اطفال النار" | Mai Masri | Mai Masri | Documentary | 1991 | |||
Q.A.R.I. | Afif J. Arabi | A J Arabi | Experimental | DXM | |||||
Anima | Afif J. Arabi/Carlos Atie | A J Arabi | Experimental | 1990 | DXM | ||||
1991 | Terrorism of the Mind | Afif J. Arabi | Mechline Chalhoub | A J Arabi | Drama | 1991 | DXM | ||
Vertov's Valentine | Hisham Bizri | Hisham Bizri | Short (10 min) | 1990 | Muqarnas Cinema | ||||
Out Of Life | French: Hors la vie | Maroun Bagdadi | Hippolyte Girardot, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity | Maroun Bagdadi, Didier Decoin | Drama | 15 May 1991 | Galatée Films | ||
Cypress Leaves [20] | French:Les Feuilles de cyprès | Hisham Bizri | Hisham Bizri | Short (15 min) | 1991 | Muqarnas Cinema | |||
1992 | The Tornado | Arabic: "الإعصار" | Samir Habshi | Fadi Abou Khalil, Philippe Akiki, Chehade El-Hatchiti | Samir Habchi | Drama | 1992 | ||
Message from a Dead Man | Hisham Bizri | Hisham Bizri | Short (30 min) | 1992 | Muqarnas Cinema | ||||
1993 | Operation Golden Phoenix | Jalal Merhi | Loren Avedon, James Hong, Nicole Bardawil | J. Stephen Maunder, Samir Ghouseine, Kevin Ward | Thriller | 1994 | Film One Productions Film One Le Monde Entertainment | ||
1994 | Hostage of Time | Jean K. Chamoun | Documentary | 1994 | 50mins | ||||
Proximities | Afif J. Arabi | A J Arabi | Experimental | DXM | |||||
1994 | Time Has Come | Arabic: "آن الأوان" French: Histoire d'un retour | Jean-Claude Codsi | Simon Abkarian, Darina Al Joundi, Nati Sourati | Jean-Claude Codsi, Talal Haidar | Drama | 1994 | Aflam Films | |
1995 | Credits Included: A Video in Red and Green | Jalal Toufic | Walid Raad, Jalal Toufic | Jalal Toufic | Documentary | 1995 | |||
Once Upon a Time in Beirut | Arabic: "كان يا ما كان بيروت" French: Il était une fois Beyrouth | Jocelyn Saab | Emile Accar, Pierre Chammassian, Myrna Maakaron, Michele Tyan | Philippe Paringaux, Roland-Pierre Paringaux, Jocelyn Saab | Drama | 1995 | Aleph Producciones S.A. Arte Balcon Production | ||
1996 | Warshots | German: Kriegsbilder | Heiner Stadler | Billy Clarke, Calvin Burke, Claude Channice | Harald Göckeritz, Heiner Stadler | Drama | 1996 | Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) | |
Taxi Service | Arabic: "تاكسي سرڤيسز" French: Taxi Service | Elie Khalifé, Alexandre Monnier | Short | 1996 | Ventura Films | ||||
1997 | Thank You Natex | French: Merci Natex | Elie Khalifé | Short | 1997 | Ventura Films | |||
Havi, El | |||||||||
Mitologies | Hisham Bizri | ||||||||
1998 | Algiers-Beirut, For Memory | French: Alger-Beyrouth: Pour mémoire | Merzak Allouache | Drama | 1998 | La Sept/Arte Cinétévé Djinn House Productions | |||
Children of Shatila | Arabic: "أطفال شاتيلا" French:Les Enfants de Chatilla | Mai Masri | Mai Masri | Documentary | 1998 | ||||
Phantom Beirut | Arabic: "أشباح بيروت" French: Beyrouth fantôme | Ghassan Salhab | Carol Abboud, Darina El Joundi | Ghassan Salhab | Drama | 1998 | GH Films Idéa Productions Optima Film | ||
Wayn Yo! | André Chammas | Short | 1998 | ||||||
West Beyrouth | Arabic: "بيروت الغربية" French: West Beyrouth | Ziad Doueiri | Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Carmen Lebbos | Ziad Doueiri | Drama | 1998 | 38 Productions ACCI Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) Ciné Libre Douri Films | ||
Las Meninas | Hisham Bizri | Hisham Bizri | Short | 1998 | |||||
1999 | Around the Pink House | Arabic: "البيت الزهري") French: Autour de la maison rose | Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige | Hanane Abboud, Fadi Abi Samra, Asma Andraos | Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige | Drama | 1999 | CCT Canal (II) Canal Horizons | |
Beirut Palermo Beirut | Mahmoud Hojeij | Rima Kshief, Mohamed Shrief, Zeina Shrief | Short film | 1999 | |||||
A Civilized People | Arabic: "المتحضرات" French: Civilisées | Randa Chahal Sabag | Jalila Baccar, Carmen Lebbos, Myrna Maakaron | Randa Chahal Sabag | Drama | 1999 | Canal+ Ciné Manufacture Euripide Productions France 2 Cinéma Havas Images Leil Productions Vega Film | ||
The Cream and the Cogwheel | French:Crème et crémaillère | Rima Samman | Carlos Chahine, Fejria Deliba, Karim Ziadeh, Sari Zyadé | Rima Samman | Short | 1999 | Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinematographiques (GREC) | ||
The Shower | French:La Douche | Michel Kammoun | Raymond Hosni | Michel Kammoun | Short | ||||
My Beard Forever | Afif J. Arabi | Afif J Arabi | A J Arabi | Drama (short) | 1999 | DXM | |||
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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2000 | S.L.Film | Shady Hanna | Fadi Reaidi, Adel Karam, Naim Halawi, Rola Shamiyi | Chady Hannah Naim Halawi | Comedy | 2000 | 90 min | ||
In the Shadows of the City [21] | Arabic: "طيف المدينة" | Jean Khalil Chamoun | Majdi Machmouchi, Christine Choueiri, Sarah Mrad, Ahmed Azzein, Rami Bayram, Ammar Chalak, Ahmed Itani | Jean Khalil Chamoun Mai Masri | Drama | 2001 | Nour Productions | 105 min | |
2001 | Hostage: The Bachar Tapes [22] | Walid Raad | Walid Raad | Experimental Documentary | 2001 | 16 min | |||
The Chair [23] | French: La Chaise | Cynthia Choucair | Dany Chamoun, Georges Rached | Cynthia Choucair | Short | 2001 | Aimée Boulos | 21 min | |
Frontiers of Dreams and Fears [19] | Arabic: "أحلام المنفى" | Mai Masri | Manar Faraj, Mona Zaaroura | Documentary | 2001 | Nour Productions | 56 min | ||
When Maryam Spoke Out | Arabic: "لمّا حكيت مريم" French: Quand Maryam s'est dévoilée | Assad Fouladkar | Bernadette Hodeib, Talal El-Jordi, Renée Dick | Assad Fouladkar | Drama | 2001 | 1h 39min | ||
2002 | How I Love You | Arabic:"كيف احبك" French: Comment je t'aime | Akram Zaatari | Akram Zaatari | Documentary LGBT | 2002 | 29 min | ||
Terra Incognita | Arabic: "أرض مجهولة" French: Terra incognita | Ghassan Salhab | Carol Abboud, Rabih Mroué | Ghassan Salhab | Drama | 2002 | 1 hr 59 min | ||
The Wind of Beirut | French: Le vent de Beyrouth | Fouad Alaywan | Carol Abboud | Short | 2003 | 18 min | |||
City of Brass | Hisham Bizri | Misha Kusnatsov, Nicole Wilder, Ellis Foster, Amos Ellis, Richard Wallace | Hisham Bizri | Short | Muqarnas Cinema | 23 min | |||
The Encounter | French: La Rencontre | Hisham Bizri | Muriel Romero, Florence Concile, Régis Ansola, Christian Paterne, Ginou Larrouilh, Jean-Claude Attal | Hisham Bizri, adapted from a short story by Jorge Luis Borges | Short | Muqarnas Cinema | 28 min | ||
Chabrol in Biarritz | French: Chabrol á Biarritz | Hisham Bizri | Claude Chabrol | Hisham Bizri | 2002 | Muqarnas Cinema | 23 min | ||
2003 | The Ashes of the Phoenix | French: Les Cendres du phénix | Romuald Sciora Valérie Vincent | Mansour Labaky | Documentary | 2003 | |||
The Kite | French: Le Cerf-volant | Randa Chahal Sabag | Flavia Bechara, Liliane Nemri, Ziad Rahbani, Renée Dick | Randa Chahal Sabag | Drama | 2003 | Arte France Cinéma Gimages Leil Productions | 1h 20min | |
Elie Feyrouz | Cynthia Choucair | Elie Darwish | Cynthia Choucair | Short Documentary | 2003 | 14 min | |||
Lady of the Palace | French: La Dame du palais | Samir Habchi | Georges Ghanem Samir Habchi | Documentary | 2004 | MISR International Films | 58 min | ||
Non métrage libanais | French: Non métrage libanais | Ghassan Koteit Wissam Smayra | Elie Haswani, Nadine Labaki, Fouad Alaywan | Ghassan Koteit Wissam Smayra | Short | 2003 | 11 min | ||
Prêt-à-porter Imm Ali | French: Prêt-à-porter Imm Ali | Dima El Horr | Mariam Assaf, Hussein Chehab, Ahmad Farhat | Dima El-Horr Rabih Mroue | Short | 2003 | 27 min | ||
Ramad | |||||||||
Safar | |||||||||
Saving Face | Jalal Toufic | ||||||||
Vertices | Hisham Bizri | Hisham Bizri | Short Experimental | 2003 | Muqarnas Cinema | 33 min | |||
ZENNAR EL NAR | Bahij Hojeij | Nidaa Wakim, hassan farhat, Berbadette Hodeib | Bahij Hojeij- Rachid El Daif | feature long | 2003 | 95 mn | |||
2004 | Berlin Beirut | Myrna Maakaron | Maria Toma, Myrna Maakaron, Philippe Farhat, Rhoda Fromme, Richard Farhat, Sven Philipp | Short Film | |||||
Fi haza al bayt | Akram Zaatari | Short Film | |||||||
In The Battlefields | Danielle Arbid | Marianne Feghali, Rawia Elchab, Carmen Lebbos | Drama | zennar el nar | |||||
The Mattress | French: Le Matelas | Antoine Waked | Raymond Hosni, Wissam Smayra | Antoine Waked | Short Thriller | 2004 | 7 mins | ||
2005 | After Shave | French: Beyrouth après-rasage | Hany Tamba | Rafic Ali Ahmad, Mahmoud Mabsout, Julia Kassar, Fady Reaidy | Hany Tamba | Short | 2005 | Bizibi, VIP Films Centre National de la Cinématographie | 26 min |
The Big Fall | Antoine Waked | Antoine Waked | Short Animation | 2005 | 5mins | ||||
Bosta | French: Bosta l'autobus | Philippe Aractingi | Rodney El Haddad, Nadine Labaki, Liliane Nemri, Nada abou Farhat | Philippe Aractingi | Musical | 2005 | Fantascope Production | 2h 22min | |
Zozo | Josef Fares | Imad Creidi, Antoinette Turk, Elias Gergi, Carmen Lebbos | Josef Fares | Drama | 2005 | Memfis Film Film i Väst Sigma Films | 1h 45min | ||
From Beyrouth with Love | French: Ça sera beau | Waël Noureddine | Waël Noureddine | Short Documentary | 2005 | Bizibi | 31 min | ||
Giallo | Antoine Waked | Serge Jamo, Raia Haidar, Salim Badrane | Short Thriller | ||||||
Massacre | French: Massaker | Monika Borgmann Lokman Slim Hermann Theissen Nina Menkes | Monika Borgmann Hermann Theissen | Documentary | 2005 | Zootrope Films | 1h 38min | ||
The Final Scene | Arabic: "المشهد الأخير" | Ghassan Estephan | Ammar Shalak, Bernadette Hodeib, Wafaa Tarabay, Khaled El Sayed | Joseph Abu Dames | Drama | 2005 | |||
Perfect Day, A | Arabic: "يوم آخر" French: Naoussé | Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige | Ziad Saad, Julia Kassar, Alexandra Kahwagi | Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige | Drama | 2005 | Abbout Productions Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH Mille et Une Productions | 1h 28min | |
Asmahan | Arabic: "اسمهان" | Hisham Bizri | Asmahan, Youssef Wahbi, Mahmoud el-Meliguy | Hisham Bizri | Short Experimental | 2005 | Muqarnas Cinema | 21 min | |
2006 | Boum... Tac | Yasmine Al Massri | Short Experimental | 2006 | 6 min | ||||
From My Window, Without a Home... [24] | French: De ma fenêtre, sans maison ... | Maryanne Zéhil [25] | Louise Portal, Renée Thomas, Walid Al Alayli | Maryanne Zéhil | Drama | 2006 | Mia Productions | 1h 28min | |
Her Father's Brat | Arabic: "غنّوجة بيها" | Elie F. Habib | Rita Barsona, Peter Semaan, Nadine El Rassi | Mona Tayeh | Comedy | 2006 | Roua Productions | ||
The Last Man | Arabic: "أطلال" French: Le Dernier homme | Ghassan Salhab | Carlos Chahine, Raymond Hosni, May Sahab | Ghassan Salhab | Drama | 2006 | Abbout Productions Agat Films & Cie Arte | 1h 41min | |
Falafel | Arabic: "فلافل" | Michel Kammoun | Elie Mitri, Michel Hourani, Gabrielle Bou Rached | Michel Kammoun | Romantic Comedy | 2006 | Ciné-Sud Promotion Roy Films SARL | 1h 23min | |
Invisible Children | Carol Mansour | Bobby Bailey, Laren Poole, Jason Russell | Carol Mansour | Documentary | 2006 | 55min | |||
What Revolution | French: Quelle révolution | Lina Khatib | Lina Khatib | Short Documentary | 2006 | 9 min | |||
2007 | Fouad's Adventure | Gioergo Piconi | Alfred Chekiee, Carmelo Picone, Joseph Abi Damaas | ||||||
Caramel | Arabic: "سكر بنات" French: Caramel | Nadine Labaki | Aziza Semaan, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Mkarzel, Gisèle Osta, Adel Karam | Nadine Labaki, Rodney Haddad | Romantic Comedy | 2007 | Les Films Des Tournelles Roissy Films | 1h 35min | |
A Lost Man | Arabic: "رجل ضائع" French: Un homme perdu | Danielle Arbid | Melvil Poupaud, Alexander Siddig, Darina Al Joundi | Danielle Arbid | Drama | 2007 | MK2 Productions | 1h 33min | |
Zone frontalière | Christophe Karabache | experimental/Documentary | |||||||
Under the Bombs (Taht el qasef) | Philippe Aractingi | Nada Abou Farhat, Georges Khabbaz | |||||||
Khalass | Burhan Alaouie | Fadi Abi-Khalil, Natasha Ashkar, Refaat Tarabay, Nada Abou Farhat | |||||||
Leylet eid | Rita Barsona, Peter Semaan | Family, comedy | |||||||
Falling From Earth | Chadi Zeneddine | Rafik Ali Ahmad, Carmen Lebbos, Ammar Shalak, Naya Salamé, Yamen Sukkarieh, Nicole Kamato, Imad Creid | |||||||
2008 | Cedars of Lebanon | ||||||||
Khalik ma'ae | Elie F. Habib | Ammar Shalak, Nadine Al Rassi, M ajdi Mashmoushi, Hisham Bou Sleiman, Omar Mikati, Khitam Laham, Carla Boutros, Antoine Balaben, Wajih Sakr, Sanaa Habib | |||||||
Amour d'Enfants | Fares Khalil | Elie Mitri, Sarah Warde, Fady Hachem, Lisa Guiragossian, Firas El-Hader, Chris El-Jorr | Romantic comedy | ||||||
Melodrama Habibi | Hany Tamba | Patrick Chesnais, Julia Kassar, Pierre Chammassian, Fadi Reaidy | Drama comedy | ||||||
My Heart Only Beats For Her [26] | Arabic: "ما هتفت لي غيرها" | Mohamed Soueid | Documentary | 2008 | O3 Productions | ||||
Madame Bambino | Caroline Milan | Fady Charbel, Carine Rizkallah | Family, comedy | Fady Charbel, Carine Rizkallah | Marwa Group, Green production House | ||||
Beirut Open City | Samir Habchi | Khaled El Nabawi, Rodney Haddad, Diamand Abou Abboud, Cyrine Abdelnour | Drama | ||||||
I Want to See | Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige | Catherine Deneuve, Rabih Mroue | Drama | ||||||
The One Man Village(Semaan bil Daya'a) | Simon El Habre | Feature Documentary | Beirut DC | ||||||
Song for the Deaf Ear | Hisham Bizri | Avant-garde Short (18 min) | Hisham Bizri (Conception) | Muqarnas Cinema | Hisham Bizri (Editing, Cinematography, Sound) | ||||
2009 | Every Day Is a Holiday | Dima El-Horr | Hiam Abbas, Manal Khader, Raïa Haidar | Drama | |||||
All Birds Whistle | Roy Khalil | Joseph Abou Khalil, Kamal El Helou, Leila Hakim | Roy Khalil Sandra Khalil | Short | |||||
Silina(hala wal malek) | Miriame Fares Antoine Kerbej, Georges Khabbaz | Drama | |||||||
Wadi Khaled | Christophe Karabache | Documentary film | |||||||
Charbel: The Movie | Arabic: "شربل" | Nabil Lebbos | Antoine Balabane, Elie Mitri, Julia Kassar, Ghassan Estephan, Khaled El Sayed, Toni Maalouf | Drama Religious Biography | 2009 | 1h 44min | |||
Shola Cohen: The Pearl | Fouad El Khoury | Darine Hamze | |||||||
Siraj al Wady | Drama, Religion | ||||||||
Abu Riad | |||||||||
Beirut, I Love You | French: Beyrouth, Je t'aime | Mounia akl, Cyril aris | Mounia akl, Cyril aris | ||||||
1958 | 1958 | Ghassan Salhab | Aouni Kawas, Zahia Salhab | Ghassan Salhab | Documentary | 9 July 2009 | Abbout Productions | ||
Tattooed Eye [27] | Arabic: "وشم بالعين" French: L'arme à l'œil | Youmna Itani | Omar Thalgé, Ihab Mohammad, Abdallah Lababidi, Othman El-Eter, Zakaria Mikati | Youmna Itani | Short Drama | 2009 | Darkside Fonds Francophone Samer Mohdad | 30 mins |
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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2010 | The End of a Dream | Arabic: نهاية حلم | Charles Chlala | Fady Tabet, Ward El Khal, Nahla Daoud | Drama, Religion | January 2010 | |||
Dirty Mirror | Mirna Mounayar | ||||||||
Kfarmatta, Forbidden Village | French: Kfarmatta, village interdit | Mirna Mounayar | Documentary | ||||||
Beirut Kamikaze | Christophe Karabache | Christophe Karabache | Experimental Documentary | November 2011 | |||||
Film of welcome and farewells | Corine Shawi | Documentary | |||||||
Kamis el Souf | Elie Elias | Rola Hamada, Gil Chalhoub, Nada Abou Farhat | Drama TV | Evolution8 SARL production (Lebanon) [28] | |||||
The Road North | Carlos Chahine | Carlos Chahine, Camille Figuéréo, Rami Kadeih, Fadi Abi Samra, Matthieu Marie, Abla Khoury | Short film (25min) | May 25 | Carlos Chahine | Producers: Paul Saadoun, Samuel Chauvin | |||
Tripoli Quiet | Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia | May 25 | |||||||
Tomorrow 6:30 | Gilles Tarazi | May 25 | |||||||
A Sheherazade Tale | Rami Kodeih | May 25 | |||||||
Wednesday | Talal Khoury | May 25 | |||||||
Saint Doumit | August | Tele Lumiere | |||||||
Lebanese Film Festival 2010 | August | ||||||||
Al Tariq Al Masdoud (Closed Road) | August 5 | ||||||||
Beyt Byout | Sana Atris | Documentary | |||||||
Cinema Days Of Beirut (Festival) | September | ||||||||
12 Angry Lebanese | Zeina Daccache | September | |||||||
Every Day is a Holiday | Dima El-Horr | Hiam Abbas, Manal Khader, Raïa Haidar | Drama | October (Lebanon Release) | Worldwide Festivals | ||||
What's going on? | Jocelyne Saab | Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez, Joumana Haddad, Raia Haidar, Jalal Khoury, Nasri Sayegh | Drama Musical Fantasy Romance | April, October 8, 2010 (Lebanon's release) | |||||
Yanoosak | Elie Khalife, Alexandre Monnier | Zeina Daccache, Siegfried Terpoorten, Alexandra Kahwaji, Rita Brahim, Dana | Comedy, Romance | October 21 | Elie Khalife | Taxi Films, About Productions, Post Office | |||
Like A Dream | Arabic: متل الحلم | Patrick Daou, Christopher Karkafi | Farid Reaidy, Christopher Karkafi, Patrick Daou, Pascal Ghanem, Jad Dibo, Ziad Hobeika, Meddy Mrad, Christelle Licha | Drama | November 4 | Christopher Karkafi | Christopher Karkafi | Record-Breaking (see page) | |
A History Lesson | Hady Zaccak | November 18 | |||||||
What Happened? | De Gaulle Eid | Documentary film | November 26 | ||||||
A Film | Hisham Bizri | Avant-garde Short (9 min) | Hisham Bizri (Conception) | Muqarnas Cinema | |||||
2011 | Stray Bullet | Arabic: "رصاصة طايشة" French: Balle Perdue | Georges Hachem | Nadine Labaki, Takla Chamaoun, Badih Abou Chakra, Hind Taher, Rodrigue Sleiman, Nazih Youssef, Patricia Nammour, Pauline Haddad, Nasri Sayegh, Lamia Merhi, Joelle Hannah | Georges Hachem | Drama | 2010 | Abbout Productions Visual Eye | 1h 15min |
Here Comes The Rain [29] | Arabic: "شتّي يا دني" French: Que vienne la pluie | Bahij Hojeij | Carmen Lebbos, Hassan Mrad, Julia Kassar, Bernadette Hodeib, Diamond Abou Abboud, Elie Mitri | Bahij Hojeij Paul Baboudjian | Drama | 2010 | 1h 38min | ||
On the Path of the Straw | French: Sur les chemins de la paille | ||||||||
Malaki, Scent Of An Angel | Khalil Dreifus Zaarour | Drama | March 31 | Khalil Dreifus Zaarour | |||||
Sorry Mom | Yuri Mrakadi & Emad El Rifai | Nadine N. Njeim, Samer El Gharib, Nancy Afiouni, Aziz Abdo, Elie Khayyat, Rana Zayed | Thriller | June 9 | Yuri Mrakadi, Emad El Rifai, Loubna machalah | Peribas, Yuri M. Productions and Hannouch holding | |||
Yawman Ma (Someday) | Georges Khabbaz | Georges Khabbaz, Bernadette Houdeib, Diamond Bou Abboud | TvFilm | September 7 | Claudia Marchelian | Will Be Aired On Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation | |||
Where do we go now? | Nadine Labaki | Nadine Labaki, Leila Hakim, Leila Fouad, Claude Baz Msawbaa, Antoinette Noufaily, Anjo Rihane, Yvonne Maalouf, Adel Karam | Comedy, Drama, Musical | May 16(Cannes), September 22(Lebanon, France, Worldwide) | Nadine Labaki, Rodney Haddad, Jihad Hojeily | Les films des tournelles | People's Choice Award (Drama) at 2011 Toronto International Film Festival | ||
The Mountain الجبل | Ghassan Salhab | Fadi Abou Samra | Drama | November 3 (Lebanon) | Abbout Productions | ||||
Rue Huvelin | Mounir Massri | Charbel Kamel, Betty Taoutel, Adel Karam, Robert Cremona, Carmen Bsaibes, Jimmy Keyrouz, Anthony Azeir, Stephanie Haddad, Wael Morcos | Drama | November 17 | Maroun Nassar | Ne A Beyrouth, Safina Group | |||
Khallet Warde (خلّة وردة) | Adel Serhan | Ahmad Zain, Saad Hamdan, Khitam Lahham, Hasan Farhat, Hicham Abou Sleiman, Hossam Al-Sabah, Pauline Haddad, Adnan Aawad, Ouday Raad, Salim Alaa El Dinne, Ayda Assaf, Said Barakat | Drama | November 24 | Mahmoud Gaafoury | Beirut International Center Production | |||
Out Loudصوت جريء | Samer Daboul | Rudy Moarbes, Ali Rhayem, Jad Hadid, Michel Sarkis, Eliane Kerdy, Jean Kabrously | Drama | December 8 | Samer Daboul | Phoenix Eye Pictures | Festivals | ||
Sector zero | Nadim Mishlawi | Chawki Azouri, Bernard Khoury, Hazem Saghiyeh | Nadim Mishlawi | Documentary | 2011 | Abbout Productions | 1h 4min | ||
2012 | Cash Flow | Sami Koujan | Carlos Azar, Nadine N. Njeim, Tony Abou Jawde, Hicham Haddad, Chady Maroun, Joelle Dagher, Shant Kabakian, Teta Latifa, Anthony Najem, Samer Al Achy, Hiam Abou Chedid, Ghassan Estephan, Anthoine Balaban, Pierre Chamoun, Claude Khalil | Comedy, Action | January 26 | Sami Koujan | Day Two Pictures | ||
Beirut Hotel | Danielle Arbid | Darine Hamze, Charles Berling, Fadi Abi Samra, Rodney Haddad, Carole Ammoun | Romance | August 4(France), TBA (Lebanon) | Danielle Arbid | Les Films Pelléas, MAIA CINEMA | |||
My Last Valentine in Beirut 3D | Salim El Turk | Laurraine Kodeih, Shady Hanna, Mohamad Hijazi, Aziz Abdo, Ziad Said, Ghassan Kairallah, Paul Matar | February | Salim El Turk | T-Group Production | ||||
Taxi Ballad | Daniel Joseph | Talal El Jerdi, Karina Log, Mahmoud Mabsout (Fahman), Tarek Tamim, Badih Abu Chakra, Hiam Abou Chedid | Drama, Comedy | March 8 | Daniel Joseph | Mina Street and 4 Productions | |||
(A Good Man) إنسان شريف | Jean-Claude Codsi | Majdy Machmouchy, Caroline Hatem, Chadi Haddad, Rana Hassan, Mahmoud Saiid, Leila Hakim, Bernadette Houdeib, Houssam Sabbah, Aida Sabra, Claudine Sfeir, Mohamed Haidar, Issam Abou Khaled, Salimah Tohmeh, Julien Shmid, Haytham Ismael, Hasan Mohieddine, Salim Ala'el Din | March 29 | ||||||
33 Days | Jamal Chorja | Bassem Moughniyyeh, Nisrine Tafech, Youssef el khal, Darine Hamze, Carmen Lebbos, Pierre Dagher, Kinda Aallouch | April 19 | Hiyam Abou Chedid | |||||
A Play Entitled Sehnsucht | Badran Roy Badran | Vartan Meguerditchian, Adony Maalouf, Christian Ghazy, Cyril Bassil, Gianni Fau, Ghady Yaghy, Ziad Najjar | Experimental, 35mm | April 2012 | Badran Roy Badran | Celine Abiad's "Beiroots Productions | A Play Entitled Sehnsucht is also known as the Lebanese Experimental Surrealist Film | ||
تنورة ماكسي Tannoura Maxi | Joe Bou Eid | Joy Karam, Chady Tineh, Carol Abboud | Drama, Romance | May 3 | |||||
3:30 | Hussen Ibraheem | Jebril Mohamad, Peeka Emna ben Rajib, Ahmad Massad, Abdulellah jawarneh | Drama, Western | May 18 | Ameen Nayfeh | Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts | Jury prize best narrative short in Franco Arab Film festival 2013, Official Selection of Rotterdam Arabic Camera Film Festival 2012 | ||
Runaway | Marc Kharrat | Mirella Zoghbi, Vince Doche, Gabriel Torosyan, Hala Baki, Joseph Tallent, Martin Mikitas, Nada Salloum, Karin Awad, Elie Bahou, Charles Doche, and Angela Ryan | Drama, Comedy | Elie Ayrouth, Marc Kharrat | Alicia Neih | ||||
Marcedes | Hady Zaccak | May 31 | Darkside Film&TV Production, Zac Films | ||||||
Behind The Window | Nagham Abboud | Ahmad Hajir, Romy Melhem | TBA | Nagham Abboud | Ginger Beirut Productions | ||||
At Midnight | Philippe Asmar | Nadine Al Rassi, Wissam Breidy | TBA | Hiyam Abou Chedid | Marwa Group | ||||
الطائر الجريح(The Wounded Bird) | Bernadette Houdeib, Antoinette Akiki, Raymond Saliba | Melodrama, Musical | TBA | ||||||
La Vallée Des Larmes | Maryanne Zéhil | Wafaa Tarabay, Walid Alayly, Layla Hakim, Talal Gerdy, Yara Fares | 2011/2012 | ||||||
ندم(Regret) | Rindala Kodeih | Aline Lahoud, Youssef Haddad, Antoine Kerbej, Takla Chamoun, Najla Hachem, Pio Chihane, Paul Sleiman, Khaled El Sayed, Mey Sahhab, Diya Youness, Andre Mouaykel, Makhoul Makhoul, Fady Tabet, May Matta, Linda Matar | TV film | TBA | Gebran Daher | Prime Production | Will Be Aired On Murr Television | ||
Because They Are Armenians (لأنن أرمن) | Samir Habchi | Nadine Al Rassi, Youssef Haddad, Pamela El Kik, Dalida Khalil, Mireille Panossian, Maguy Abou Ghousn | Drama | TBA | Claudia Marchelian | Marwa Group | |||
عطلة عاطلة(Bad Vacation) | Caroline Milan | Fady Charbel, Carine Rizkallah, Nazih Youssef, Issam Breidy | Comedy | TBA | |||||
العائد (The Return) | Youssef Charaf Dinne | Ommar Chalak, Lamitta Frangieh, Wissam Hanna, Toni Issa, Fouad Charaf Dinne, Chawki Matta, Joumana Charaf Dinne, Randa Kaady, Jessy Abdo, Kamil Matta | Action, Thriller | TBA | Nadim Badour | Studio Channel | |||
قيصر و سيزار | Walid Nassif | Pierre Chamoun, Carla Boutros, Saad Hamdan, Layal Daou, Georges Diab, Tarek Tamim | TBA | Tony Chamoun | |||||
فيلم)عبدو و عبدو) | Comedy | TBA | |||||||
Asfouri | Fouad Alaiwan | Majdi Machmouchi, Omar Al-Shammaa | Drama | TBA | Fouad Aleiwan | Fouad Aleiwan | |||
39 Seconds | Lara Saba | Shady Haddad | TBA | Nibal Arakjy | |||||
Too Much Love Will Kill You | Christophe Karabache | Drama | January 2013 | ||||||
Sirocco AKA Shluq | Hisham Bizri | Avant-garde Short (15 min) | Hisham Bizri (Conception) | Muqarnas Cinema | Hisham Bizri (Producer, Editor, DP) | ||||
2013 | Bebe Movie | Elie F. Habib | Youssef Al Khal, Maguy Bou Ghosn, Mirva Kadi, Sultan Deeb, Jessy Abdo, Pierre Jamajian, Pierre Chammassian, Abir Aoun, Saad Al Kadiri | Romantic Comedy | November 21 | Claude Saliba | Eagle Films & Green in collaboration with VMP | ||
2013 | The Rope | Hiba Tawaji | Nazeeh Youssef, Maya Yammine | short | Hiba Tawaji | ||||
2014 | From A to B | Ali F. Mostafa | Adventure | ||||||
Insan Hayawan Chay انسان,حيوان,شيء | Abdallah Sfeir | Issam Al Achkar, Khitam Laham, Julian Farhat, Tarek Yaakoub, Nader Dernaika | Adventure, Thriller | January 16 | Abdallah Sfeir | 3DLEBANON | |||
Neswen | Sam Andraos, Hassan Jaber | Comedy | |||||||
A Quintet | Roberto Cuzzillo | Comedy | |||||||
The Sea Is Behind | Hisham Lasri | Malek Akhmiss | Drama | ||||||
She & Politics | Rami Kaddoura | Yara Fares, Michel Tabet, Nadim Laham, Stephanie Ghafary, Mirvat Hakim, Ayman Timani and Imad Menhem | Action | May 1 | Rami Kaddoura | Isaac Belot and the Bass & Brass Band | |||
The Valley | Ghassan Salhab | Carol Abboud | Drama | ||||||
Vitamin | Elie F. Habib | Comedy | |||||||
Void | Tarek Korkomaz, Zeina Makki, Jad Beyrouthy, Christelle Ighniades, Salim Habr, Maria Abdel Karim, Naji Bechara | Carol Abboud, Latife Moultaka | Drama | ||||||
Yalla Aa'belkon: Single, Married, Divorced | Elie Khalifé | Romance | |||||||
2015 | For You | Arabic: من اجلكم | Fr. Charles Sawaya | Chadi Haddad, Mirana Neeymeh, Nada Saybeh, Georges Bassil | Drama Biblical | March 23, 2015 | Fr. Charles Sawaya | JuntoBox Films | |
Very Big Shot | |||||||||
Waves '98 | Ely Dagher | ||||||||
23 Kilometres | Noura Kevorkia | ||||||||
Princess of Rome | Hadi Muhammadian | Nasser Tahmasb, Hosni Badr Aldin, Sawsan Awwad | Zahraa Braytea, Hamed Jafari | Animation | 2015 | Honarpooya Group | 1h 15min | ||
Breakfast in Beirut | Farah ALHashem | Farah ALHashem, Awatif Zaine | Farah ALHashem | Drama | 2015 | VioletSkye Films | 1h 10min | ||
2016 | A Maid for Each | Arabic: "مخدومين" | Maher Abi Samra | Maher Abi Samra | Documentary | 2016 | Orjouane Productions Les Films d’Ici Medieoperatørene | 1h 7min | |
Welcome to Lebanon | Arabic: "أهلًا بكم في لبنان" | Saif Sheikh Najib | Wissam Sabbagh, Shireen Abo El-Ezz, Vivianne Antonios | Mohamad Al-Saoudi | Comedy | 2016 | Falcon Films | 100 mins | |
What About Tomorrow? | |||||||||
2017 | Martyr | شهيد | Mazen Khaled | Carol Abboud, Hamza Mekdad | Mazen Khaled | Feature / Drama | 2018 | Biennale College- Cinema Artrip Production | 84 minutes |
Lilacs | Arabic: "ليلك" French: Lilas | Mira Shaib | Julian Farhat, Aïda Sabra, Shaden Fakih | Mira Shaib | Short Drama | 2017 | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Robert Bosch Stiftung | 24 mins | |
Panoptic [30] | Rana Eid | Documentary | 2017 | Abbout Productions DB Studios Ginger Beirut Productions | 1h 19min | ||||
2018 | Capernaum | Nadine Labaki | Drama | ||||||
Heaven Without People غداء العيد | Lucien Bourjeily | Farah Shaer, Nadim Abou Samra, Samira Sarkis, Jenny Gebara, Laeticia Semaan, Jean Paul Hage, Hussein Hijazi, Wissam Botrous, Ghassan Chemali | Drama | TBA | Lucien Bourjeily | Winner of the Special Jury Prize Award - 2017 Dubai International Film Festival | |||
Morine | Tony Farjallah | Carmen Bsaibes, Mounir Maasri, Hasan Farhat, Ghassan Massoud, Takla Chamoun, Mounir Keserwani, Ouais Moukhallalati, Samara Nohra, Ajia Abou Asli, Housam Al Sabbah, Renée Ghoch, Ali Sammouri, Joseph Abboud, Wafaa Halawi, Basma Baydoun, Pôl Seif, Cloey Nohra, Daniel Abou Shakra, Nay Bou Antoun, Maroun Kassab | Drama | March 22 | Tony Farjallah | Religious | |||
The Insult | Ziad Doueiri | Feature | Drama | 2018 | Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Julie Gayet, Antoun Sehnaoui, Nadia Turincev | Ezekiel Films, Tessalit Productions, Rouge International | |||
Prisoner | Arabic: "سجين" | Ahmad Tahan | Aida Sabra, Saad Kaderi, Tony Kanaan | Ahmad Tahan | Short, Drama, Thriller | 2018 | 17 mins | ||
2019 | 1982 | Oualid Mouaness | Nadine Labaki, Rodrigue Sleiman, Mohamad Dalli | Oualid Mouaness | Drama | September 8 | 100 mins | ||
All the Victory | French: Le prix de la victoire | Ahmad Ghossein | Flavia Bechara, Adel Chahine, Elie Choufani, Issam Bou Khaled | Drama | October 29 | 93 mins | |||
Clustifer | Karim Araman | Nadim Khouri, Rita Ibrahim, Rawad Kansoun | Karim Araman | Drama | September 28 | 15 mins |
Year | Title | Title in Arabic & French | Director | Cast | Writer | Genre | Release | Production | Length |
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2020 | Broken Keys | مفاتيح مكسرة | Jimmy Keyrouz | Tarek Yaacoub, Rola Beksmati | Jimmy Keyrouz, Ellie Foumbi,Moe Lattouf | Drama | 2020 | Ezekiel Film Production, Ginger Beirut Production | 110 mins |
Only the Winds | Karim Kassem | Lyne Ramadan, Fouad Mahouly, Karim Kassem, Zeinab Hind Khadra | Karim Kassem | Docufiction | 2020 | Screen Productions | 131 mins | ||
We Are From There | نحن من هناك | Wissam Tanios | Milad Khawam, Jamil Khawa, | Wissam Tanios | Documentary | 2020 | Abbout Production | 82 mins | |
2021 | Miguel's War | حرب ميغيل | Eliane Raheb | Michel (Miguel) Jleilaty | Eliane Raheb | Documentary | June | Itar Productions | 2h 8mins |
Octopus | Karim Kassem | Fouad Mahouly | Karim Kassem | Docufiction | 2021 | Screen Productions | 64 mins | ||
Confusion & Jealousy | حيرة وغيرة | Isaac Belot | Yara elle Khawam, Elie Kadamani, Ihab el Siblani, Stephanie Ghafary | Ihab el Siblani, Ziad Flouty | Romantic Comedy | 2021 | Lebanese Filmmakers Association, Ihab el Siblani | 88 mins | |
2022 | Perfect Strangers | أصحاب… ولا أعزّ | Wissam Smayra | Mona Zaki, Nadine Labaki, Adel Karam, Georges Khabbaz, Diamand Bou Abboud | Wissam Smayra, Gabriel Yammine | Drama | 2022 | Netflix | 1h 39mins |
"Warsha" | ورشة | Dania Bdeir | Hassan Aqqoulm Khansa, Kamal Saleh | Dania Bdeir | Short | 2022 | 15mins | ||
After the End of the World | Nadim Mishlawi | Nadim Mishlawi | Documentary | 2022 | |||||
Farah | فرح | Kenton Oxley and Hassiba Freiha | Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Nader Abd Alhay, Youssef Boulos, Pierrette Katrib, Janah Fakhoury, Josyane Boulos, Assaad Rechdan and Hassiba Freiha | Hassiba Freiha | Psychological thriller | 2022 | Knockout Productions | 1h 59 mins | |
Dirty Difficult Dangerous | Wissam Charaf | Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay | Wissam Charaf, Hala Dabaji, Mariette Désert | Drama | 2023 | ||||
2023 | Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano | Cyril Ariss | Documentary | 2023 | |||||
Thiiird | Karim Kassem | Fouad Mahouly, Mohamad Alayan | Karim Kassem, Nadia Hassan | Docufiction | 2023 | Screen Productions | 94 mins | ||
La nuit du verre | Carlos Chahine | Carlos Chahine | Drama | 2023 | |||||
Q | Jude Chehab | Nadim Mishlawi | Documentary | 2023 | |||||
Valley of Exile | Anna Fahr | Maria Hassan, Hala Hosni, Michel Hourani | Anna Fahr | Drama | 2023 | ||||
2024 | Arzé | أرزة | Mira Shaib | Diamand Abou Abboud, Betty Taoutel, Bilal Al Hamwi | Louay Khraish, Faissal Sam Shaib | Drama Comedy | 2024 BJIFF, Tribeca, CIFF | 93mins | |
Diaries From Lebanon | مثل قصص الحب | Myriam El-Hajj | Joumana Haddad, Georges Moufarrej, Perla Joe Maalouli | Myriam El-Hajj | Documentary | 2024 Berlinale | 110mins |
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