Un Monde Fragile et Merveilleux
A Sad and Beautiful World
Director: Cyril Aris
Duration: 110 min
Year: 2025
Genre: Drama, Romance
QUEBEC PREMIERE
Synopsis:
Set in Beirut, it follows childhood sweethearts Nino (Hasan Akil) and Yasmina (Mounia Akl), who had lost sight of one another, reuniting in their 20s against the backdrop of political turmoil and social collapse in present-day Lebanon
Abu Salim, le Messager de l’Amour
Abu Salim, Messenger of Love
Director: Youssef Maalouf
Duration: 102 min
Year: 1962
Genre: Comedy
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis:
“Abu Salim, Messenger of Love” draws its story from the reality of our daily lives, presenting it in a sarcastic and humorous style, bringing bright smiles to the lips and tinkling laughter to the hearts.
Nohad Al Chami: A Sign of Faith
Director: Samir Habchi
Duration: 90 min
Year: 2025
Genre: Drama, Biopic
Synopsis:
Nohad Al Chami’s true story of hardship and miraculous intervention by Saint Charbel in the early 90s.
Little Wars
Director: Maroun Baghdadi
Duration: 108 min
Year: 1981
Genre: Drama
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Synopsis:
Little Wars tells the story of Lebanon’s civil war in 1975 through three characters. Talal, son of a Feudal lord, returns to his region after the disappearance of his father to become a warlord himself. Soraya is in love with Talal and tries to help him by abducting a businessman. Finally, Nabil, a photojournalist who uses the war to trade drugs and tries to pose as a hero, but is in fact very far from being one. Little stories happening during little wars.
1982
Director: Oualid Mouaness
Duration: 100 minutes
Year: 2019
Genre: Drama
A RETURN TO THE SCREEN
Synopsis:
“1982” is a life-affirming coming-of-age tale set at an idyllic school in Lebanon’s mountains on the eve of a looming invasion. It unfolds over a single day and follows an 11-year-old boy’s relentless quest to profess his love to a girl in his class. As the invasion encroaches on Beirut, it upends the day, threatening the entire country and its cohesion. Within the microcosm of the school, the film draws a harrowing portrait of a society torn between its desire for love and peace and the ideological schisms unraveling its seams.
Le Vendeur De Bagues
The Ring Seller
Director: Youssef Chahine
Duration: 95 min
Year: 1965
Genre: Musical
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis:
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to villagers about the exploits of Rajeh, who kills and maims and steals. One day the mayor tells the villagers that Rajeh is heading to the village itself and they better be careful.
Alephia 2053
Director: Jorj Abou Mhaya
Duration: 59 min
Year: 2021
Genre: Animation, Dystopia
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Synopsis:
Depicting a dystopian future in which a group of activists overthrows an oppressive regime. The film was released on YouTube on 22 March 2021. L’Orient-Le Jour described it as the first fictional animated feature film for adults in Arabic. Euronews considered it as a small revolution in Arab cinema and animation
Sous le Ciel d’Alice
Skies of Lebanon
Director: Chloé Mazlo
Duration: 92 min
Year: 2020
Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden.
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