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BEIRUT DIARIES : Truth, Lies and Videos

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Beirut Diaries follows a young womans experience within a tent camp in downtown Beirut that served as the physical and emotional heart of the protest movement, after the February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The film focuses on the young people’s dream of changing the fundamental order of Lebanese policies, the division that threatened it and the tragic events that followed.


AWARDS

  • Best Documentary, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia 2007.
  • First Prize, Institut du Monde Arabe Film Festival, Paris, France 2006.
  • Special Tribute, Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt, 2006.

Director: Mai Masri
Country: Lebanon
Year: 2006
Duration: 80 mins
Session Time: Friday 11 April, 7pm
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