Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters—mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?
In a war-torn Middle Eastern city where music has been banned by Islamic extremists, Karim, a brilliant musician, struggles to rebuild his destroyed piano while trying to escape to Europe.
The murderer of Jabal’s father, is spotted alive in Bulgaria. Jabal heads a fierce hunt passing by Bulgaria and Istanbul. With the aim to bring Nazem back to justice to Al Hayba village.
Living under an authoritarian regime in 2052 Beirut, a secluded man's life changes when a technical failure brings a fugitive woman to his doorstep.
On the eve of an invasion in 1982 Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy at a mountain school is determined to express his feelings to a classmate. As tension builds across the country, the day takes an unexpected turn, reflecting the fragile line between innocence and conflict. Through a child's eyes, the film explores the impact of war, the power of love, and the resilience of the human spirit.
In a world where even his brothers in arms are against him, 38-years-old Police officer Rawad Fakhoury executes a mission impossible to provide a kidney for his dying daughter. The clock is ticking while there's no one to trust but himself.
Beirut, 2020, after the economic crisis and the explosion. Since the Lebanese pound dropped, Malek, a former life coach, hasn't been able to get an erection. He wants to commit suicide, but he's too afraid to die. One day, he meets his former client, Saïd, who decides to be his death coach.
Six fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.
Therese, the mayor's wife in a Lebanese village, joyfully prepares for an overnight visit of her daughter's suitor and his parents. She excitedly shares the happy news of the engagement with pictures of her beloved brother who was killed by a Syrian bomb 20 years ago and is still bizarrely present in every corner of her house. Only when the long-awaited guests are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian; this engagement will only happen over Therese's dead body!
Beirut, at night. Said begins his first shift as a security guard. His orders are clear: watch a bridge. However, in the heart of “the city that never dies”, the exercise is going to be more complicated than it seems.
Said Serhan is a Lebanese actor, writer and TV presenter. In 2002, he graduated in Theatre Studies with an Honors Degree at the Lebanese University's Fine Arts Institute. He started his career in 2005, as a co-presenter in the TV show Al-Darb on Al Jazeera children's channel. Later on, he started acting in several theatre plays and television series.