Lebanon Factory. Four short films from Cannes Film Festival 2017 premiere digitally on Onassis Foundation YouTube.
Available online from July 2 to 8
One country, 8 directors, 6 nationalities, 4 short films, one feature film which opened 2017 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes.
From 2 to 8 July, you can find on Onassis YouTube, the "Lebanon Factory", a collaboration between the Directors’ Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival and Fondation Liban Cinema. The Factory aims at the emergence of new talents on the international scene, allowing young filmmakers, Lebanese and international, to meet and create together. The result of these collaborations is four short films of 15 minutes each, co-directed by four tandems of young directors. The four short films were presented on the day of the opening of the Directors’ Fortnight (2017).
Discover the short films of the "Lebanon Factory"
Lebanon Factory
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Still from the film "White Noise"
White Noise (2017 - Lebanon/France - 17')
A film by Ahmad Ghossein (Lebanon)
and Lucie La Chimia (France)
Said is doing his first night of duty as a security guard under the bridge in the middle of Beirut. With only a walkie-talkie and a torch, he is trying to take his job seriously. At sunrise, the city will have crushed him...
HOTEL AL NAIM (2017 – Lebanon/France – 14’)
A film by Shirin Abu Shaqra (Lebanon)
and Manuel Maria Perrone (Switzerland / Italy)
The octopus believes that the hand in front of it is a prey, but it doesn’t know that behind every hand, there is an arm…
SALAMAT FROM GERMANY (2017 – Lebanon/France – 17’)
A film by Rami Kodeih (Lebanon)
and Una Gunjak (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Desperate to escape Lebanon and settle in Europe, Lillo buys himself a Syrian passport and is ready to appropriate the Syrian identity to obtain asylum. However, what he might not be ready for yet, is everything that comes along with being a Syrian refugee today.
EL GRAN LIBANO (2017 – Lebanon/France – 16’)
A film by Mounia Akl (Lebanon)
and Neto Villalobos (Costa Rica)
When hungover Bassem wakes up by the lake shore among his dead fishes, his sister Youmna, who he hasn’t seen for 12 years, is there, with a coffin.
