Mahbas
Director: Sophie Botrous
Writer: Sophie Botrous, Nadia Eliewat
Cast: Julia Kassar, Ali El Khalil, Bassam Koussa, Nadine Khoury, Betty Taoutel, Jaber Jokhadar, Serena Chami, Said Serhan, Daniel Balabane, Nicole Kamato, Samir Youssef
20 years past the Lebanese-Syrian war, still Thérèse didn’t get over her brother’s death by a Syrian bomb. Today her only daughter is getting engaged. Only when the suitor and his parents are at her doorstep, she discovers they are Syrian.
Tramontane:
Director: Vatche Boulghourjian
Writer: Vatche Boulghourjian
Cast: Julia Kassar, Barakat Jabbour, Toufic Barakat, Michel Adabachi
A young blind man is determined to discover his birth origins, so he travels across rural Lebanon to gather minor clues about his true identity.
104 Wrinkles
Director: Hady Zaccack
Writer: Hady Zaccack
Hady follows his grandmother Henriette as she ages and crosses the centenarian milestone to reach 104 years. He witnesses the transformation of her memory, her emigration from Lebanon to Brazil and the stories of love, children and suspended time.
Heaven Sent
Director: Wissam Charaf
Writer: Wissam Charaf
Cast: Raed Yassine, Said Serhan, Rodrigue Sleiman, Yumna Marwan
After 20 years apart, Samir a former militiaman who was presumed dead, reappears in the life of Omar, his little brother who has become a bodyguard in Beirut. Between drama and comedy, Samir has to come to terms with a country he no longer recognizes.
Go Home
Director: Jihane Chouaib Writer: Jihane Chouaib
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Maximilien Seweryn, Wissam Fares, Julia Kassar, Mireille Maalouf
Nada, a young ballet dancer, returns to Lebanon and discovers her abandoned family home has been partially destroyed by bombings. As she settles in, she decides to find the body of her grandfather, who vanished during the civil war.
The Traveller
Director: Hadi Ghandour
Writer: Hadi Ghandour
Cast: Rodrigue Sleiman, Aida Sabra, Donia Eden, Romy Melhem
A travel agent who has never traveled is sent on a business trip to Paris, only to find himself confronted by temptations he cannot handle.
The Insult
Director: Ziad Doueiri
Writer: Joelle Touma, Ziad Doueiri
Cast: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Diamand Bou Abboud, Rita Hayek, Camil Salameh, Christine Choueiri, Talal El Jurdi
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
