Festivals
One of the world’s biggest showcasing of Lebanese cinema internationally was launched in Sydney on 22 August 2012. The Sydney-based Lebanese Film Festival is dedicated to cinema that is broadly Lebanese – either being filmed or set in Lebanon, made by a Lebanese filmmaker, or films with a focus on Lebanon, its people, arts, or culture.
In 2012, the Inaugural Beirut Hellenic Bank Lebanese Film Festival was opened by legendary Australian actor, Bryan Brown and the event showcased 26 films over 12 days including Beirut Hotel, Rue Huvelin, Out Loud, If I Should Fall, Bahiya and Mahmoud, Marcedes, A History Lesson.
The first 3D film of the Middle East was pulled out of the 2012 Festival after allegedly being banned from export by Lebanese authorities. There is no official documents to prove this claim.
The 2013 Festival will take place in August 2013.
The Festival has been supported by all levels of Australian Government, including Bankstown Council and the NSW Premier and Cabinets Office. Festival director, Camille Lattouf, co-director, Jessica Khoury and the LFF committee also briefed His Excellency Michel Suleiman, President of Lebanon, and Her Excellency, Marie Bashir, Governor of NSW, on the Festival.
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