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2015 Table of content Opnening Movies Movies Out of Competition Aubade 6 Vicenta 48 Revoltango 7 The Denied Yazidi Festival 49 Single, Married, Divorced 8 10949 Women 50 Tripoli... Art, Memory and Peace 51 Movies In Competition A Big Star 9 Programs A Weekend Getaway 10 Official Program (in competition) 52 After Tomorrow 11 Outdoor Program 55 Aram 12 “Women & Conflicts” Theme Program 55 Bang Bang 13 Beach Flags 14 Festival Team 56 Beirut in Two Words 15 Acknowledgments 57 Black Moon 16 Boles 17 Border 18 Cutting Grass 19 Dead Man’s Hand 20 Father 21 Games People Play 22 God Save The Queen 23 Golden Kingdom 24 Helwan… I 25 Her, Him, and the Other… 26 Home Is Where My Age Is 27 Kamila 28 Nabat 29 Rails 30 Red Carpet 31 Stones 32 Studio Beirut 33 Taksim 34 The Drought Land 35 The Little Cousteau 36 The Offer 37 The Raisins 38 The Shebabs of Yarmouk 39 The Shelter of Grapes of Wrath 40 The Suitcase 41 The Thirst 42 The Tree 43 Thread 44 Troubled Waters 45 Animation Long Fiction Long Documentary We Are Alive 46 Short Fiction Short Documentary Wintry Spring 47 Welcome to the Tripoli Film Festival 2015 After a first edition held against all odds in April last year, despite the crisis that the city, the country and the area is living, Tripoli Film Festival is back this year, proudly carrying the same message of peace, tolerance and cultural resistance. This festival is organised by, and for Tripoli citizens. Its The Festival venues will showcase works by local artists and primary aim is to contribute to a better access to culture, the event will export our city to the world. This second year helping expand our horizons and our world by decentralizing is indeed a bigger challenge for our organizing committee the holding of cultural events in Lebanon. We are hoping and our city: we invited the filmmakers in competition that this year’s selection will convey our message that is and we will have among our guests international festival transcending borders; the world is rich and beautiful, and programmers and critics. We hope to be up to the challenge Tripoli is a part of it. of showing our rich heritage, our friendliness and hospitality, in our beautiful and resilient city, the Lebanese Tripoli that The main events will take place at The Safadi Cultural we know and love. Center and at the Azm Cultural Center and special open air screenings in Beb el Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen neighbourhoods will run in parallel to the festival. The Save the date, from April 30 to May 7 Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Campus will host an “out the movies will be waiting for you. of competition” documentary screening day and panel debates, open to the public, with international guest The organizing committee speakers from the Forum for Cities in Transition around the theme “Women and Conflicts”. 2015 Aubade Revoltango Showing at the Opening Ceremony on April 30th at 6:30pm Showing at the Opening Ceremony on April 30th at 6:30pm - Safadi Cultural Centre - Safadi Cultural Centre Director: Mauro Carraro Director: Elie Kamal Country: Switzerland Country: Lebanon Year: 2014 Year: 2014 Genre: Animation Genre: Short Fiction Timing: 5 min Timing: 21 min Synopsis: Synopsis: A black sun rises on Leman Lake. In a surrealist backlit scene, swimmers Facing apparent political turmoil on the streets and on the news, and birds witness the spectacle of the dawn, hypnotized by the music an anxious couple tries to safeguard their little family and peace of of a cellist. mind with a tango dance. But it wouldn’t be long before the invading television images change the whole nature of their dance. تشـرق شـمس سـوداء علـى بحيـرة ليمـان. فـي مشـهد ذو خلفيـة سـوريالي، في مواجهة ﻹضطرابات سياسـية واضحة في الشـوارع وعلى اﻷخبار، يحاول يشـهد السـباحون والطيـور بـزوغ الفجـر، مسـحورين بموسـيقى لعازف تشـيلو. زوجـان قلقـان الحفـاظ علـى أسـرتهم الصغيـرة وراحـة بالهـم عبـر رقصـة تانغـو. لكـن لـن يطـول اﻷمـر قبـل أن تقوم الصـور التلفزيونية الغازيـة بتغيير الطبيعة الكاملـة لرقصتهم. Music: Mich Gerber Sound: Martin Stricker Editing / Animation: Clément Espinosa / Zoltán Horváth / Main Cast: Nada Abou Farhat / Mazen Kiwan / Nay Mauro Carraro Matar / Dori the fish Executive Producer: Nicolas Burlet Dop: Pol Seif Art Director: Walid Saliba Music: Jahida Wehbe Sound: Karine Bacha / Lama Sawaya Editing / Animation: Sebastien Leclercq / Elie Kamal Producer: Jana Wehbe 6 www.tripoli-filmfestival.org www.tripoli-filmfestival.org 7 2015 Single, Married, Divorced A Big Star Showing on May 1st, at 8pm - Safadi Cultural Centre Showing on May 4th, at 4pm - Beit El Fan Showing on May 5th, at 9am - Safadi Cultural Centre Director: Elie Khalife Director: Rogena Bassali Country: Lebanon Country: Egypt Year: 2014 Year: 2013 Genre: Long Fiction Genre: Short Fiction Timing: 100 min Timing: 23 min Synopsis: Synopsis: Yasmina, Taleen, Layanand Zina are four successful ladies approaching A day in the life of a big actor who is not anymore under the spotlight; their 40’s. They are smart, funny, interesting, yet, the four of them are he writes a letters to the president of the acting professions syndicate still single! Even though they are very different in their way of thinking, and it turned out to be his last one. they are very good friends, and they meet every Sunday at the Sporting يـوم فـي حيـاة ممثـل كبيـر أبتعـدت عنـه اﻷضـواء، يكتـب خطاباتـه لنقيـب المهـن التمثيلـة، فـكان الخطـاب اﻷخيـر. ....Club to share the status of their love life ياسـمينا وتالين وﻻيان وزينا اربع نسـاء ناجحات شـارفن سـن اﻻربعين، يتمتعن بالـذكاء والـروح المرحـة والثقافـة، لكنهـن لـم يتزوجـن. لـكل واحـدة منهـن Main Cast: Mahmoud Kabil طريقـة تفكيرهـا ، وتلتقـي الصديقـات اﻻربـع كل احـد فـي النـادي الرياضـي Dop: Mohsen Ahmad ليتبادلـن اﻻحاديـث ويتطرقـن الـى جديـد لتطـورات العاطفيـة فـي حياتهـن... Art Director: Mohamad Abbas Saber Main Cast: Nada Abou Farhat / Darine Hamze / Music: Khaled Hammad Nibal Arakji / Marwa Khalil Sound: Nayef Bassyouni Dop: Bassem Fayad Editing / Animation: Maha Rushdi Art Director: Rawan Bazerji Production Manager: Salwa Abdel Rahmen / Hala Eid Music: Raed El Khazen Executive Producer: Mohamad Aziz Sound: Victor Bresse / Rana Eid Editing / Animation: Nadim Shartouny / Belal Hibri Producer: Nibal Arakji Executive Producer: Karim Arakji 8 www.tripoli-filmfestival.org www.tripoli-filmfestival.org 9 2015 A Weekend Getaway After Tomorrow Showing on May 1st, at 4pm - Safadi Cultural Centre Showing on May 2nd, at 4pm - Beit El Fan Showing on May 2nd, at 9am - Beit El Fan Director: Metehan Yilmaz Director: Toufic Beyhum / Carl Gough Country: Turkey Country: Jordan Year: 2014 Year: 2014 Genre: Short Fiction Genre: Long Documentary Timing: 28 min Timing: 54 min Synopsis: Synopsis: Teoman and Ayse, a couple from Istanbul, who have been living together The Bdoul tribe of Petra lived in caves on the heritage site for more than for almost three years, are struggling to continue their relationship. 200 years. Their lives consisted of tending to crops and raising animals. Both became cynical, selfish and bitter towards each other and haven’t In 1985, the Jordanian Government moved the tribe to purpose-built failed to show this silently through their actions. They decide to take a housing in order to accommodates the ever-increasing number of weekend getaway to save their relationship to the abandoned cabin of tourists flooding into the area. Teoman’s grandmother. Toufic Beyhum and Carl Gough spent 2 months living in the bdoul village of Umm Sahyoun. They came wielding a camera, in order to تيومـان وعائشـة، زوجـان مـن اسـطنبول، كانـا يعيشـان ًمعا لما يقـارب الثﻻث document the lives of the tribe and to witness First-hand how the locals سـنوات، ويكافحـان مـن أجـل مواصلة عﻻقتهما. كﻻهما أصبح ًسـاخرا، ًوأنانيا have been influenced by tourism, and the Capitalist society this has ًومريـرا تجـاه اﻵخرلـم يتـرددا فـي إظهـار ذلـك بصمـت مـن خـﻻل أعمالهمـا. .engerdered قرراﻹبتعـاد وأخـذ عطلـة نهايـة أسـبوع ﻹنقـاذ عﻻقتهـا فـي مقصـورة الجـدة تيومـان المهجـورة. عاشـت قبيلـة بـدول فـي البتـراء فـي كهـوف موقـع تراثـي ﻷكثـر مـن مئتـي سـنة. وإقتصـرت حياتهـم علـى جمـع المحاصيـل وتربيـة الحيوانـات. فـي عـام 1985، قامت الحكومة اﻷردنية بنقل القبيلة إلى مسـاكن بنيت لهذا الغرض مـن أجـل إسـتيعاب العـدد المتزايـد مـن السـياح ّالمتدفـق إلـى المنطقـة. Main Cast: Kutay Sandikci / Izlem Genc صهيـون أم بـدول قريـة فـي شـهرين غـوف وكارل بيهـم توفيقعـاش .جـاءا ي Dop: Metehan Yilmaz كي بكاميرا، ّمحملينوثقا القبيلة حياةويكونا أول الشـهود على تأثر السـكان Art Director: Metehan Yilmaz المحليين بالسـياحة وبالمجتمع الرأسـمالي الذي نشـأ عنها. Sound: Onur Suat Ayas Production Manager: Metehan Yilmaz Executive Producer: Servet Tuccar Music: Jonas Hellborg Sound: Sean Williams Editing / Animation: Dana Trometer 10 www.tripoli-filmfestival.org www.tripoli-filmfestival.org 11 2015 Aram Bang Bang Showing on May 3rd, at 4pm - Safadi Cultural Centre Showing on May 4th, at 4pm - Beit El Fan Showing on May 4th, at 9am - Beit El Fan Showing on May 5th, at 9am - Safadi Cultural Centre Director: Havi Ibrahim Director: Cyril Bassil Country: United Kingdom / Kurdistan Country: Lebanon Year: 2014 Year: 2014 Genre: Short Fiction Genre: Short Fiction Timing: 20 min Timing: 24 min Synopsis: Synopsis: After a long confrontation, Aram a young Kurdish boy gradually gives In Beirut, Yasmine, a young cabaret singer dreams only of one thing: up waiting for his mother, and realises she will not be joining him and leaving everything behind and moving to the States to freely live her his father for a new life anymore. relationship with her boyfriend Omar, an Oud player and to pursue their musical careers. However, the latter has another plan in mind. بعـد مواجهـة طويلـة ّيتخلـى آرام الشـاب الكـردي الصغيـر ًتدريجيـا عـن فكـرة فـي بيـروت، ياسـمين، مغنيـة فـي ملهـى ليلـي تحلـم فقـط بشـيء واحـد: إنتظـاره لوالدتـه ويـدرك أنهـا لـن تعـود بعـد اليـوم لتعيـش حيـاة جديـدة معـه تـرك كل شـيء وراءهـا واﻻنتقـال إلـى الوﻻيـات لتعيـش بحريـة عﻻقتهـا مـع ومـع والـده.