The Sea And Its Waves
Drama
Arabic with English subtitles
Directed by Liana Kassir
Screened at L’ACID Cannes 2023
On a full moon night, the young Najwa and the musician Mansour reach Beirut. They follow the
trail of smugglers to join a woman on the other side of the sea. A few streets away, Selim, the
old lighthouse keeper, tries to repair the electricity of his neighborhood.
With short film:
Tramway Beirut
Lebanon
Drama
Arabic with English subtitles
Directed by Geovany Mounzer
In a small Lebanese village, eight-year-old Joe cherises the stories his grandmother tells him
about Beirut, where she lived in the 1960s. Joe dreams of visiting the city himself, and one day
gets the chance to embark on a journey to discover a city that bears little resemblance to what
his grandmother described.
