ANXIOUS IN BEIRUT

Title: ANXIOUS IN BEIRUT

Director: Zakaria Jaber

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 93 min

Country: Spain, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar

Format: 16:9 HD COLOR

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: Jumana Saadeh, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Doc

Distributed by: Filmotor

National Premiere: Écrans du Réel (Lebanon)

International Premiere: Shanghai International Film Festival - Golden Goblet Award for Best Documentary

In the ever-present desire to capture, record, and understand Beirut, and by extension himself, Zakaria has been trying to give a coherent story to his city. It is through the intersectionality between the general & the personal, the public & private, the old & young, that we are able to answer: why are we anxious in Beirut?

Credits:

Director, script and editor: Zakaria Jaber
Executive producers: Jumana Saadeh and Carlota Coloma
In coproduction with Jumana Saadeh, Al Jazeera Witness and Al Jazeera Documentary

Developed and Pitched at:
2021 MEDIMED – Pitching Forum

Festivals:

2023 Shanghai International Film Festival, China

2023 Maine International Film Festival, USA

2023 Amman International Film Festival, Jordan

2023 FICPBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2023 Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Amman, Jordan

2023 Perugia Social Film Festival, Italy

2023 Film Festival Diritti Umani Lugano, Italy

2023 Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

2023 FFFA, Paris, France

2023 JCC Carthage, Tunisia

2024 GZDOC, Guangzhou, China

2024 Duhok IFF, Kurdistan

2024 The Film Tuition International Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan

2024 Big Sky IDFF, Montana, USA

2024 Festival AFLAM, Marseille, France

2024 Ethnocineca, Vienna, Austria

2024 Biarritz FF, France

2024 Nation Station FF, Beirut, Lebanon

2024 Arts of Lebanon Festival, Cincinnati, USA

2024 Macao IDFF, China

2024 Pour la suite du monde, Lyon, France

2024 Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, USA

2024 Arlington IFF, Texas, USA

Awards:

2023 Shanghai International Film Festival, China – Best Documentary Golden Goblet Award

2023 Amman International Film Festival, Jordan- Special Mention First-time Editor

2023 Perugia Social Film Festival, Italy – Perso Agorà (Audience Award)

2023 Film Festival Diritti Umani Lugano, Italy- NGO Award Amnesty International Switzerland

2023 Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain – Best Documentary

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