The Mediterranean Film Festival of Batroun (BMFF), one of the best festivals in the Eastern Mediterranean, is held in September with a selection of short films with a Mediterranean touch.
During the first week of each September, in the historic Mediterranean city of Batroun, 4,000 years old, the public and filmmakers gather to share amazing works of art in the charming surroundings of a unique outdoor projection place; an environment that will generate enrichment for both the local public and international filmmakers.
A lively cultural event consisting of international and national competitions, professional workshops, seminars, special events, concerts and meetings.
NICOLÁS JABAZ
He was born in Lebanon. He studied and is a doctor in film. Director of the Audiovisual Arts Division of the University of Notre Dame since 2012, he is the artistic director of Beirut Shorts / NDU International Film Festival and the director of the program of the Mediterranean Film Festival in Batroun. Between 2005 and 2020, it has produced more than 16 plays. He has participated in many festivals around the world as a director, jury member, commissioner and industry expert. He is a producer of several award-winning short films and feature films, which have premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Director: Leonardo Bassil
Duration: 15 min.
Year of production: 2020
Gender: Fiction
Overview: An Ethiopian domestic worker plans to do something extraordinary on her day off in Beirut.
Director: Rona Fayad
Duration: 3 mins 28 sec.
Year of production: 2021
Gender: Animation
Overview: Enya's journey trying to succeed as a dancer is hampered as her behaviors drag her downhill.
Director: Nicolas Fattoh
Duration: 9: 55 min.
Year of production: 2020
Gender: Animation
Overview: An old grandmother loses her five senses, one after another, before finally becoming a wooden chair. Throughout his transformation, he realizes that his African housekeeper is not the wild animal who once thought he was, but the loving and loyal family member who unfortunately lacked him. A moving story about disease and aging that uses imagination and metaphor to show the difficult and painful process of departure.
Director: Layal Jomaa
Duration: 8 minutes
Year of production: 2021
Gender: Animation
Overview: Travelling through Beirut, a small particle of fire finds its way in the house of a middle-aged man. In the small and disorderly apartment, the particle floats through the history of this home, and where, on entering, this man's reality changes from the apparently normal to an endless nightmare.
Director: Mari- Rose Osta
Duration: 15 min.
Year of production: 2021
Gender: Fiction
Overview: The fog is rising, a howling wind is unleashed and the forest becomes dark. Two men take out a tree and drag it like it's a dead body. In a forest in the mountains of Lebanon, where the tacit pact of balance between the villagers and the forces of nature is broken, the legend says that revenge is destined to triumph.
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