The Green Line (1998)

Basada en la historia real de Robert Baer (George Clooney), un agente de la CIA que se pasó toda su vida trabajando para la Agencia en Oriente Medio e investigando casos de terrorismo. Por su experiencia en Beirut en los turbulentos años ochenta, lo envían allí para realizar una compleja misión en la que están implicadas dos empresas petrolíferas americanas a punto de fusionarse, una investigación de la agencia federal estadounidense y un analista (Matt Damon) del sector de la energía con sede en Suiza.

Beirut, Líbano. Zain es un niño de doce años inteligente y valiente, que sobrevive a los peligros de las calles de la ciudad gracias a su ingenio. Huyendo de sus padres, y haciendo valer sus derechos, recurre a la justicia para demandarles por el 'crimen' de haberle dado la vida. Una fábula contemporánea de carácter político sobre un niño que se rebela contra la vida que le han impuesto vivir .

Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) es uno de los diplomáticos más importantes de Estados Unidos que abandonó el Líbano en la década de los 70 tras un trágico incidente. Diez años más tarde, la CIA lo llama de vuelta a un Beirut devastado por la guerra con una misión que sólo él puede cumplir. Mientras tanto, una agente de la CIA (Rosamund Pike) que trabaja encubierta en la embajada estadounidense tiene la tarea de mantener a Skiles con vida y asegurar que la misión sea un éxito. Sin saber quién está de su lado y con vidas en juego, Skiles debe superar todos los obstáculos para exponer la verdad.

Una noche en un bar, un viejo amigo cuenta al director Ari Folman que tiene una pesadilla recurrente en la que le persiguen 26 perros. Cada noche, el mismo número de animales. Los dos hombres llegan a la conclusión de que hay una conexión entre su sueño y una misión del ejército israelí durante la primera Guerra del Líbano de los años ochenta. Ari se sorprende de no poder recordar nada más de ese periodo de su vida.

Ofrece una narración exclusiva de la suma de aciertos y errores de seis ex-directores de la Agencia de Seguridad Interior de Israel, arrojando luz sobre la polémica que rodeó la ocupación resultante de la Guerra de los Seis Días.

Historia de dos adolescentes musulmanes, llamados Tarek y Omar, que durante la guerra del Líbano despiertan al amor y se enamoran de la misma muchacha, una cristiana llamada May. La violencia del entorno condicionará sus vidas y las de sus parientes. (FILMAFFINITY)

Leba es un profesor de música que vive en un pequeño barrio de una ciudad costera del Líbano. Trabaja como profesor de música y se casa con su novia de la infancia, Lara. Para sorpresa de sus familiares, vecinos y amigos, tras tener a dos niños en muy poco tiempo, Lara vuelve a estar embarazada de un tercero, al que llaman Ghadi, sin embargo, los médicos le advierten que el niño va a tener necesidades especiales. ¿Podrán Leba y Lara tener el bebé? ¿Será Ghadi un orgullo o una carga para la familia? Tras dar a luz, fenómenos extraños esperan y afectan a los ciudadanos de ese pequeño barrio y a sus creencias. (FILMAFFINITY)

Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Blind-folded, he is taken to an unknown location where he discovers that he is being taken hostage by Lebanese guerrillas.

Beirut resident Soraya is drawn to two men: daredevil photographer Nabil and Talal, who must embrace his feudal heritage when his father is kidnapped.

In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.

July 2006. Another war breaks out in Lebanon. The directors decide to follow a movie star, Catherine Deneuve and a friend, actor and artist Rabih Mroue;, on the roads of South Lebanon. Together, they will drive through the regions devastated by the conflict. It is the beginning of an unpredictable, unexpected adventure...

Each morning Beirut awakens to a new murder seemingly committed by a serial killer, with victims found emptied of their blood. At the same time a doctor, Khalil, begins to experience strange symptoms that destabilise him and transform his life. A connection slowly emerges that seems to link Khalil to these victims. Salhab’s body of films have come to narrate the state of Lebanon – and Beirut in particular – during and after the civil war, and this film is no exception.

Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card, which he has carried his entire life, is fake. Now he must travel across Lebanon in search of his identity.

WINE and WAR is a documentary about one of the the oldest winemaking regions on earth and the resilience of the Lebanese entrepreneurial spirit seen through the lens of war and instability.

Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World War II, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today: on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon, in Italy, in Germany and in Switzerland.

Kahlil Gibran remembers his days as a young poet and artist in Lebanon, and of the young woman (Salma) who ignited his passions.

The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.

A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. One day the father abandons his family and leaves for Brazil, considered an Eldorado by a great number of his compatriots. Twenty years pass. The mother raised her children with great difficulty: the elder has a family and the younger one is getting ready to immigrate to Brazil. One day a ragged old man arrives to the village.

Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab underground culture from 2009 to 2013 and documents their work, dreams and fears in a time of great change for Arab societies. In a region full of tension, young Arab artists in the Middle East have struggled for years to express themselves freely and to promote more liberal attitudes within their societies. During the Arab Spring, like many others of this new generation, local artists had high hopes for the future and took part in the protests. However, after years of turmoil and instability, young Arabs now have to challenge both old and new problems, being torn between feelings of disillusion and a vague hope for a better future.

Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's unusual discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality, he finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.