BEIRUT HIDE AND SEEK











Beirut Hide and Seek est une preuve supplémentaire qu’une histoire courte peut être une grande histoire.
WINNER Best Short Film
WINNER Audience Award
Nominated Best Foreign Short Film
WINNER Honorable Mention Award
WINNER Best Original Score Award
BEIRUT HIDE & SEEK
written & directed by Darine Hotait
35 minutes | 2011 | Cinephilia Productions
Shot on 35 mm at Art Center stage, Pasadena, CA.
Synopsis
In 1982 Beirut, a family lives through the Israeli invasion that shapes their dreams into a never ending battle. The war, up to that point political, becomes an internal family struggle when Jamila discovers her brother's secret queer relationship with his friend Omar.
Team
cast: Elissa Boustani, Aurore Joly, John Prudhont, Charles Marina, Hanan Helweh, Rita Qatami, Frank Elaridi, Hamzah Saman, Abazar Noorizad
director of photography: Mary Doyle
production design: Ying-Te Julie Chen
editor: Abazar Noorizad
Original score: Nathan Matthew David
Executive producer: Romson Niega
FESTIVALS
. San Francisco International Women Film Festival
. La Cabina International Film Festival
. Los Angeles International Film Festival
. International Filmmaker Festival Of World Cinema
. Zero Film Festival
. Lebanese Film Festival
Press articles/interviews
. La Cabina ‘Beirut… Hide & Seek’ de Darine Hotait, sélection officielle de ‘La Cabina 2011’.
. Elle Orientale Talent A Suivre
. Time Out Magazine Close Up: Darine Hotait
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