July 17th. The "dignity of Beirut" for human rights films began with the participation of 16 films

The Beirut Film Festival for Human Rights was announced on July 17, with the participation of 16 films from Lebanon and other Arab and foreign countries.

The Lebanese Association "961 Art Museum" is organizing the third session of the festival.

Among the films, 7 long documentaries, 4 short documentaries and 5 shorts will be followed by round tables, in addition to the main symposium of the festival to be held in Beirut, Dealing with the reality of freedom of expression in Lebanon.

The Third Session of

The festival opens on a Palestinian-German film entitled The Surf Club, produced in 2016 by directors Philip Genat and Mickey Yemin.

addresses the issue of Gazans, who live in the largest, war-controlled, outer prison, and are drawn to a new generation of beaches, where they find their personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean, tired of the war. occupation and political rigidity. Gaza.

One of the festival's most important films is an Afghan-American documentary titled What Tomorrow Will Bring, produced by director and producer 2015 and famed American author Beth Murphy, who has won two awards in this field .

"The first girls' school in a small Afghan village, where parents never allowed their daughters to be educated, started with school in 2009 until the end of the year. first graduation in 2015, the director herself integrates with this community, looking closely at what it means today's girl in Afghanistan, and the necessary changes of heart and soul.

These are the guests of the Baqer Jaafar Festival, director of the movie "The Band" of Iraq, Nayla al-Aish, and Rafat Al-Zaqt, the heroes of Nayla and the "Nayla". Palestine Intifada, Rawali Salama, Producer of Nayla and the Palestinian Intifada, Director of Cultural and Theatrical Distribution of Egypt and Basma Farhat, Director of Khasouf of Lebanon

The Film Festival of Human Rights The Karama-Beirut Man, like the internationally recognized human rights film festivals, helps to put highlight films that reject racism. And injustice.

The first session of the festival is held in 2016 entitled "Other" and aimed at raising awareness of the rights of refugees and minorities in Lebanon and in the Arab world.The second session in 2017 took the title of " new identities ", focusing on human rights.