MOVIES
SAMIR KASSIR IN MOVIES
Omar Amiralay, Greta Nawfal, Talal Khoury, Liana Kassir
Lebanon / Creation 2015
Saturday 9 May 2015, 5:30 pm
Salle Montaigne – Institut français du Liban, Rue de Damas
Prominent filmmakers and writers paid tribute to Samir Kassir shortly after his assassination. Their documentaries and short films shed light on Samir Kassir's vision, career, personal life and political values. Each film captured aspects of Samir Kassir's ideas and personality that the general public may not have known.
The Beirut Spring Festival will screen three documentaries produced and broadcast in the months following Samir Kassir's assassination, including
The Beirut Spring Festival will also feature a world premiere: a tribute to Samir Kassir by his own daughter and young filmmaker Liana Kassir, presented for the first time on the occasion of the tenth commemoration.
The Beirut Spring Festival is a free of charge annual arts and culture programming that celebrates freedom and renewal in Beirut, in memory of Samir Kassir.
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