BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) – The urge to defend Islam’s most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, wasn’t enough to bring together Lebanon’s divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims. The two sects, which have ...

The independent Beirut-based production house Abbout Productions, led by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine, will receive the Raimondo Rezzonico Award at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film ...

Lebanon has entered Cyril Aris’ romantic drama A Sad and Beautiful World as its candidate for Best International Feature Film in the 98th Academy Awards. The feature world premiered in Venice parallel ...

Beirut-based writer-director Sarah Francis explores the ordinary and "the small battles" in her new film, which features a synthesizer score and interludes and debuts at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

Disney’s live-action “Snow White” has been banned from playing in movie theaters in Lebanon due to the presence in the film of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who plays the role of the the Evil Queen. The ...

In a country without film archives, one man is preserving Lebanon's film industry history. With thousands of movie posters, Abboudi Bou Jaoude is saving cinematic heritage in an archive that's ...

“A Sad and Beautiful World,” Lebanon’s Oscar submission for the international feature race, has been acquired by a raft of distributors around the world. Paradise City Sales has closed deals for the ...

Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine of the Beirut-based production company will also present two movies, Mounia Akl‘s 'Costa Brava, Lebanon' and Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige’s 'Memory Box.' ...