Video Works 2015 | Screenings

If you' re looking for free activities around Beirut and you're a fan of the movies, this one's for you. In an effort to provide a sustainable support structure for video production by artists and filmmakers in Lebanon, Ashkal Alwan has established Video Works as a screening and grant program in 2006. Now in its fifth edition, the event will take place at Empire Sofil movie Theater in Ashrafieh from June 9th to June 11th 2015 and will feature original new works by Haig Aivazian, Vartan Avakian, Mohammed Berro, Maeve Brennan, Stéphanie Ghazal, Maxime Hourani, May Kassem, Nadim Tabet and Karine Wehbé, Raed Yassin. Just because we want you to make the most of your time, we've put up the detailed program for you below so you can pre-select your fix at your leisure. Enjoy! 

Tuesday, June 9
8 pm Jerusalem Pink | Maeve Brennan
8.45 pm Becoming Wreckage | Maxime Hourani
9.10 pm The Video Story | Vartan Avakian
9.30 pm BREAK
9.40 pm 12 | Mohamed Berro
10 pm It’s The War in Syria That Killed Her | Nadim Tabet and Karine Wehbé
10.45 pm Notes on the Present | Stéphanie Ghazal

Wednesday, June 10
8 pm 96.2.2 | May Kassem
8.40 pm This Lightness, I Have Lost It Forever | Haig Aivazian
9.15 pm Karaoke | Raed Yassin
9.30 pm BREAK
9.45 pm The Video Story | Vartan Avakian
10 pm Becoming Wreckage | Maxime Hourani
10.20 pm Jerusalem Pink | Maeve Brennan

Thursday, June 11
8 pm Notes on the Present | Stéphanie Ghazal
8.15 pm It’s The War in Syria That Killed Her | Nadim Tabet and Karine Wehbé
9.00 pm 12 | Mohamed Berro
9.20 pm BREAK
9.30 pm This Lightness, I Have Lost It Forever | Haig Aivazian
10.05 pm Karaoke | Raed Yassin
10.30 pm 96.2.2 | May Kassem