BerlinBeirut

Details

• Original title
  BerlinBeirut
• Direction
  • Myrna Maakaron
• Screenplay
  Myrna Maakaron
• DOP
  Jutta Tränkle
• Editing
  Simone Klier, Vincent Chmiel
• Music
  Frank Maakaron, Mickey Meinert
• Sound
  Frank Maakaron
• Duration
  23 min (16-30 min.)
• Year
  2003
• Country
  • Lebanon
  • Germany
• Colour
  • Colour
• Distribution
  • • KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e. V.
    • Friedensallee 7
    • Hamburg
    • Germany
    • web: http://www.shortfilm.com/
    • e-mail: kfa@shortfilm.com
• Festivals
  • Hamburg International short film Festival, Germany - June 2004 (in competition)
  • Filmfest Emden, Germany - June 2004
  • Openeyes filmfest Marburg, Germany - July 2004
  • Durban Film Festival, South Africa, June 2004
  • Avanca 2004, Portugal, premiere 21 to 25 July 2004 (in competition)
  • Filmfest Osnabrück, Germany, 6 to 10 October 2004 (in competition)
  • Sphinx Production- Arab cinema Amsterdam – First Edition, October 2004
  • AMAL II - Foundation Araguaney - Cinema Arab Spain, October 2004
  • Oldenburg ZwerKwerg, Germany, 19 to21 November 2004
  • Viper Basel, Switzerland, 18 to 22 November 2004 (in competition)
  • Kassel Dokfilmfestival, Germany, November 2004 (in Competition)
  • Fike 2004, Evora International Short Film Festival, Portugal, November (in competition)
  • Sienna Short Film Festival, Italy, 19 to 27 November 2004 (in competition)
  • Dubai International film festival, U.A.E, 6 to 10 December 2004
  • 7eme Biennale du cinema arabe - Institut du monde arabe- Paris (in competition)
  • Bunter Hund, Internationales Kurzfilmfest Munich, Germany, October (in competition)
  • Journees Cinematographiques de Carthage, Tunis, 1 to 9 October (in competition)
  • Leipzig dokfestival, Germany, 19 to 24 October (in competition)
  • Kunstfilmbiennale 25 of October, Cologne, Germany (in competition)
  • Aarhus film festival, Denmark, 27 to 31 October (in competition)
  • Docudays, Lebanon, 1 to 10 November, with an Official Premiere organised by the Goethe Institute Beirut. (In competition)
  • Sguardi Altrove Film Festival Milano, Italy, February 2005
  • Bayreuhter FilmFest Kontrast January 2005
  • Arabisches Filmfestival, „Der Orient zu Gast in Tübingen“, January 2005
  • Kurzfilmwochenendes Augsburg, 2005
  • Turkey/Deutschland nürnberg, March 2005
  • Jugend und Dokumentarfilmfestival, Reutlingen 2005
• Awards
  • The first Berlin Today Award, Germany
  • Jury’s special mention at the Hamburg short film festival, Germany
  • Jury’s special mention at the 7ème biennale du cinéma Arabe à Paris, (IMA), France
  • Best Short Film Video at the Journée Cinématographique de Carthage, Tunisia
  • Best German Documentary at the Leipzig Documentary and Animation film festival, Germany. Price donated by the Discovery Channel Germany
  • Best Documentary at Evora International Short Film Festival- Fike 2004, Portugal
  • The Best Price at the Kontrast Short Film Festival 2005, in Bayreuth, Germany