Beirut Film Society (BFS) in partnership with the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut (AUB), is organizing SRHR Film Days in two different venues in Lebanon from the 29th of November to the 2nd of December 2022. This event will be in parallel to BFS Beirut Shorts International Film Festival 2022 which will take place in its 16th edition at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU).

The SRHR Film Days will screen short films from the South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region and other countries that will offer an intersectional all-inclusive feminist understanding of SRHR. After each screening, there will be a panel to discuss the films with the audience.  The event will be offline and open to the public. Two of the four days (30 Nov & 1 Dec) will require booking a FREE ticket to attend the screenings at the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at American University Beirut.

This event aims at engaging young people in their diversities with artists, filmmakers, and civil society grassroots and seasoned activists in a series of screenings and discussions in hopes of creating strong and innovative alliances and networks. It will also help raise awareness on different thematic areas under SRHR such as menstruation, reproductive health and rights, and gender-based violence.

Program

Day 1

Date: November 29, 2022
Location: Notre-Dame University, Louaize
Theme: SRHR & Gender-Based Violence         
Schedule:

• Opening Ceremony: 6:30 to 7:30 PM        
• Screening films: 7:30 to 8:35 PM
• Panel discussion: 9:00 to 10:00 PM

Films:

• Maybe We Are All the Same ~ Amina Seoudi (Austria, Egypt, UK)
• Give Up the Ghost ~ Zain Duraie (Jordan)
• On the Ropes ~ Manon Nammour (Lebanon)
• Exit Beirut ~ Eli Salameh (Lebanon)
• Trumpets in the Sky ~ Rakan Mayasi (Palestine, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Syria)

Panel discussion:

• Speakers:
  • Sarah Kadoura    
  • Manon Nammour
  • Eli Salameh (virtually)          

• Facilitator: Reham Kannout Alrefaei    

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Day 2 (Tickets needed)

Date: November 30, 2022
Location: Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut, Beirut
Theme: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence       
Schedule:

• Screening films: 6:30 to 7:45 PM
• Panel discussion: 8:00 to 9:00 PM

Films:

• Maybe Fly High ~ Fatma Racha Shehadeh (Lebanon)
• Microbus ~ Maggie Kamal (Egypt)
• Dear Doctor ~ Jasmina Saleh (UK)
• A Letter to Myself ~ Omar Gabriel (Lebanon)
• This Is A Man's World    ~ Parastoo Azad (Iran)
• The Resurrection of Spring ~ Mark Laty (USA / Egypt)
• Mermaid ~ Saber Mostafapour (Iran)
• The Last Day of Patriarchy ~ Olmo Omerzu (Czech Republic, Slovenia, France)

Panel discussion: 

• Speakers:
  • Sara Abu-Zaki    
  • Fatma Racha Shehadeh
  • Maggie Kamal (virtually)        
• Facilitator: Dr. Jennifer Fisher

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Day 3 (Tickets needed)

Date: December 1, 2022
Location: Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut, Beirut
Theme: SRHR: Diversity & Inclusivity        
Schedule:

• Screening films: 6:30 to 7:45 PM
• Panel discussion: 8:00 to 9:00 PM

Films:

• Exit Beirut ~ Eli Salameh (Lebanon)
• Beirut Dreams in Color ~ Michael Collins (UK, USA, Lebanon)
• Let My Body Speak ~ Madonna Adib    (Syria, Lebanon, Scotland)
• Bellydance Vogue ~ Hadi Mousally (Lebanon, Spain)
• Monsters ~ Müge Bulazar (Germany)
• Nidhal ~ Bassem Ben Ibrahim    (Tunisia)

Panel discussion:

• Speakers:
  • Dayna Ash    
  • Madonna Adib        
• Facilitator: Reham Kannout Alrefaei

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Day 4

Date: December 2, 2022
Location: Notre-Dame University, Louaize  
Theme: Gender-Based Violence & Period Poverty    
Schedule:

• Jeyetna & Marsa stand: 5:30 to 6:30 PM
• Screening films: 6:30 to 7:45 PM
• Panel discussion: 7:45 to 8:45 PM
• Closing Ceremony:  8:45 to 9:45 PM

Films:

• Dear Doctor ~ Jasmina Saleh (UK)
• Jeyetna ~ Evelina LIewellyn (Lebanon)

Panel discussion:

• Speakers:
  • Vanessa Zammar
  • Jasmina Saleh (virtually)
  • Evelina LIewellyn (virtually)    
• Facilitator: Cecile Khoury