" Beirut, I Love You " booktrailer for Zena el Khalil

Based on her heartfelt memoir, "Beirut, I Love You", is the story of Zena; a Lebanese artist whose reality pits friendships, love and art against the ever-present threat of war. The shortfilm is a journey guided by her voice and presence, through her city and country, still showing scars of the civil war and shaken by the Israeli 2006 invasion. In Beirut you live like there is no tomorrow. Any moment, the bombs could start falling again.

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Film & Animation

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