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  • The 19th European Film Festival

    The 19th European Film Festival will be held from 29 November to 9 December at Cinema Metropolis Empire Sofil, and below is the festival’s program.

    • Shadow Dancer
      Directed by James Marsh On Thursday, November 29 at 10:00 pm & On Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 pm
    • Montevideo, bog te video | Montevideo, Taste of a Dream
      Directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić On Thursday, November 29 at 10:00 pm & On Tuesday, December 4 at 5:00 pm
    • Small Crime
      Directed by Christos Georgiou On Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 pm & On Saturday, December 1st at 10:30 pm
    • Flickan | The Girl
      Directed by Fredrik Edfeldt On Friday, November 30 at 3:00 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 10:30 pm
    • Μπιλόμπα | Biloba
      Directed by Sofia Papachristou On Friday, November 30 at 5:30 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 10:30 pm
    • Prinsessa | Princess
      Directed by Arto Halonen On Friday, November 30 at 5:30 pm & On Saturday, December 4 at 10:30 pm
    • Cesare deve morire | Caesar Must Die
      Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani On Friday, November 30 at 8:00 pm & On Sunday, December 2 at 10:30 pm
    • Rundskop | Bullhead
      Directed by Michaël R. Roskam On Friday, November 30 at 8:00 pm & On Wednesday, December 5 at 10:30 pm
    • Gnade | Mercy
      Directed by Matthias Glasner On Friday, November 30 at 10:30 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 pm
    • A halálba táncoltatott leány | The Maiden Danced to Death
      Directed by Endre Hules On Friday, November 30 at 10:30 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 8:00 pm
    • Love.net
      Directed by Ilian Djevelekov On Saturday, December 1 at 3:00 pm & On Friday, December 7 at 10:30 pm
    • Le mulot menteur | The Mouse With a Mouth
      Directed by Marina Rosset, Sophie Roze, Andrea Kiss On Saturday, December 1 at 11:00 am
    • Jutro będzie lepiej | Tomorrow Will Be Better
      Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska On Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 5:30 pm
    • Lóve | Love
      Directed by Jakub Kroner On Saturday, December 1 at 3:00 pm & On Friday, December 7 at 5:30 pm
    • Camille redouble | Camille Rewinds
      Directed by Noémie Lvovsky On Saturday, December 1 at 5:30 pm & On Tuesday, December 4 at 10:30 pm
    • Hævnen In a Better World
      Directed by Susanne Bier On Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 pm & On Wednesday, December 5 at 5:30 pm
    • Atmen | Breathing
      Directed by Karl Markovics On Saturday, December 1 at 10:30 pm & On Thursday, December 6 at 8:00 pm
    • L’Enfant d’en Haut | Sister
      Directed by Ursula Meier On Sunday, December 2 at 8:00 pm & On Wednesday, December 5 at 5:30 pm
    • Uwikłanie | Entanglement
      Directed by Jacek Bromski On Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 pm & On Thursday, December 6 at 5:30 pm
    • 18 comidas | 18 Meals
      Directed by Jorge Coira On Sunday, December 2 at 10:30 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 pm
    • Cykelmyggen og dansemyggen | A Tale of Two Mozzies
      Directed by Jannik Hastrup & Flemming Quist Møller On Friday, December 2 at 11:30 am
    • Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? | In The Attic: Who Has a Birthday Today?
      Directed by Jiří Barta On Sunday, December 2 at 5:30 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 3:00 pm
    • Medalia de onoare | Medal of Honour
      Directed by Calin Peter Netzer On Sunday, December 2 at 8:00 pm & On Tuesday, December 4 at 5:30 pm
    • Üvegtigris 3 | Glass Tiger 3
      Directed by Péter Rudolf On Monday, December 3 at 5:30 pm & On Friday, December 7 at 3:00 pm
    • Glück | Bliss
      Directed by Doris Dörrie On Monday, December 3 at 10:00 pm & On Thursday, December 6 at 10:00 pm
    • Wuthering Heights
      Directed by Andrea Arnold On Monday, December 3 at 10:30 pm & On Friday, December 7 at 8:00 pm
    • En Familie | A Family
      Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen On Monday, December 3 at 5:30 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 10:30 pm
    • Операция „Шменти Капели“ | Operation “Shmenti Kapeli”
      Directed by Ivan Mitov On Monday, December 3 at 8:00 pm & On Wednesday, December 5 at 10:30 pm
    • Omar m’a tuer | Omar Killed Me
      Directed by Roschdy Zem On Monday, December 3 at 10:30 pm
    • Pa negre | Black Bread
      Directed by Agustí Villaronga On Tuesday, December 4 at 8:00 pm & On Thursday, December 6 at 5:30 pm
    • The Angels’ Share
      Directed by Ken Loach On Tuesday, December 4 at 8:00 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 5:30 pm
    • Bröllopsfotografen | The Wedding Photographer
      Directed by Ulf Malmros On Wednesday, December 5 at 8:00 pm & On Saturday, December 8 at 3:00 pm
    • De rouille et d’os | Rust and Bone
      Directed by Jacques Audiard On Wednesay, December 5 at 8:00 pm & On Friday, December 7 at 22:30 pm
    • Reality
      Directed by Matteo Garrone On Thursday, December 6 at 8:00 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 10:30 pm
    • Le mur | The Wall
      Directed by Odette Makhlouf On Sunday, December 9 at 5:30 pm
    • Der ganz große traum | Lessons of a Dream
      Directed by Sebastian Grobler On Friday, December 7 at 5:30 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 pm
    • A perdre la raison | Our Children
      Directed by Joachim Lafosse On Friday, December 7 at 8:00 pm & On Sunday, December 9 at 5:30 pm
    • Les saveurs du palais | Haute Cuisine
      Directed by Christian Vincent On Saturday, December 8 at 8:00 pm
    • La chute de la maison Usher | The Fall of The House of Usher
      Directed by Jean Epstein On Sunday, December 9 at 8:00 pm

    Tickets will be on sale for 4,000 L.L. For more information about the festival and the program you can check Metropolis Cinema’s website.

  • Lebanese Film Festival 2012

    The 10th Lebanese Film Festival is kicking off tonight at Metropolis Cinema (Sofil) and will last till August 26th. Make sure to check their program here.

  • The most beautiful days of my life | أجمل أيام حياتي at Metropolis Cinema

    Metropolis cinema is holding the first edition of a Lebanese retrospective dedicated to productions of Lebanese cinema of the years sixties and seventies, “The most beautiful days of my life”, which will be held from the 13th to the 22nd of june.

    During these 10 days, a total of 11 films will be screened as per the following schedule

    Wednesday 13 (OPENING)

    8:00 PM Beirut Zero 11 by Antoine Rimi, 1967, بيروت صفر 11 لأنطوان ريمي | ’90 Tribute to Ihsan Sadek

    Thursday 14

    8:00 PM Interpol in Beirut by Constantin Costanov, 1966, 90′ | أنتروبول في بيروت لكوستانتين كوستانوف

    Friday 15

    7:00 PM Lebanon through Cinema by Hady Zaccak, 2003, 15′ | لبنان من خلال السينما لهادي زكاك

    7:15 PM An Amateur by Habib Chams, 2011, 35′ | هاوي السينما لحبيب شمس

    8:30 PM The Colossi by Hassib Chams, 1963, 105′ | الجبابرة لحسيب شمس

    Saturday 16

    7:00 PM Welcome, Love by Mohamed Salman, 1970, 85′ | أهلًا بالحب لمحمد سلمان

    9:00 PM The Guitar of Love by Mohamed Salman, 1974, 120′ | غيتار الحب لمحمد سلمان

    Sunday 17

    8:00 PM A Bedouin in Paris by Mohamed Salman, 1966, 95′ | بدوية في باريس لمحمد سلمان

    Monday 18

    8:00 PM The Gang of Women by Farouq Ajrama, 1970, 101′ | عصابة النساء لفاروق عجرمة

    Tuesday 19

    8:00 PM The Bitter Honey by Rida Mouyassar, 1964, 90′ | العسل المر لرضا ميسر

    Wednesday 20

    8:00 PM The Black Jaguar by Mohamed Salman, 1965, 92′ | الجاكوار السوداء لمحمد سلمان

    Thursday 21

    8:00 PM The Melody of My Life by Henry Barakat, 1975, 110′ | نغم في حياتي لهنري بركات

    Friday 22 (CLOSING)

    8:00 PM The Most Beautiful Days of My Life by Henry Barakat, 1974, 111′ | أجمل أيام حياتي لهنري بركات

    All films are in Arabic without subtitles, except “The Black Jaguar” and “An Amateur” with English subtitles, and “Lebanon through Cinema” and “the Colossi” with French subtitles.

    Tickets will be selling for 5,000L.L and a festival pass is available for 40,000L.L. You can check Metropolis Cinema’s website or page on Facebook for more information about the event.