LAU filmmakers in the spotlight at Cannes Festival
The works of two LAU communication arts professors will be shown to audiences at the legendary Cannes Film Festival, which opens this week in France. Both films will be screened as part of the festival’s third edition of “Tous les Cinemas du Monde,” a program highlighting new cinema from India, Poland, Colombia, Slovenia, African countries, and Lebanon.
The works of two LAU communication arts professors will be shown to audiences at the legendary Cannes Film Festival, which opens this week in France. Both films will be screened as part of the festival’s third edition of “Tous les Cinemas du Monde,” a program highlighting new cinema from India, Poland, Colombia, Slovenia, African countries, and Lebanon.
Assistant professor Assad Fouladkar’s award-winning drama When Maryam Spoke Out (2001) about a couple, Maryam and Ziyad, who struggle with Maryam’s infertility and her mother-in-law’s efforts to spoil the marriage, will launch the day devoted to Lebanon. Instructor Dima El Horr’s recent Pret à Porter Imm Ali will follow as part of a series of short films.
The annual 12-day festival, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, is considered among the world’s most prestigious filmmaking events.
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