Co-presented by ArteEast & Cinema Arabiyya

Introduced by Hicham Awad

Lebanon at the end of the ’80s. Ghassan Salhab’s debut follows Khalil as he returns to Beirut under a new identity, forced to confront the old friends and comrades he left behind following his faked death a decade earlier. PHANTOM BEIRUT is a haunting exploration of the official silences and collective amnesias that stalk the lives of those who live through conflict.

Lebanon/France, 1998
Directed by Ghassan Salhab
Starring Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Carol Abboud
In Arabic with English subtitles
Approx. 120 min.