From February 21, to March 4, 2020 there will be held the Fourth Ukrainian Film Festival in Lebanon. The purpose of the festival is the presentation of Ukraine and acquaintance the Lebanese audience with the best examples of Ukrainian contemporary cinematic art. The festival aims to promote the enrichment of Ukrainian and Lebanese cultures, as well as to strengthen bilateral relations.
\nThe Lebanese viewer will be offered new popular Ukrainian films \u201cThe Gendelyk\u201d, \u201cAdventures of S Nicolas\u201d, \u201cDzidzio first time\u201d and \u201c11 children from Morshyn\u201d. The premiere screening of the documentary \u201cUkrainian Lebanon\u201d by the Ambassador of Ukraine in Lebanon Ihor Ostash will take place within the festival. This is the story about 2000-years history of cultural and humanitarian relations between Ukraine and Lebanon from Saint Barbara to present times.
\nThe festival will be preceded by the screening of the short film “In the Field” by Oleksandr Shkrabak in Tyre as part of the International Short Film Festival (February 15-16). This story is about a father who is looking for his son in the fields of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Within the framework of the Third Ukrainian Film Festival in Lebanon in 2018, the film \u201cCyborgs\u201d was also dedicated to the subject on heroic defense of Donetsk airport by Ukrainian soldiers.
\nThe event is organized under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon and under the support of the the State Film Agency of Ukraine, Alpha Production Studios, Lebanese Cultural Center in Kyiv, Lebanese Cinemas \u201cGrand Cinemas\u201d, Municipality of Zahle, Maalaka and Taanayel, NGO \u201cUkrainian Community in Lebanon\u201d and \u201cUkrainian Universities Graduate Club in Lebanon\u201d.
\nAs it is known, in 2016, 2017 and 2018, three film festivals were successfully held in Lebanon. Among other things, the Lebanese audience got acquainted with famous Ukrainian films \u201cShadows of Forgotten Ancestors\u201d, \u201cThe Guide\u201d, \u201cCyborgs\u201d, \u201cThe Nest of the Turtledove\u201d, \u201cBitter Harvests\u201d. This year’s event, which has already arisen significant interest among in the Lebanese public, will be held in Beirut, Saida,Zahleh & Anfeh <\/p>\n
4th Ukrainian Film Festival in Lebanon
\n(February 21 \u2013 March 4, 2020, Beirut, Saida, Zahle, Anfeh) <\/p>\n
Official opening of the Festival
\n\u00abUKRAINIAN LEBANON\u00bb,
\nfilm by Ihor Ostash, documentary, 2019
\n18.15 Red Carpet & Cocktail Reception
\nFebruary 21, 2020,
\n19.00
\nBeirut
\nGrand Cinemas (ABC Verdun)
\n\u00abUKRAINIAN LEBANON\u00bb,
\nfilm by Ihor Ostash, documentary, 2019
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
February 22, 2020,
\n18.00
\nSaida
\nGrand Cinemas
\n\u00abADVENTURES OF S NICOLAS\u00bb, film by Semen Horov, comedy, 2018<\/p>\n
Find below program <\/p>\n
\u00abUKRAINIAN LEBANON\u00bb,
\nfilm by Ihor Ostash, documentary, 2019
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
February 23, 2020,
\n12.00
\nBeirut
\nGrand Galaxy Cinema (Hazmieh)<\/p>\n
February 23, 2020,
\n16.00
\nZahle
\nStargate Cinemas
\n\u00abTHE GENDELYK\u00bb, film by Taras Dudar, melodrama, 2019
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
February 28, 2020,
\n19.00
\nBeirut
\nGrand \u0421inemas (Achrafieh)
\n\u00ab11 CHILDREN FROM MORSHYN\u00bb, film by Arkadii Nepytaluk, comedy, 2019
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
February 29, 2020,
\n18.00
\nSaida
\nGrand Cinemas
\nOfficial closing of the Festival
\n\u00abDZIDZIO FIRST TIME\u00bb, film by Myhailo Homa, Taras Dron, comedy, 2018
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
March 1, 2020,
\n16.00
\nZahle
\nStargate Cinemas<\/p>\n
\u00abUKRAINIAN LEBANON\u00bb,
\nfilm by Ihor Ostash, documentary, 2019
\nCocktail Reception<\/p>\n
March 4, 2020,
\n18.00
\nAnfeh
\nGrand Cinema Las Salinas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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