Reviewed file photo — Yoniw / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (released by author). Casino du Liban at night, March 27, 2005; unaltered archival venue photograph, not the festival ceremony.
Beirut Shorts begins screenings after opening tribute to Georges Khabbaz
The twentieth edition continues through November 6.
Beirut Shorts opened its twentieth edition at Casino du Liban on November 1, honouring Georges Khabbaz. Screenings began November 2 and continue through November 6, according to An-Nahar and festival director Sam Lahoud’s separate Voice of Lebanon interview. An-Nahar places the screenings at Metropolis in Mar Mikhael. The photo shows the opening venue in 2005.
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