Mec film

mec film is an international sales and distribution company exclusively for films by Arab directors. The shortest film in the program is only 5 minutes long, while the longest keeps the audience in suspense for 270 minutes. mec film works with cinemas, festivals, cultural institutions, universities and neighborhood initiatives and offers film from all genres, everything from experimental science fiction to classic documentaries.
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  • The Dream

    The Dream

    1987

    45min

    16+

    This poignant and thought-provoking documentary offers a unique and deeply moving insight into the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.


  • 1982

    1982

    2020

    1h.40min

    16+

    While Wissam fights for his love, political tensions rise and the Israeli army invades Lebanon.


  • Dreams of the City

    Dreams of the City

    1984

    2h.3min

    16+

    A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.


  • Re-Destruction

    Re-Destruction

    2021

    45min

    16+

    Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.


  • Here I am... Here you are

    Here I am... Here you are

    2017

    1h.9min

    16+

    A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.


  • Chronic

    Chronic

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.


  • Counting Tiles

    Counting Tiles

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    "Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.


  • Panoptic

    Panoptic

    2017

    1h.10min

    16+

    Panoptic is a letter from a daughter to her deceased father in an attempt to reconcile with Lebanon’s turbulent past.


  • Erased, Ascent of the Invisible

    Erased, Ascent of the Invisible

    2018

    1h.16min

    16+

    30 years after the end of the civil war in Lebanon, over 17,000 people who disappeared are still unaccounted for. An unnamed artist searches them.


  • Nation Estate

    Nation Estate

    2012

    9min

    16+

    In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.


  • Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    2009

    1h.27min

    16+

    Jaffa, home of the world famous cakes, is a bustling metropolis and focus of this fascinating documentary.


  • Birds of September

    Birds of September

    2013

    1h.39min

    16+

    A glass van with a mounted camera drives through the streets of Beirut and explores the city from behind the glass.


  • Dry Hot Summers

    Dry Hot Summers

    2016

    30min

    16+

    Two lonely people meet in opposing phases of life. On a busy summer day, they happen to be in the same taxi at the same time.


  • Solomon's Stone

    Solomon's Stone

    2015

    25min

    16+

    Black-comedy short SOLOMON'S STONE, directed by Ramzi Maqdisi, is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.


  • In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    2015

    29min

    16+

    In a temporal twist, this movie tells the story of an intervention into the future perception of a territory’s political history.


  • Haunted

    Haunted

    2014

    1h.57min

    16+

    “When the bombs fell, the first thing we did was run away. It was not until later that we realized we had not looked back.”


  • Diaries of a Flying Dog

    Diaries of a Flying Dog

    2014

    1h.15min

    16+

    This is both a documentary and an attempt at self-therapy for Lebanese director Bassem Fayad and his dog 'Zen'.


  • My Name Is Not Ali

    My Name Is Not Ali

    2011

    1h.32min

    16+

    A portrait of El Hedi ben Salem, the actor of the Arab guest worker Ali from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film "Ali – Fear Eats The Soul".


  • A Space Exodus

    A Space Exodus

    2008

    5min

    16+

    A SPACE EXODUS is the first part of Larissa Sansour’s Palestinian science fiction trilogy.