Bélinda Ibrahim, 17/05 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Festival Cinema France Cannes 2025
Yet, there are the gowns. The flashbulbs. The practiced smiles and impeccable poses. But that’s only the surface. Beneath the glamour lies a quiet choreography, a visual language made of gestures and body language, whispered like a secret to those who know how to watch. Each appearance on the Croisette is a delicate balance between instinct and ...
This is Beirut, 13/05 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cannes Cinema France Cannes Film Festival Culture Festival
The Cannes Film Festival chose to dedicate the day before its grand opening to that conflict, screening three powerful documentaries. Another outside event may cause waves on opening day: by coincidence, the festival’s first official evening will unfold just hours after a Paris court delivers its verdict in Gérard Depardieu’s trial. That ...
This is Beirut, 12/05 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cannes Cinema Festival Cannes Film Festival
Final preparations were underway on the Croisette Monday, on the eve of the opening of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, as the world watches in suspense, awaiting the arrival of global cinema stars—from Juliette Binoche to Tom Cruise. In front of tourists and onlookers, festival staff rolled out the official posters of this year’s edition on ...
This is Beirut, 09/05 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Festival Bkerzay en Musique Chouf Artists Culture
The “Bkerzay en Musique” festival is back this summer for its second season of live performances in the lush eco-village of Bkerzay, nestled in the heart of the Chouf mountains. The launch of the second edition was announced Friday morning at a press conference held at the Ministry of Tourism, in the presence of Minister of Tourism Laura ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 06/05 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema Cannes France Festival Cannes Film Festival Culture
There was a time when Cannes carried an air of carefree charm, when passersby froze mid-step at the chance to lock eyes with Sophia Loren or Alain Delon. People exchanged smiles, hellos, and autographs between melting ice creams and cinema tickets, on a sun-drenched—or rain-soaked—Croisette. Today, Cannes retains its legendary glamour, but its ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cannes France Festival Cinema Culture Cannes Film Festival
American actor Halle Berry and Succession star Jeremy Strong are set to serve on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, which will be headed by French actress Juliette Binoche, organisers announced on Monday. Berry and Strong will be joined by best-selling Franco-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, and Italian ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 24/04 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Cinema Film Women Festival Documentary Fiction
In an era defined by curated feeds and digital perfection, Behind the Filter comes as a sensitive yet straightforward lens into how women experience beauty, plastic surgery and identity in the age of social media. The film, screening on April 28 at 5:30 PM at ABC Dbayeh as part of the Women Film Festival, is the work of executive producer and ...
This is Beirut, 12/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The California desert was buzzing Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott set to helm day one's main stage. Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures cracked the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 degrees Celsius). That ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cannes Festival Selection Stars Cinema Culture
Who will walk the red carpet alongside Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, and Juliette Binoche? One month before opening night, the organizers of the 78th Cannes Film Festival unveiled its much-anticipated official selection on Thursday. Producers and filmmakers from around the world rushed to finalize post-production on their films before the press ...
This is Beirut, 09/04 00:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cinema Cannes 2025 Festival Tom Cruise France Culture
Tom Cruise is set to return to the Cannes Film Festival to present the latest and last episode of his Mission: Impossible series, joining Robert De Niro and French actress Juliette Binoche among the confirmed A-list attendees. Cruise's presence, three years after he lit up the French Riviera while promoting Top Gun: Maverick, marks a ...
This is Beirut, 03/04 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Theater Festival France Avignon Culture Art
Cape Verdean choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas will open the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon next July in southeastern France, in a program that gives prominence to Arabic, described as a "language of light" and "knowledge" — one that organizers intend to celebrate in response to the "merchants of hate." This major international ...
This is Beirut, 30/03 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Festival Photography Culture Art
Irreverent, whimsical, or eccentric—this year’s La Gacilly Photo Festival, now in its 22nd edition, is shining a spotlight on the "offbeat eye" of British photographers. Starting June 1st, the picturesque village in Brittany’s Morbihan region will transform into an open-air gallery. Around 700 photos, some displayed in massive outdoor ...