As Israel Steps up Air Strikes in Lebanon, Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema Forges Ahead With South Screens Festival That Oliver Laxe Will Attend

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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As Israel steps up air strikes in Lebanon, Beirut’s beloved Metropolis Cinema – championed by Lebanese filmmakers as an indie cinema beacon amid bombings, despair and dysfunction – has announced it is forging ahead with the second edition of its South Screens (Écrans du Sud) festival.

“In times shaped by war, silence, and uncertainty, we gather once again around cinema; not to escape reality, but to face it together,” the fest – which will feature works by Oliver Laxe, Saeed Roustaee, Rungano Nyoni, Park Chan-wook, Lucrecia Martel, Cherien Dabis, and more – said in a Facebook post.

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