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Taxi Talk 2nd - 8th December 2009
Shot in service taxis around the city, Taxi Talk features drivers engaging their passengers in conversations on a variety of subjects that shed light on the everyday lives and concerns of Beruitis today. The following screenings will be taking place in December:
- Wednesday 2nd 7.30pm - Club 43, Gouraud Street, Gemmayzeh
- Thursday 3rd 7.30pm - Zico House, Spears Street, Sanayeh
- Friday 4th 7.30pm - T-Marbouta, Pavillon Centre (1st Floor), Hamra
- Monday 7th 7.30pm - Dardachat Café, Corniche Ain El-Mreisseh
- Tuesday 8th 7.30pm - The Hangar, UMAM D&R, Haret Hreik, next to al-Mahdy Mosque
Free entry to all screenings. All screenings will be followed by an informal, open discussion.
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British Council Award
Lens on Lebanon has been recently chosen by the British Council as one of the ten finalists for the their inaugural International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur (IYVAE) 2008 Award. The Lens on Lebanon Local Director will be travelling to the UK in October to participate in a shared tour of the UK visual arts sector, and to compete for the international award.
More about the Award on the British Council website
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Al Jazeera report
Al Jazeera English broadcast a report on Lens on Lebanon on 11 September explaining the project and following the project at Beddawi and Naher al Bared camps that took place the previous week.
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Screening at Saida
Lens on Lebanon held an exhibtion and screening at Saida Municipality on Saturday 25 August.
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Nomadic Dream Machine
On 23 August there was a screening of the series of videos Am I dreaming. The short films were shown on a mobile cinema, the Nomadic Dream Machine, that can screen outdoors in daylight to an audience of up to 3,000. The truck contains a mobile editing station with sattelite internet connection designed to work with grass-roots collectives for little cost.
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Lens on Lebanon in the news
Lens on Lebanon was covered in the following newspapers during July and August this year
 Daily StarThursday 19 July 2007 Download a full-sized copy Read the article their website (log in required) |
 Alliwaa wa Tuesday 24 July 2007 Download full-sized copy |
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 AnnaharWednesday 18 July 2007 Download full-sized copy |
 Die Zeit Friday 3 August 2007 Read the article on their website (in German) |
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Lens on Lebanon Film and Photo Festival
On Saturday 14 July at the T-Marbouta Cafe in Beruit, a selection of films from the Lens on Lebanon workshops were screened alongside exhibits of some of the photo narrative projects. The event was covered by the Daily Star (read the article). .
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