‘In this Land Lay Graves of Mine’ Screening at Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya Arab Film Festival 2015

Since 2001, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya has promoted Independent Lebanese and Arab films, and encouraged young talents to lend their imagination to the big screen.

This unique Arab film festival brings together over 200 professionals and students from Lebanon and the region, in addition to international professionals and stars. In additions to films, the festival hosts many workshops, roundtables and networking sessions.

About the Movie
Selling my land in my “Christian village” to a Muslim has taken me on a journey into present-day territorial and demographic fears that divide Lebanon. Since the war ended in 1990, land transactions are completing what the war did not achieve: partitioning the country into sectarian enclaves. By intimately interweaving memories of my own with those of the film’s protagonists – and of Lebanon as a whole – the film reveals a dark present where a charged landscape reflects different communities’ reciprocal fears, hatred and intolerance.

About the Director
Born in Lebanon, Reine Mitri studied Business Administration and later participated in several workshops on documentary filmmaking and production. Active as cine-club programmer, she was also the programmer of “Docudays” festival in Beirut. Since 2001, she has written and directed five films. She worked as project coordinator at Fondation Liban Cinema. Currently, she works at Screen Institute Beirut.