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Beirut and Sarajevo have lived through parallel experiences in their postwar periods. ‘Beirut of the Balkans’ imagines and tries to understand Beirut by filming Sarajevo.
Sarajevo has gone through historical stages that parallel those of Beirut: the old town, the hell city, the ghost town and the new city. This film highlights the similar phases the two cities have lived through before and during the Lebanese Civil War and the Bosnian War, via the citizens of Sarajevo and the Lebanese people who live there, in order to underline the current relationship between the citizens and their new city rebuilt. Like Beirut, Sarajevo after the war is a city that has started from zero, not only in its material and visual appearance, but also in restoring its relationship with its population, who now have a new vision of their city.

Credits

Director
Nicolas Khoury
Screenwriter
Nicolas Khoury
Producer
Nicolas Khoury
Cast
CONFIRMED: CITIZEN OF SARAJEVO
REQUESTED: LEBANESE LIVING IN SARAJEVO
FAVOURED: LEBANESE-BOSNIAN COUPLE

FIF AN JAN 27, 2014:
Ahmad Hariri
Balkissa Hariri
Goran Todorovic

About the Director

Nicolas Khoury
Nicolas Khoury graduated in film and audiovisual studies from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) in 2010. He is an independent documentary filmmaker and film editor living and working in Beirut, Lebanon. His filmography includes three independent medium-length films that won awards at multiple festivals. In 2018, his short independent documentary 'Résonances' won Best Short Documentary at It
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