Festival Data:

• Established: 1997
• Genre: General
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 60
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 300
• Total Number of Films Screened: 130
• # of Shorts Screened: 45
• # of Features Screened: 85

• Competitive
• Retrospective
• Has Panels

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

Beirut International Film Festival aims to encourage and stimulate the Film Industry, and platform young talent from the Mid East region and to create awareness in cinema in the region which covers: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, & Tunis.

The Program for the festival is:

Panorama: International feature films 20-25 titles

Middle Eastern Film Competition:

8-10 Feature Films

8-10 Short films

6-8 documentaries

Culinary Section: 3-5 titles

Childrens films: 3-5 titles

Sections for the 2011 Beirut International Film Festival are:

Panorama :International Feature films and documentaries

Middle Eastern Film Competition: Feature, Short and Documentary films from the following countries will be accepted: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Kurdistan, the Gulf countries, Iran, Turkey and Tunis, Morocco and Algeria

Culinary section: feature and documentary films on food, promoting slow food

Childrens films: from the international community.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Submission formats: 16mm, 35mm, Other
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.beirutfilmfoundation.org/ Mef11/ form.pdf