20TH edition NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 2, 2023
20th edition
November 24 to December 2, 2023
Ghassan Salhab has directed eight feature films: Phantom Beirut, Terra Incognita, The Last Man, 1958, The Mountain, The Valley, An Open Rose/Warda, and The River, in addition to numerous essay films and various video works, including (Posthumous), Chinese Ink, Son image, and Le Voyage immobile, with Mohamed Soueid. The La Rochelle International Film Festival, Jours Cinématographiques Carthage, the Guanajuato International Film Festival, and the Cinémathèque québécoise have mounted tributes to his work. He has published texts and articles in various magazines, as well as two books: Fragments du livre du naufrage and À contre-jour (depuis Beyrouth).
The end of the 1980s. The conflict in Lebanon seems endless. After a lengthy absence, Khalil re-emerges in Beirut. More than ten years ago, during a battle, he took advantage of the confusion, pretended to be dead, and disappeared under a false identity. But, Beirut is a small city. Progressively, people start recognising him.
Director Ghassan Salhab
Producer Ghassan Salhab
Screenwriter Ghassan Salhab
Cinematographer Jérôme Peyrebrune
Editor Gladys Joujou
Sound Patrick Allex, Vincent Commaret, Florent Lavallée
Colour Colour
Restored by Les films de l’Altaï, Préludes in collaboration with Micro Climat, le CNC
Production Company GH Films
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.
Founded by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in July 2002, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization of public interest.
Presided over by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Foundation has as its primary objective the organisation of the Marrakech International Film Festival and any related events, all of which aim to encourage the creation, promotion, and distribution of works of cinema throughout the Kingdom of Morocco and around the globe.