MaskoonFFF

🌟 The jury has spoken! Here are the winners of this year’s Arab Short Film Competition 👏 🏆 Maskoon Award for Best Arab Genre Short Film “The Sun Won’t Shine” by @adham.khaled (Egypt) The film will go on to compete at @fantastic.fest in Austin — one of the world’s biggest genre festivals! 🏆 Best Mediterranean Genre Film Award “Crow Man” by @yohann_abdelnour (Lebanon) The film will screen at @cinemed Festival in Montpellier. 🎬 A special mention goes to Joseph Khaluf @josefxkaluf ( Lebanon) for his short “Transmission” Congratulations to the talented filmmakers! 🔥

Tonight at @metropoliscinema We pay tribute to the one and only #DavidLynch. 🎬 6PM — Lynch/Oz by Alexandre. O Philippe 🔥 Followed by Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me by the master himself. (After the announcement of Arab Short Films Competion winners) A night of dreams, darkness, and Lynchian magic.

Tonight, 9 PM at @metropoliscinema From Tunisia, acclaimed filmmaker Mohamed Ben Attia’s Behind the Mountains — which premiered in Venice — takes us on a moving and mysterious journey of a father who wants to share with his son his astonishing discovery: that he can fly. ✨ Don’t miss this spellbinding tale from one of the most original voices in Arab cinema.

Tonight, 8:30PM at @metropoliscinema ✨ Step into the extraordinary with Animalia, the stunning debut feature by @sofia.alaouii 🚀 A sci-fi tale that mesmerized Sundance audiences and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision. It follows a young pregnant woman torn from her family as supernatural events plunge Morocco into a state of emergency.

The 7th Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival (@maskoonfff ) has kicked off this week at Metropolis Cinema (@metropoliscinema ) in Lebanon! The Arab Genre Short Film Competition is packed with 8 shorts from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Morocco! Here's a brief look at the selected shorts which will be screened this Saturday. انطلق هذا الأسبوع مهرجان مسكون لسينما الرعب والفانتازيا والخيال العلمي في دورته السابعة في سينما متروبوليس في لبنان! وتضمّ مسابقة الفيلم العربي القصير ثمانية أفلام قصيرة من لبنان، مصر، سوريا، السعودية، الإمارات والمغرب! إليكم لمحة سريعة عن الأفلام المختارة والتي ستُعرض يوم السبت. • Beyond the Sun, dir. Yazan Rabee (@yazan.rabee_ ) • Crow Man, dir. Yohann Abdelnour (@yohann_abdelnour ) • Ladies Coffee, dir. Amal Al-Agroobi (@amalalagroobi ) • Rouge, dir. Samaher Mously (@rouge_film @telfaz11 ) • Seminal Animals, dir. Karim Souissi (@karimsouissi_ ) • Sixty Egyptian Pounds, dir. Amr Salama (@amrmsalama ) • The Sun Won't Shine, dir. Adham Khaled (@adham.khaled ) • Transmission, dir. Josef Kalüf (@josefxkaluf ) Screening details are available on Metropolis Cinema's website: metropoliscinema.net تفاصيل العروض متاحة على موقع سينما متروبوليس: metropoliscinema.net 🔔 Follow us & enable the notifications to learn more about the Arab short film industry. تابعونا وفعّلوا الإشعارات لمعرفة المزيد عن صناعة الأفلام القصيرة العربية. #ASC #ArabShortCuts #ArabShortFilms #MFFF #OfficialSelection #GenreFilms #Fantasy #Thriller #Horror #ArabCinema #Lebanon #أفلام_عربية_قصيرة #أفلام_عربية #السينما_العربية #مهرجان_مسكون #مهرجانات #لبنان

Tonight at 6PM @metropoliscinema Two unmissable shorts by Lebanese filmmakers hit the big screen! 🎥 Never Have I Ever by @joyceanashawati — a nerve-wracking thriller where a young woman is abducted and trapped in a moving car. 🎥 The Watchman by @ali.cherri — a hypnotic story of a sergeant waiting in a watchtower for an enemy that never comes. 💬 Stick around at 7PM for a special conversation with director Ali Cherri moderated by @rimamismar , executive director of AFAC

إفتتح فيلم "البحر وموجاته" لليانة قصير ومانو، الدّورة السّابعة من مهرجان "مسكون" لسينما الرّعب والفانتازيا والخيال العلمي المستمر حتى السبت المقبل في سينما متروبوليس في بيروت. يعود المهرجان بعد غياب قسري بسبب الحرب والظّروف الإقتصادية، ليقدم برنامجاً غنياً تَغلبُ فيه الأفلام العربية الّتي تتناول مواضيع مطروحة راهناً، كالحروب والمعتقلات وتهريب المهاجرين والعنف الأسري والتّحرش الجنسي وعمليّات التّجميل. #مهرجان_مسكون #بيروت #فانتازيا #افلام_رعب #خيال_علمي #سينما_متروبوليس #أساس_ميديا @rananajjar @metropoliscinema @maskoonfff

Tonight, 8:30 PM 🔥 From our Classics section: Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy — a restored masterpiece of revenge, obsession, and cult cinema at its finest. Some films you don’t just watch… you experience. See you at @metropoliscinema

Tonight, 6:30 PM at @metropoliscinema ! Straight from Morocco, Kamal Lazraq’s Hounds — a gritty crime thriller about a father and son caught in a kidnapping gone wrong on the streets of Casablanca. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize.

Maskoon continues its tradition of unmissable talks & masterclasses! ✨ Case Study: The Sea and Its Waves Director Liana Kassir, cinematographer @markkhalife , and producer @mathieu_mullier_griffiths take us behind the scenes—from the spark of an idea all the way to its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Moderated by @tpausinger , Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents. ✨ In Conversation with @ali.cherri A special talk with the acclaimed artist-filmmaker, moderated by @rimamismar , Executive Director of AFAC 👻 Join us at #MaskoonFFF for insights, inspiration, and cinema magic beyond the screen at @metropoliscinema

The wait is over! Tonight at 8:30 PM @metropoliscinema , we open the 7th edition of #MaskoonFFF with the spellbinding The Sea and Its Waves - البحر وموجاته by Liana Kassir & Renaud Pachot. On a full moon night, Najwa and Mansour arrive in Beirut searching for smugglers to help them cross the sea, while Selim, the old lighthouse keeper, struggles to bring light back to his neighborhood. 🌊💡 Don’t miss the kickoff of this year’s journey into genre cinema! 🎬👻

My favorite regional festival @maskoonfff is back starting TOMORROW for a 5-day-edition at @metropoliscinema !! Check out their page for info about tickets in their bio. You know where to find me from Wednesday till Sunday! You can also always DM me for extra details about screenings, panels etc. and see you all at Maskoon at Metropolis Cinema! 😍❤️🎥🎞️