Fondation Liban Cinema

Fondation Liban Cinema (FLC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Culture that acknowledges its role as an organization supporting the development of the Lebanese cinema in all its aspects

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OPEN CALL: Boghossian Award 2025

Boghossian Foundation & Fondation Liban Cinema
Distribution prize for a Lebanese film

The Boghossian Foundation in partnership with Fondation Liban Cinema is pleased to launch for the 8th year in a row, the Coup de Coeur Award for the distribution of a Lebanese film in Lebanon and/or abroad.

The prize will be $ 10,000 and will be accompanied by an artist residency at Villa Empain-Brussels so that the artist / filmmaker can develop his next film project.

Eligibility’s conditions:

– The film must be Lebanese, with a Lebanese director and a Lebanese producer or co-producer.
– The film must be a feature film of more than 70 minutes: fiction or documentary
– The film must be in in the distribution stage or in the final stage of the post-production (image locked).
– The prize must help the film to be released in theaters in Lebanon or abroad.
– The prize will be awarded to the Lebanese producer who must ensure the release of the film in theaters in Lebanon or abroad. It can also help with the participation of the film in international festivals.
– The Boghossian Foundation and Fondation Liban Cinema’s logos must appear in the end credits of the winning film.
– The Boghossian Foundation and Fondation Liban Cinema will each keep a copy of the winning film for non-commercial use.

Required documents:
• A Funding Plan.
• A note of intent from the producer explaining her/his interest in the prize
• A letter of commitment from a distributor or vendor
• An action plan and a detailed budget for the $ 10,000
• The movie in Vimeo link.

Deadline for submission: September 8, 2025

Please send A SINGLE PDF document with all required files, that also includes the Vimeo link to the film to both e-mails:

[email protected]

A jury of Lebanese and international professionals will meet in October to deliberate.

The awards ceremony will take place in November 2025.

AI IN FILM: A NEW CREATIVE DIALOGUE Can AI help us make films?

OPEN CALL: for Director/producer pair

AI In Film: A New Creative Dialogue is a project created by Fondation Liban Cinema in collaboration with Film London, with the support of the British Council International Collaboration Grant.

The project will fund and oversee the co-production of two live-action short films (under 15 minutes each), through which filmmakers from the UK and Lebanon will experiment with AI technology at each stage of the production process.

Our intention is to explore the use of AI tools in filmmaking from the filmmaker’s perspective, practically investigating the role of AI in the creative process, and the opportunities and efficiencies AI tools offer, particularly in relation to Intercultural collaboration. We will also invite interrogation of the limits, risks, and complexities of AI, both in creative and practical terms, as well as the legal and ethical implications of working with AI tools.

This exploration’s goal is to answer the questions we have been asking ourselves: Can AI help us make films? Can AI make filmmakers’ jobs easier?

OPEN CALL FOR LEBANESE FILM STUDENTS

Fondation Liban Cinema invites Lebanese film students to participate in an anthology film project that seeks to explore and document life during the challenging and uncertain times of 2024 and the new hope that comes with 2025. We aim to capture the feelings, impressions, struggles, and humanity of individuals living in the current context through the lens of emerging filmmakers.

Deadline extended to 2nd of June!

Boghossian Award for Film Distribution

Fondation Liban Cinema in its 7th consecutive year collaborating with Fondation Boghossian is very proud to announce that the film “Letters” has won the 2024 Boghossian Coup de Cœur Award for the distribution of the film!

The anthology film was produced by Josef Khallouf and Directed by Zeina Daccache, Salim Mrad, Reine Chahine, Rania Rafei, Nadim Tabet, Myriam El Hajj, Myra Zbib, Mike Malajalian, Michèle Tyan, Marie-Rose Osta, Hassan Zbib, Elie Khalife, Dwan Kaoukji, Damoun Ghawi, Corine Shawi, Christy Whaibe, Alexandra Kahwagi, and Josef Khallouf.
The film utilizes letters each filmmaker wrote about the ongoing war in Gaza and then exchanged them between each other at random, each creating a film for the letter they received.

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