the postoffice

Beirut Hold'em

At The Red Sea International Film Festival

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Red Sea International Film Festival
Michel Kammoun Saleh Bakri Said Serhan Rita E. Hayek Fadi Abi Samra Issam Bou Khaled Ziad Seaibe Talal Jurdi Rana Alamuddin Zeina Saab De Melero Anjo Rihane Nicole Kamato Nabila Zeitouni Roger Assaf Mohamad Akil Yehia Jaber Michel Jabre Rawya El Chab Ali Sammoury Samourai Karim Teen Hasan Ab Hamdan Houssam Sabbah Bachir Maroun Monà Hallab Antoine Khalife Sabine Sidawi Orjouane Productions RoyFilms Sarl Abbout Productions the postoffice Djinn House Studio Mactari Arab Radio and Television Sunnyland Film Fondation Liban Cinema (FLC) Georges Schoucair Ronnie Tarabay Ziad Chartouny Mahmoud Korek Ghada Ouiedat Masoud Amralla Al Ali Souad Houssein Céline Bozon Euric Allaire Pamela Ghanimeh Jinane Dagher Rayan Al Obeidyine Jad Asmar Beatrice Harb Roula Oueida Cynthia Zaven Yara Yuri Safadi Hussein Baydoun Roula Zahar Leia Hasrouty Rami Moukarzel Lucie Mallet Synthia Hobeika Najat Adem Romy Melhem Shirine Sinno Fadi Kassem Hiba Housan Sako Jerejian Jean-Guy Véran Michele Tyan Retail Group Beirut Cinema Platform Watary Music Is My Life Beirut DC AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) Doha Film Institute Dubai Film Connection Boghossian Foundation - Lebanon CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée
Poster by Rami Tannous

“ State of Agitation” by Elie Khalifeh. Feature film.
We were doing the last touches and the end credits and final renders. Then came the blast, the day we were supposed to finalise. We missed the deadline for Malmö Arab Film Festival where the film was in selection.
This film took the hard way since it was a draft Elie was working on, then shooting on and off for 2 years with available people, friends and equipment, the hard way until the last task.
We did the final output 2 weeks after the blast, the SAN server was damaged but was still functional with a persistent alarm and warning messages.
The film went through.
We made a preview copy, we sent it, we received the first feedback today.

That’s how Lebanese Cinema works, passionate people taking crazy risks.
We wanted to share a good news with all the friends and colleagues.
There is no Cinema without the skilled technicians and artists.
We can do it with less money and less equipment but not without you.
Please don’t give up, please don’t leave.
Good Luck Elie and cheers to “State of Agitation”