Mec film

mec film is an international sales and distribution company exclusively for films by Arab directors. The shortest film in the program is only 5 minutes long, while the longest keeps the audience in suspense for 270 minutes. mec film works with cinemas, festivals, cultural institutions, universities and neighborhood initiatives and offers film from all genres, everything from experimental science fiction to classic documentaries.
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  • The Dream

    The Dream

    1987

    45min

    16

    This poignant and thought-provoking documentary offers a unique and deeply moving insight into the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.


  • 1982

    1982

    2020

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

    While Wissam fights for his love, political tensions rise and the Israeli army invades Lebanon.


  • Dreams of the City

    Dreams of the City

    1984

    2h.3min

    16+

    A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.


  • Re-Destruction

    Re-Destruction

    2021

    45min

    16+

    Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre paints a vivid portrait of Beirut post-Civil War, highlighting the impact of the 2020 port explosion.


  • The One Man Village

    The One Man Village

    2008

    1h.25min

    16+

    The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.


  • Here I am... Here you are

    Here I am... Here you are

    2017

    1h.9min

    16+

    A director and his partner are forced into a long distance relationship thanks to strict European visa laws between Italy and Lebanon.


  • Wajib

    Wajib

    2017

    1h.36min

    16+

    Shadi returns to Nazareth to fulfill his duty (WAJIB) as a big brother, where simmering conflicts await.


  • Leaving Baghdad

    Leaving Baghdad

    2010

    1h.27min

    16+

    The story of Saddam Hussein's personal cameraman exposes the absurdities and brutality of the Iraqi dictators regime.


  • In Vitro

    In Vitro

    2019

    28min

    16+

    After an eco-disaster, the abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical city of Bethlehem was transformed into a huge orchard.


  • Chronic

    Chronic

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.


  • Counting Tiles

    Counting Tiles

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    "Clowns without Borders" bring a bit of joy to the refugee camp in Moria, Lesbos.


  • Panoptic

    Panoptic

    2017

    1h.10min

    16+

    Panoptic is a letter from a daughter to her deceased father in an attempt to reconcile with Lebanon’s turbulent past.


  • Erased, Ascent of the Invisible

    Erased, Ascent of the Invisible

    2018

    1h.16min

    16+

    30 years after the end of the civil war in Lebanon, over 17,000 people who disappeared are still unaccounted for. An unnamed artist searches them.


  • Nation Estate

    Nation Estate

    2012

    9min

    16+

    In, part one of this sci-fi triology, a vertical solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been found.


  • Fidai

    Fidai

    2012

    1h.22min

    16+

    The gripping documentary FIDAI is about a veteran of the Algerian war.


  • Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork

    2009

    1h.27min

    16+

    Jaffa, home of the world famous cakes, is a bustling metropolis and focus of this fascinating documentary.


  • Birds of September

    Birds of September

    2013

    1h.39min

    16+

    A glass van with a mounted camera drives through the streets of Beirut and explores the city from behind the glass.


  • Gate #5

    Gate #5

    2011

    1h.24min

    16 FSK

    Simon El Habre's documentary, a follow up to “One Man Village” is a study of the bygone days of the once bustling port of Beirut.


  • Dry Hot Summers

    Dry Hot Summers

    2016

    30min

    16+

    Two lonely people meet in opposing phases of life. On a busy summer day, they happen to be in the same taxi at the same time.


  • In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    In The Future They Ate From The Finest Porcelain

    2015

    29min

    16+

    In a temporal twist, this movie tells the story of an intervention into the future perception of a territory’s political history.


  • Solomon's Stone

    Solomon's Stone

    2015

    25min

    12

    Black-comedy short SOLOMON'S STONE, directed by Ramzi Maqdisi, is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.


  • Diaries of a Flying Dog

    Diaries of a Flying Dog

    2014

    1h.15min

    16+

    This is both a documentary and an attempt at self-therapy for Lebanese director Bassem Fayad and his dog 'Zen'.


  • Haunted

    Haunted

    2014

    1h.57min

    16+

    “When the bombs fell, the first thing we did was run away. It was not until later that we realized we had not looked back.”


  • A World Not Ours

    A World Not Ours

    2012

    1h.33min

    16+

    For little Mahdi, the Palestinian refugee camp Ain El-Helwe is a huge adventure playground. Unlike for most of his family.


  • My Name Is Not Ali

    My Name Is Not Ali

    2011

    1h.32min

    16+

    A portrait of El Hedi ben Salem, the actor of the Arab guest worker Ali from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film "Ali – Fear Eats The Soul".


  • A Space Exodus

    A Space Exodus

    2008

    5min

    16+

    A SPACE EXODUS is the first part of Larissa Sansour’s Palestinian science fiction trilogy.