BeirutDC - About

In 1999, a group of Lebanese filmmakers and cinephiles, faced with a lack of funding, support, and promotion opportunities, sought to create them for themselves.

20 years later, Beirut DC is an internationally established organization striving to empower filmmakers and audiences from every corner of the Arab world. We believe in the power of film as a driver for change, in access to independent cinema as a right to all communities, across class and culture, and in the right of Arab artists to choose their own narratives. We create resources, events, and virtual and physical spaces that bring filmmakers, communities, and civil society closer, paving the way for radical and transformative collaboration.