Beirut Film Society

Beirut Film Society is a Non-for Profit Lebanese organization situated in Beirut, working since 2007 on promoting for “responsible filmmaking”, and officially registered under the decree 2682 on December 7, 2017.Beirut Film Society works on introducing cinema culture as an educative tool to human rights and ethics; and on spreading the Lebanese culture though cinema when and where possible. Our mission comprises improving the filmmaking industry, empowering and supporting talents and creativity, reinforcing the concept of “responsible filmmaking”, and above all staying committed to its social responsibility in Lebanon and the Arab world, and far beyond. BFS aims to shape the future of the film industry, by presenting Lebanon as a diverse filming location, and by providing data about film personnel, and other needed filming logistics, to the international companies and filmmakers in order to help them produce high quality audiovisual and film content.

Beirut Film Society’s vision is to:
· Transform Lebanon into the hub of the film industry in the Arab Middle East region.
· Become the association of choice in leading the Lebanese film industry for national and international stakeholders.
· Become the main provider of high level of personalized support for Lebanese artists and filmmakers.
· Foresee the changing needs in the film space in Lebanon and develop needed programs to reach the long-term related objectives.
· Empower freedom of expression in arts, and develop social understanding for accepting the different other, free choice, and for rejecting censorship.