Sunday 16 October 2022
Lebanese Film Festival
SPECIAL EVENT: This is a special DREAM Festival film event, screening two feature films from the 2022 Lebanese Film Festival. Both films will have English subtitles.
1:20pm – Doors open
2:00pm – Daughters of Abdul Rahman
3:50pm – 4:30pm Intermission with light refreshments provided
4:30pm – Memory Box
Film Society members can attend free of charge, but you must book your seat through the Box Office of the Dubbo Regional Theatre.
Not a member? You can attend this screening for the special price of $10 for both Films. That’s right, two feature films for only $10, courtesy of our screening partner, The Lebanese Film Festival.
All tickets to be reserved and purchased through the DRTCC box office HERE.
2:00pm – Daughters of Abdul Rahman
Zeinab, a single, middle-aged seamstress, lives a dreary existence in a suffocating Amman neighbourhood. After her father mysteriously disappears, her sisters, all with their own problems, return home to help find their father, all under the prying eyes and accusatory utterances of their pesky neighbours.
An insightful look into the sometimes difficult lives of being an Arab woman, and battling society’s mores.
Running time: 112 minutes
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Rating: M
Country: Jordan
Language: Arabic with English subtitles
4:30pm – Memory Box
Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia sent to her best friend from 1980’s Beirut. Maia refuses to open the box or confront its memories, but Alex secretly begins diving into it. Between fantasy and reality, Alex enters the world of her mother’s tumultuous, passionate adolescence during the Lebanese civil war, unlocking mysteries of a hidden past.
Running time: 102 minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: M
Country: Canada/Lebanon
Language: French/Arabic with English subtitles