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Preserving Lebanon's stories amid war: France's Lebanese Film Festival

France 2413 October 2026, 13:43 UTCFrance

This Tuesday evening sees the start of the sixth edition of France's Lebanese Film Festival. The festival opens at the Elysées Lincoln cinema in Paris, with Nadim Tabet's supernatural thriller "In This Darkness I See You". This year's edition will also feature a retrospective of the work of actress and director Nadine Labaki, including her Oscar-nominated film "Capernaum". In Perspective, we spoke to festival president Sarah Hajjar.

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