Beirut: The Last Home Movie
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Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary film
directed by Jennifer Fox
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
during the Lebanese Civil War
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
directed by Jennifer Fox
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
during the Lebanese Civil War
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
directed by Jennifer Fox
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
during the Lebanese Civil War
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox is an American film producer and director, as well as president of Zohe Film Productions, an independent film company based in New York City. She has produced and directed many documentaries which has earned her critical acclaim and awards, including the Grand Jury Prize award for her...
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
during the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
Exhibition
The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film FestivalLondon Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
Awards
- Sundance Film FestivalSundance Film FestivalThe Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
Best Documentary and Best Cinematography - Soc. Civile des Aut. - Multimedia Best Screenplay
- Women and Cinema Argentina - Press Award
- C.I.N.E. - Golden Eagle Award
- San Francisco Film Festival - Golden Gate Award
- Cinema du ReelCinéma du RéelCinéma du Réel is an international documentary film festival organized by the BPI-Bibliothèque publique d'information in Paris and was founded in 1978. The festival presents about 200 films per year in several sections by experienced documentary directors as well as first timers...
- Grand Prix
External links
Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary filmDocumentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox is an American film producer and director, as well as president of Zohe Film Productions, an independent film company based in New York City. She has produced and directed many documentaries which has earned her critical acclaim and awards, including the Grand Jury Prize award for her...
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
during the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
Exhibition
The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film FestivalLondon Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
Awards
- Sundance Film FestivalSundance Film FestivalThe Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
Best Documentary and Best Cinematography - Soc. Civile des Aut. - Multimedia Best Screenplay
- Women and Cinema Argentina - Press Award
- C.I.N.E. - Golden Eagle Award
- San Francisco Film Festival - Golden Gate Award
- Cinema du ReelCinéma du RéelCinéma du Réel is an international documentary film festival organized by the BPI-Bibliothèque publique d'information in Paris and was founded in 1978. The festival presents about 200 films per year in several sections by experienced documentary directors as well as first timers...
- Grand Prix
External links
Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary filmDocumentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox is an American film producer and director, as well as president of Zohe Film Productions, an independent film company based in New York City. She has produced and directed many documentaries which has earned her critical acclaim and awards, including the Grand Jury Prize award for her...
. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
during the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Civil War
The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon. The war lasted from 1975 to 1990 and resulted in an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilian fatalities. Another one million people were wounded, and today approximately 350,000 people remain displaced. There was also a mass exodus of...
. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.
Exhibition
The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film FestivalLondon Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991. The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.
Awards
- Sundance Film FestivalSundance Film FestivalThe Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
Best Documentary and Best Cinematography - Soc. Civile des Aut. - Multimedia Best Screenplay
- Women and Cinema Argentina - Press Award
- C.I.N.E. - Golden Eagle Award
- San Francisco Film Festival - Golden Gate Award
- Cinema du ReelCinéma du RéelCinéma du Réel is an international documentary film festival organized by the BPI-Bibliothèque publique d'information in Paris and was founded in 1978. The festival presents about 200 films per year in several sections by experienced documentary directors as well as first timers...
- Grand Prix