Karama Beirut Film Festival highlights reconciliation in run-up to UN Day

Karama Beirut Film Festival highlights reconciliation in run-up to UN Day

NNA - The Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival (KBHRFF) kicked-off on Sunday evening at Sunflower Theater in Tayyouneh, Beirut, under the theme “The First Gate” in the run-up to the United Nations Day, which is the day the organization celebrates its establishment when the UN Charter entered into force on 24 October 1945. Organized by NGO “Art Factory 961,” the festival, held in partnership with the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC Beirut), the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lebanon and Umam Documentation & Research organization witnessed the participation of a group of actors, actresses, directors, students and a number of local, regional and international media outlets and was an opportunity for the audience to meet international filmmakers and share- experiences.

KBHRFF Director Haytham Chamass believes that the festival in its sixth session this year is distinguished by “the fact that it was successfully organized, and we managed to host international directors despite all challenges resulting from the financial and economic crises that Lebanon is reeling under.” 

“Organizing this festival in partnership with UNIC Beirut in the run-up to UN day is an important step that the festival is taking to re-assure its support for human rights and peace in Lebanon, the region,