Middle East Film Companies Team For Beirut Disaster Relief Screenings
Andreas Wiseman International EditorMiddle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the Kuwait National Cinema Company are partnering with Gulf arthouse venue Cinema Akil for the Beirut Disaster Relief Screenings.Ziad Doueiri’s West Beirut and Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? will screen today at Cinema Akil with repeat screenings this coming weekend, Friday 14 August and Saturday 15 August. All proceeds from the ticket sales go to the Lebanese Red Cross relief efforts.The move comes after last week’s catastrophic explosion in Beirut which left more than 200 dead and thousands wounded.