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.[1]

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[edit] Exhibition

The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film Festival, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It has also been shown on US television as a Frontline special on PBS.

[edit] Awards

  • Sundance Film Festival 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 Reel - Grand Prix

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/press/beirut_review.pdf

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Sherman's March
Sundance Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
1988
Succeeded by
For All Mankind