Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023

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Bystander (Country: Qatar, Lebanon; Year: 2022; Director: Rachel Aoun)
On a sunny day in Beirut, Roger, a beloved basketball coach is on his way to work proudly carrying a box of chocolates to celebrate the birth of his son. His trip is disrupted when he witnesses a horrific act of violence on the street. He observes without intervening from the safety of the pavement; not attempting to help. Roger’s descent into shame begins there.
Contact (Country: Lebanon; Year: 2019; Director: Samir Syriani)
A sniper, living alone on a country's border, shoots refugees attempting to cross and collects their items for survival. One day, he finds a tape of his victim's war diary and begins to listen to it.
Last Days Of The Man Of Tomorrow (Country: Lebanon, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Fadi Baki)
A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut. After being coaxed back out into the limelight, the people who knew him come forward to speak their mind, and the myth that Manivelle has constructed around himself starts to unravel.
Then Came Dark (Country: Lebanon; Year: 2021; Director: Marie-Rose Osta)
A mist emerges, a howling wind kicks in and the forest turns dark. Two men pull out a tree and drag it like a dead body. In a forest in the mountains of Lebanon, where the unspoken pact of balance between the villagers and the forces of nature breaks, legend has it that revenge is bound to happen.
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