The Romanian Cultural Days in Lebanon will be held between 2 and 12 December 2012 in Beirut, Sin El Fil and Zahle. This extensive event is organized by the Romanian Embassy in Lebanon and the Romanian Cultural Institute, with the support of local partners. The events are addressed to the Romanian community in Lebanon as well as to the entire Lebanese public.
The event’s program includes screenings of the latest Romanian movies (Medal of Honor, directed by Peter Călin Netzer, and the latest Romanian short movies such as Between Already and Not Yet by Ioana Mischie and Stremt’89 by Anda Puşcaş and Dragoş Dulea), special activities for children (short presentations about Romania - history, culture, traditions, exhibitions with images of Romania, classic Romanian cartoons, games and contests). Moreover, there will be the inauguration of the Romanian books sections at the Lebanese American University and at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA).
Within the Romanian Cultural Days in Lebanon an exhibit called «The Memory of the Walls. The French spirit in Romanian architecture» by Daniel Constantinescu, will be displayed at Institut Français de Zahle starting December 6th.
The Romanian Cultural Days in Lebanon 2012, is the second edition of this cultural project conducted in cooperation with the Romania-Levant Association, the Moldovan-Lebanese Friendship Association, the CLAC Cultural Center and the Municipality of Sin El Fil, and prestigious academic institutions such as the Lebanese American University, the University of St. Joseph, the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Balamand and Collège des Pères Antonins.
In 2012, the Romanian Embassy in Beirut and the Romanian Cultural Institute conducted numerous cultural projects: concerts, Romanian language courses for foreigners, movie screenings and conferences. Also, Romania, through a representative from the Romanian Embassy in Beirut, dr.Dan Stoenescu, delegated by the Romanian Cultural Institute to represent cultural policies, holds the Presidency of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) in Lebanon for a second consecutive mandate for 2012-2013.
Further details and program: beirut.mae.ro
Program Romanian Cultural Days in Lebanon 2012
Sunday, December 2
20:00 Romanian movie: Medal of Honor (2010), Medalia de onoare (original title), with English subtitles – European Film Festival, Cinema Metropolis Empire Sofil 1 in Beirut
Tuesday, December 4
10:00 Opening of the Romanian books section at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) library
16:00 Opening of the Romanian books section at the Lebanese American University library
17:30 Romanian movie: Medal of Honor (2010), Medalia de onoare (original title), with English subtitles – European Film Festival, Cinema Metropolis Empire Sofil 1 in Beirut
Thursday, December 6
17:30 Exhibit - «La mémoire des murs. L’esprit français dans l’architecture roumaine» by Daniel Constantinescu, L'Institut Français de Zahle
19:00 Romanian movie: Medal of Honor (2010), Medalia de onoare (original title), with English subtitles – European Film Festival, Stargate Cinema in Zahle
Friday, December 7
17:00 Romania for youngsters - Classic Romanian cartoons at the CLAC Sin El Fil: The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers (director Victor Antonescu, Animafilm 1987), Mihaela (director Nell Cobar, 1971), Mieunel and Bălănel
18:30 Le café littéraire – Presentation of dr.Fahed Hijazi’s novel On the shores of the Mureş river – Romania through a Lebanese student’s eyes
Tuesday, December 11
10:00 Romania for youngsters - Children's program at Collège des Pères Antonins
16:00 Romanian short movie “Between Already and Not Yet” by Ioana Mischie at Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV), Université Saint-Joseph
Wednesday, December 12
18:00 Romanian short movie “Stremt’89” by Anda Puşcaş and Dragoş Dulea at Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV), Université Saint-Joseph
