Metropolis Cinema and Cinematheque Beirut

Tea with Culture

In this episode, Wael Hattar sits with Nisrine Wehbe, Programmer at Metropolis Cinema and Nour Ouayda, Co-ordinator of it's new project, Cinematheque Beirut; to talk about how the two organisations promote Lebanese and Arab cinema heritage and documenting the Lebanese movie production. Both Nisrine and Nour discuss with Wael what each does and their role in the film community in Lebanon, from creating a film database for Cinematheque Beirut, to programming film retrospectives, and organising film screenings and education for young viewers and also within the film industry. They also discuss budgeting and censorship challenges and their efforts in audience building. For all their latest news, events and updates: www.metropoliscinema.net metropoliscinema.net/page/theproject/ Social media links: twitter.com/metropolislb instagram.com/metropoliscinema/ facebook.com/MetropolisCinema/ twitter.com/cinemathequebei instagram.com/cinemathequebeirut/ facebook.com/cinemathequebeirut/