Berlin Beirut
Encyclopedia
Berlin Beirut is a 2004 German-Lebanese short film by the Lebanese director Myrna Maakaron.
Cast and characters
- Maria Toma as Girl in the Subway
- Myrna Maakaron as Herself
- Philippe Farhat as Children
- Richard Farhat as Children
- Rhoda Fromme as Girl with a Flute
- Sami Cheikha as Children
- Sven Philipp as German Man
- Tamara Cheikha as Children
- Tatiana Smatt Cheikha as Women on Balcony
- Thomas Chacra as Children
- Victor del Castillo as Cellist
- Zeina Bassil as Women on Balcony
Awards
- Winner of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2004.
- Winner of the DISCOVERY CHANNEL FILM PRIZE as BEST GERMAN DOCUMENTARY at the 47th International Leipzig Festival For Documentary And Animated Films
- Winner of the BEST DOCUMENTARY in Portugal at the FIKE 2004 - Évora International Short Film Festival
- Winner of the BEST SHORT FILM at the Carthage Film Festival 2004
- Winner of the BEST PRIZE at the Bayreuther Filmfest "kontrast 2005"
- Winner of the BEST BERLIN FILM at Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2005
- Winner of the SEDICIORO as BEST SHORT, section documentary at the "2nd Film Festival Forlì City"- Italy 2005
- Special Mention at the 7ème Biennale des cinémas arabes à Paris - 2004
- Special Mention at the International Short Film Festival Hamburg - 2004