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Short Film
Festival 2026

Aliens In Beirut

Directed by Raghed Charabaty

Aliens In Beirut, image 1

Runtime

17’

Release Year

2025

Countries

Lebanon, Canada

Screening info

QW2026

Mon 21 Sep 21:30

NiMAC

Spoken Languages

AR

Subtitles

EN

Content Warnings

War

Synopsis

Blurring truth and fiction, Aliens in Beirut finds alienation and desire at home through scripted improv, with the filmmaker reimagining events from their life leading up to the fateful 2020 Beirut port explosion. Returning to Beirut from Toronto, desperately in search of roots, Amir falls in love with a stranger by the sea. In the end, the explosion cares for nobody – leaving behind traces of undeniable desire.