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Short Film
Festival 2026
Aliens In Beirut
Directed by Raghed Charabaty

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.