بيت البحر 
The Beach House
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Available for rent on Vimeo on Demand for the Arab World and North America 

2016 / 75' / Lebanon / Fiction / Arabic with English subtitles
A film by Roy Dib
Writers: Raafat Majzoub and Roy Dib
Producers: Aya Al Blouchi and Roy Dib
Associated Producer: Donald Choubassi
Line Producer: Abla Khoury – Ginger Beirut Productions
With : Julian Farhat, Nesrine Khoder, Rodrigue Sleiman, Sandy Chamoun
International distributor: The Open Reel​​
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Award 
Special Mention - Network of Arab Alternative Screens - NAAS - JCC 2016 
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Synopsis  
'The Beach House' is a film about four people from an Arab generation roaming over the ruins of ideologies, causes and virtues of their predecessors. It portrays their intellectual and emotional nonchalance about what is happening around them in their daily lives and relationships. In a house whose architecture is a sixties' experiment in mixing modern and Islamic architecture, a stone and concrete cube suspended over a rocky shore bashed by the waves of the Mediterranean, by famed Iraqi architect Refaat Chaderji, we spend a night with four characters whose non-stop conversations and peculiar actions reflect the void and chaos they are living in.

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Director of Photography: Karim Ghorayeb

Editor: Maria Malek
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Assistant Director: Andrew Hraiz

Sound Mixer: Rawad Hobeika
Boom Operator: Hicham Sharafeddine
Boom Operator: Jad Asmar

Line Producer: Abla Khoury – Ginger Beirut Productions
Production Manager: Nagham Abboud
Production Assistant: Gerard Deccache

​Script Girl: Najwa Harb
Focus Puller: Marie Warde
Movi Technician: Hatem Chayna
2nd Assistant Camera: Boudy Al Sayed
e-Loader : Etienne Seukunian

Equipment / Chant Etyemezian - Platform
Gaffer / Joseph Hanna
Electrician / Elie Farah
Key Grip / Gaby Naacy
Lighting Assistant 1/ Maher Najarian
Lighting Assistant 2 / Harout Yeranossian
Lighting Assistant 3 / Melkoun Babilikian
Camera Movi / Maroun El-Khoury – Media Square

Art Director: Nadine Ghanem
Assistant Art Director: Sabine Sabbagh​
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Stylist: Lara Khamis
Assistant Stylist: Dina Nawfal

Make Up Artist / Claudine Choueiry
Hairdresser / Nader Sidani
 
Catering / Bassam Madi
Regisseur / Abbas Saifeldine

Musicians
Dany Choukri – Drums
Khaled Omran – Bass
Tarek Ziad Khuliki – Electric Guitar

Concert Audience 
Alexandre Rizkallah
Chrystel Karam
Dana Dia
Danya Hammoud
Joan Baz
Karim Saad
Maya Chourbaji
Nayla Geagea
Naji Zahhar
Omaya Malaeb
Parine Jeddo
Rayya Badran
Sahar Malek
Sara Sannouh
Wael Kodeih            

Audio Post Production: db Studios - Beirut
Direct Sound Editor: karine Basha
Sound Designer: Rana Eid
Foley artists: Sandra Tabet
Re-Recording Mixer: Florent Lavallée
 
Image Post Production: Lucid - Beirut
Colorist: Belal Hibri
Post-Producer: Chrystel Elias
Dailies Colorist: Mira Adoumier

Painting insurance: Abraham Karabajakian
Legal consultancy: Nayla Geagea
​Subtitles: Rayya Badran
Graphic Artist: Maria Kassab
Poster Photography: Gilbert Hage
Credits: the fdz
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This film is inspired by Le Sacrifice 
an unpublished short story by Ziad Bou Akel 

Paintings courtesy of
Abraham Karabajakia and Roger Akoury - KA Collection
Blue sun (1990) Helen Khal   
Baroque (1970) Shafic Abboud
Instantanée (1970) Shafic Abboud
Appolo (1976) Saliba Douaihy
Untitled (1976) Saliba Douaihy
Landscape (1983 - 1984) Etel Adnan
 
Phptography courtesy of 
Tanit Gallery - beirut, Naila Kettaneh-Kunigk
Sherihane (1987) Fouad Elkoury
 
Sculptures courtesy of 
Agial Gallery - Beirut, Saleh Barakat
Brass, from her series “Dual” (1985-1987) Saloua Raouda Choucair
Brass, from her series “Module”(1978-1980) Saloua Raouda Choucair
Resin (1971) Michel Basbous
Travertino persiano rosso (1976) Alfred Basbous

Songs
Hasha Basha Tik (1951)
Shadia
Written by Abou El Soud El Ibari
 
Hayart Albi Maak (1961)
Oum Koulthoum
Author: Ahmad Rami
Composer: Riad Al Sunbati
 
Quelle Histoire (1970)
Jeanne Moreau
Author: Jeanne Moreau
Composer: Antoine Duhamel
CONTINENTAL INTERSONG EDITIONS MUSICALES SARL, Publisher
WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE, Sub-Publisher
 
Esa’l Alaya (1939)
Leila Mourad
Author: Ma’moun El Chennawy
Composer: Mahmoud Cherif​

This film was shot at the Iraqi Architect Refaat Chadirji's residence in Halat - lebanon 
Special thanks to Refaat Chadirji
Chadirji Foundation - leon Telvizian
Ms Hala El Zein

Special Thanks 
Lara Karam Chekerdjian
Abla Khoury
Amira El Soleh
Abraham Karabajakian
Roger Akoury
Saleh Barakat
Naila Kettaneh-Kunigk
Maya Moumneh
Hatem Imam

Thanks
Noel Paul
Rabih El Khoury
Marc Mouarkech 
Ghassan Salhab
Hania Mroueh
Nisrine Wehbeh
Nathalie El Mir
Nayla Bestros
Nadim Michlawi
Halat Municipality
Bechara Ishak
Sami Lahhoud
Charles Merhi
Raja Rami
Nidaa Aboulhosn
Christine Tohme
Janine Rbeiz Gallery
Nadine Begdache
Patricia Khawly

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