The Lokman Slim Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the Institut Français are pleased to invite you to a screening of the film “Tadmor" by Monika Borgmann & Lokman Slim.

The event will take place at 7 PM on 19 February 2025 at the Institut Français in Beirut.

Program

7 PM: Welcoming  Words by Marion Eynard and Merin Abbass

7:10 PM: Screening of “Tadmor” | 2016 | 103 min

8:45 PM: Debate with Monika Borgmann, Ali Abou Dehn, and Matthieu Rey

9:45 PM: Social Gathering

Synopsis

« TADMOR is not only the best political film of this film-fest,

it is also one of the most impressive, astute and courageous films that we have seen in the last years. »

Jury of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung | Best Political Film Award @ 2016 Filmfest Hamburg

Amidst the popular uprising against the Syrian regime that began in 2011, a group of former Lebanese detainees decides to break their long-held silence about the horrific years they spent imprisoned in Tadmor (Palmyra), one of the Assad regime's most dreadful prisons.

They decide to testify publicly about the systematic torture and humiliation they experienced. To reclaim and overcome this dark chapter in their lives, they rebuild Tadmor in an abandoned school near Beirut.

By playing the role of both "victim" and "victimizer," they will relive their survival.

www.tadmor-themovie.com