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Meet Lebanese filmmaker Ghassan Salhab, whose recently restored film Beirut Phantom plays July 22, 2026 at Trylon Cinema.

TICKETS + MORE INFO: https://mizna.org/event/mizna-film-series-2026-phantom-beirut/

ABOUT GHASSAN SALHAB
In addition to making his own films and video works, Salhab collaborates on various scenarios, and teaches film in Lebanon. He has directed six feature films: Beyrouth Fantôme (1998); Terra Incognita (2002); The Last Man (2006); 1958 (2009); The Mountain (2011) and The Valley (2014), all of which have been selected in various international film festivals. In 2010, La Rochelle International Film Festival and JC Carthage made a tribute to his films. He has also published his texts and articles in various magazines, and a book, “fragments du Livre du naufrage” (Amers Editions) in 2012.

ABOUT THE FILM
Ghassan Salhab’s often overlooked debut feature depicts Lebanon at the end of the 1980s. The film follows Khalil, who, after faking his death ten years earlier, returns to Beirut under a new identity and confronts the old friends and comrades he left behind. A haunting exploration of official silences and collective amnesia in the country, Phantom Beirut portrays the impacts of conflict, return, and repair.

This timely restoration will screen as part of our July focus on Lebanon, with screenings at Trylon and the Main Cinema.

MIZNA FILM SERIES: JULY SCREENING
Phantom Beirut by Ghassan Salhab, recently restored

Join us on July 22, 2026 at 7pm for the third screening of our quarterly film program, Mizna Film Series, presenting the newly restored Phantom Beirut by Ghassan Salhab.

WHEN: July 22, 2026 at 7pm
WHERE: Trylon Cinema
TICKETS + MORE INFO: mizna.org

ABOUT THE FILM
Ghassan Salhab’s often overlooked debut feature depicts Lebanon at the end of the 1980s. The film follows Khalil, who, after faking his death ten years earlier, returns to Beirut under a new identity and confronts the old friends and comrades he left behind. A haunting exploration of official silences and collective amnesia in the country, Phantom Beirut portrays the impacts of conflict, return, and repair.

This timely restoration will screen as part of our July focus on Lebanon, with screenings at Trylon and the Main Cinema.

Starting this week! Mizna presents a retrospective screening series celebrating the recently restored works of Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab. Join us at the Main Cinema on July 8, 2026 for a screening of The Razors Edge and July 15, 2026 for a screening of Saab’s Beirut Trilogy.

WHERE: The Main Cinema
WHEN: July 8 and July 15, 2026 at 7pm

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5 minimum, available here https://mizna.org/event/jocelyne-saab-retrospective/

Direct donations will be encouraged at each screening to benefit the Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s fund, dedicated to providing medical attention to children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Palestine and Lebanon.

Direct donations from the Jocelyne Saab Retrospective screenings this week will be encouraged to benefit the Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s fund, dedicated to providing free medical attention to children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Palestine and Lebanon.

Join us at the Main Cinema on July 8, 2026 for a screening of The Razor's Edge and July 15, 2026 for a screening of Saab’s Beirut Trilogy.

WHERE: The Main Cinema
WHEN: July 8 and July 15, 2026 at 7pm

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5 minimum. Available now https://mizna.org/event/jocelyne-saab-retrospective/

The Razor's Edge, a recently restored film by Jocelyne Saab, screening July 8, 2026.

Mizna presents a retrospective screening series celebrating the recently restored works of Lebanese filmmaker Jocelyne Saab. Join us at the Main Cinema on July 8, 2026 for a screening of The Razor's Edge and July 15, 2026 for a screening of Saab’s Beirut Trilogy.

WHERE: The Main Cinema, 115 SE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414
WHEN: July 8 and July 15, 2026 at 7pm

Tickets are pay-what-you-can, $5 minimum. Available now at https://mizna.org/event/jocelyne-saab-retrospective/

Direct donations will be encouraged at each screening to benefit the Ghassan Abu Sitta Children’s fund, dedicated to providing medical attention to children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Palestine and Lebanon.

DONATE NOW on the event page at https://mizna.org/event/jocelyne-saab-retrospective/

Parking information available on the event page on our website.