Beirut bans award-winning Lebanese film shot in Israel
Written by Najib

 

Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri said Saturday the Lebanese authorities have banned his award-winning film "The Attack" from cinemas in his home country because it was partly shot in Tel Aviv using Israeli actors.  "I regret to inform you that the Interior Minister of Lebanon, Minister [Marwan] Charbel, has decided to punish us and the film by banning it... claiming that the reason for the rejection is that I, Ziad Doueiri, had spent time in Israel filming," the director said in a statement on his Facebook page. [Link]