Danielle Arbid shoots Beyrouth film in Paris amid Israeli strikes
Franco-Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid releases her latest film 'Seuls les rebelles' on June 24, 2026, a work dedicated to her childhood city of Beyrouth. Due to ongoing Israeli military strikes on Beyrouth as of June 14, she was unable to travel there and instead shot the film in Paris, using footage of the Lebanese capital captured remotely by a crew on the ground.
Key facts
- Film title: 'Seuls les rebelles'
- Director: Danielle Arbid
- Release date: June 24, 2026
- Beyrouth was under Israeli strikes on June 14, 2026
- Filmed in Paris due to war preventing travel
- Used remote footage of Beyrouth shot by a local crew
- Film is about the city of her childhood
- Director is Franco-Lebanese
Entities
Artists
- Danielle Arbid
Institutions
- Centre Pompidou
- MAK – Musée des Arts Appliqués
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
- Mac/Val
- Fondation Boghossian
- Les Abattoirs de Toulouse
- Canal+
- Villa Médicis
- Académie Lumière
- Biennale d'art de Venise
- Festival de Cannes
- Festival de San Sebastián
- Festival de Toronto
- Festival de New York
- Festival de San Francisco
- Festival de Locarno
- Festival de Busan
- Festival de Tokyo
- Festival de Zurich
- Festival de Milan
- Festival de Genève
- Quinzaine des Cinéastes
- Artistikrezo
Locations
- Beyrouth
- Lebanon
- Paris
- France
- Liban
- Autriche
- Rennes
- Bruxelles
- Toulouse
- Venise
- Italie
- Gijon
- Bastia
- La Rochelle
- De Popoli
- Asie