
2023 theme Home
What is home?
Is it the warmth of the bird’s nest in the canopy, or the open skies of the harpy eagle hovering above the rainforest?
Is it the nostalgia of a framed moment in time, or a connected window with all the promises of the future?
Is home a place, or a face? A space, or a soul?
Is it a couch, or a trampoline?
Is it a cage, or the ultimate freedom?
Is it a rigid quarter that forces us to hide our truth, or a safe haven to live by our own true colors?
Is it where we belong now, where we long for, or where we come from?
Over the past few years, and with the fallouts of the global pandemic and inflation, the debate of what home represents has been elevated. The spectrum of endless possibilities of what one can achieve while at home has proved to be tremendously expansive during the long months of lockdown and restrictions. But the changes in life’s dynamics have left its marks on the individual and the society. Children, adults and elderly people were equally affected: education, isolation, multitasking, loneliness, sickness, mental health, to name but a few of the multifaceted challenges.
However, it is still undeniable that through it all, Freedom was a state of mind. And within the confinements of space, be it a place or a body, we are free to choose our own identity, belonging and attitude. We are free to reshape the space to our image or just be defined and even encompassed by it. Home, our comfort zone and secure environment, or maybe the scariest of places haunted with secrets, stereotypes and judgements.
For many of us at Cabriolet Film Festival, Beirut is HOME and Saint Nicolas Stairs our living room. We have been around and invested -- body and soul – for 15 years now and wherever the screenings take us beyond all borders to beautiful encounters, we bring the world to Beirut every year.
Hence, for our 15th edition, the Crystal celebration, HOME was evidently the theme. It was just crystal clear! A new milestone to which we would love to invite you. Your films, ideas and experiences are eagerly longed-for. Welcome to Cabriolet Film Festival 2023.



Blue Dots
by Lorenzo Squarcia

Breakup In 3D
by Patrick Elias

ACTION
by Benoît Monney

21 february.
by Ingrid El Zoghby

Cygnus Synthetic
by Katie Nicole Harmon

Bethlehem 2001
by Ibahim Handal

Now what ?
by Maya Ali Ezzeddine

The pileup
by Oscar Toribio Carbayo

A night of Riots
by Andreas Sheittanis

Cold Girl
by David Sainz

Dear spectator, I hope this film finds you well.
by Bina Sakr

Natìa
by Roberta Spagnuolo

TRUMPETS IN THE SKY
by Rakan Mayasi

Wild Housemate
by Armelle Mercat-Junot

un ami
by lyn tawile

HABITAT
by Marcel Barelli

L'OISEAU BLANC
by Mathieu Epiney

Expedition Indus 2022
by Eyebex Films/FNF Pakistan

Feeling the Apocalypse
by Chen Sing Yap

Barefoot From Beirut
by Andrew Dawaf

PER TUTTA LA VITA
by Roberto Catani

Seeds
by Toni Bestard

Confluence
by ETA, Shanhuan Manton

Blink of an eye
by Rebecca Antoine Samarani

Old Tricks
by Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov

The Umbrella
by Christopher Sánchez

98M3
by Juliette COSTES, Joanna CHARPENTIER, Mélanie HYVERT, Lisa PEREZ, Victoria WARD

MYOSOTIS
by MICHAEL SCHWENDINGER

Maman le Film
by Nadim Chidiac

WHAT ABOUT COOKING?
by Thibault DELAIRE, Pauline AUBERT, Théo CHARDONNIER, Rishikesh NAYUDU, Pierre PEREIRA, Nina ZACHAREK

ECCE
by Margherita Premuroso

Roped
by Carmen Córdoba González

Behind The Portal
by Charles Malek Kosseife

Roadblock
by Pascale Seigneurie

AQUAGÉNIQUE
by Romane BONNARD Léa BLANCHON Estelle CONIL Lucile HECKY Kha Anh LE Axelle LE VAICHER Chelsea LOO FAT

Llodrigons
by Joana Antonin

I giorni delle arance (Daiana)
by Matteo De Liberato

A Brief History of Us
by Etgar Keret

Foam Horse
by Juanjo Rueda

Autostrade Beirut
by Pedro Hasrouny

LOVELY RITA
by Elena Madrid

Reflection d'un Hom(m)e
by Chloe Khoury

2000 and...
by Hamza Kamal Mohammad

When The Seeds Say Enough
by Dominick Rivers

A NEW PERSPECTIVE
by Emanuela Ponzano

faceless
by Rita Alexanian

THE RECORD
by Jonathan Laskar
