Towards the Light
Towards the Light
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Production year: 2022
Duration: 00:16:19
Produced by: Tiro Association for Arts
Synopsis: A short documentary illustrating the reopening of Empire Cinema after being closed for over 30 years with the testimonies of certain participants in the process.
Director: Kassem Istanbouli
Nationality: Lebanon
Director Bio: Kassem Istanbouli is a Lebanese actor, born in 1986. He holds a Master s Degree from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts. He’s one of the founders of the Arabic Culture and Arts Network (ACAN), manager and founder of the Lebanese National Theater in Tyre and Tripoli, South and North Lebanon, founder of the Istanbouli Theater, and project manager at the Tiro Association for Arts (TAA) in Lebanon since 2014. In addition to leading the rehabilitation of historic cinemas that were abandoned or destroyed after the war since 2014.