Beirut Dc

beirut dc is a cultural association for the development of independent arab cinema that was founded in 1999. beirut dc’s aims are:
 - to encourage and enhance a creative cinematic movement in the arab world through varying modes of promotion, production, training and co-production meetings;
- to support arab independent filmmakers and producers by encouraging them to create films that question socially established norms and beliefs;
- to urge change and the development of new personalized cinematic approaches;
- to use art and cinema to communicate across the largest possible audience, ultimately transforming the art of film into a tool that reaches all communities and societies; - to normalize cinema by making it readily available for everyone to enjoy, as opposed to its current status as a luxury good.