Beirut DC is a key player in an ecosystem of regional and global civil society organizations nurturing the power of film to achieve social impact and narrative change. Beirut DC was founded in 1999 when a group of Lebanese filmmakers and cinephiles, faced with a lack of funding, support, and emancipation opportunities, sought to create them for themselves.
L’Art Rue Created in 2006, by internationally renowned Tunisian contemporary dance duet, Selma and Soufian Ouissi, in defiance to the censorship of Bin Ali’s dictatorship, L'Art Rue is today one of the most established cultural organizations in Tunisia and North Africa.
Hammana Artist House (HAH) Located in the beautiful village of Hammana, 1200m above sea level and 45 minutes away from Beirut, Hammana Artist House is a multidisciplinary art residency space with a focus on performing arts
Ettijahat-Independent Culture (Ettijahat) is a cultural institution that looks towards a plural, diverse, intellectually productive and artistically genuine Syria, where culture is the inalienable right of every citizen.
Action for Hope (AFH) is a pioneering organization that offers innovative models for civil society work on the cross line between cultural rights, artistic creativity and social change. What about acces to artistic production as a cultural Right?
Culture Resource (Al Mawred Althaqafi) is a key player in the landscape of independent cultural organizations that enhance freedom of artistic expression and cultural rights in the MENA region. Al Mawred’s mission is to support artistic creativity in the Arab region and to encourage cultural exchange within the region and beyond.