About Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF
The Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF is an independent cultural initiative dedicated to showcasing films on art and heritage. Since its inception in 2015, the festival has presented each November a rich and eclectic selection of films focusing on the visual and performing arts, architecture, archaeology, design, artificial intelligence applied to art, and literature—alongside conferences, exhibitions, and performances.
In parallel with its central November edition, BAFF runs two national initiatives aimed at decentralization and highlighting collective memory:
BAFF @ Schools, which offers films and educational materials to students in public and private schools.
United in Heritage, a monthly screening program held from January to May, across fifteen cultural venues throughout the country, aimed at celebrating heritage and uniting Lebanese citizens around their cultural legacy.
From Prague to Singapore, from north to south, the Beirut Art Film Festival has, over the years, established itself as a distinctive voice on the international art scene. With no competition and no laurels, the festival places creation and diversity at the heart of each edition—contributing to making Beirut, despite setbacks and disasters, a true cultural platform committed to exchange, discovery, and sharing.
In a context marked by political, economic, and social crises, the festival team—led by Alice Mogabgab and supported by Lebanese patrons and international cultural partners—continues its journey with determination and integrity: to make art accessible to everyone, for beyond geographic borders, art remains the most radiant universal expression of our shared humanity.
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À propos du Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF
BAFF at Schools 2025…
Reportage de la LBCI sur le BAFF @ Schools, qui s’est tenu du 4 au 14 novembre 2025 à la Bibliothèque orientale de l’USJ
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In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the arts and to cinema, the Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF was honored to present the Golden Fireflies Award 2025 to Cynthia Zaven pianist, composer, and sound artist. The event was hosted by Eliane Raheb and Hady Zaccak, and featured highlights from Cynthia’s work for theater, cinema and the arts since 1991.
During a ceremony organized at the Belgian Embassy in Beirut on 11 December 2023, under the patronage of His Majesty the King of Belgium and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Alice Mogabgab, artistic director and founder of the Beirut Art Film Festival – BAFF, received from His Excellency Koen Vervaeke, ambassador of Belgium to Lebanon, the honorary distinction of Knight of the Order of Leopold. The ceremony, which took place in the presence of 200 guests, honored 12 political, business and social figures in Lebanon.
The International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) awarded during its 41st edition, the Beirut Art Film Festival, an example of courage and determination for all cultural stakeholders, with the Tribute Award.
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