March 2010Issue No. 59
March 11-15 L’Atalante A 1934 French film directed by Jean Vigo. Jean (Jean Dasté), captain of the canal barge L’Atalante, has a new wife, Juliette (Dita Parlo), who finds it difficult to adapt to barge life, particularly after visiting Paris. French Cultural Centre March 11 / 7pm March 15 / 5pm Info: 011-231 6181
March 18-29 Of Time and the City An intensely personal documentary tracing the decline of Liverpool – once a global port and centre of industry – and its reinvention as a centre of culture. Directed by Liverpudlian filmmaker Terence Davies. French Cultural Centre March 18 / 7pm March 29 / 5pm Info: 011-231 6181
March 3-8 Three Colours: Blue The first in a trilogy of French films, Three Colors: Blue (1993) is written, produced, and directed by acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. Set in Paris, the film depicts Julie, a woman whose husband and child are killed in a car accident. Set free from her family bonds, Julie unsuccessfully attempts to cut herself off from everything she has known. March 3 / Al-Kindi Cinema Tartous / 6pm March 8 / Al-Kindi Cinema Lattakia / 6pm Info: 011-221 8899
March 10-22 Violence des Echanges en Milieu Tempéré Philip is pursuing a career in a large consultancy company in Paris. Everything is going well until he meets a girl on the metro. Directed by Jean-Marc Moutout. March 10 / Dedeman Cinema Aleppo / 7pm March 17 / Al-Kindi Cinema Tartous / 6pm March 22 / Al-Kindi Cinema Lattakia / 6pm Info: 011-221 8899
March 24 Porte des Lilas A guitar player who calls himself ‘The Artist’ strikes up a friendship with a dim-witted slob named Juju. Things begin to change when they agree to shelter a thief running from police. A film by French director René Clair. Dedeman Cinema Aleppo / 7pm Info: 011-221 8899
Dox Box Festival The country’s leading documentary film festival. For more information, log on to www.dox-box.org
March 4 Six Weeks / Mother / Woman Sought / Till It Hurts / Women’s Talk / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Don’t Look Back / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm The Lucky Ones / Video Mappings / Aida Palestine / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6:15pm The Power of Speech / Hamra Theatre / 6:30pm Can Yama Can / Al-Kindy Cinema / 8pm The Battle of Chile (Part 1) / Hamra Theatre / 8:15pm
March 5 Pink Taxi / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Start.Com / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm New Skin / Men of the City / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6pm If Fog Had Roots / Hamra Theatre / 6:30pm Fart Rumman / Black Stone / Al-Kindy Cinema / 7:30pm The Battle of Chile (Part 2) / Hamra Theatre / 8pm
March 6 New Skin / Video Mappings / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Kings of Pastry / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm Nour al-Huda / 1958 / Al-Kindy Cinema / 5:30pm Freetime Machos / Hamra Theatre / 6:15pm Zidane / Al-Kindy Cinema / 7:30pm The Battle of Chile (Part 3) / Hamra Theatre / 8pm
March 7 Can Yama Can / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Bastion of Sin / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm Wastelands / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6pm Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go / Hamra Theatre / 6:30pm Aunt Hala - Samia / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6:45pm 12 Angry Lebanese / Al-Kindy Cinema / 8pm Housing / Hamra Theatre / 8:30pm
March 8 Mother / Woman Sought / Till it Hurts / Women’s Talks / Hamra Theatre / 4pm 1958 / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4:30pm Flint Mountains / Al-Kindy Cinema / 5:30pm The Moon Inside You / Hamra Theatre / 6pm Nour al-Huda / Al-Kindy Cinema / 7pm One Day in Peoples’ Poland / Al-Kindy Cinema / 7:30pm Shout / Hamra Theatre / 8pm
March 9 Housing / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Mirror / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm Absence of Mr. or Mrs. B / Hamra Theatre / 4:45pm Black Stone / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6pm Zidane / Hamra Theatre / 6:30pm Revue / Al-Kindy Cinema / 7:30pm Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go / Hamra Theatre / 8pm
March 10 Aunt Hala / Samia / Al-Kindy Cinema / 4pm Antoine / Hamra Theatre / 4:30pm Flint Mountains / Al-Kindy Cinema / 5:30pm If Fog Had Roots / Al-Kindy Cinema / 6:30pm Our Street / Cinema Version / Hamra Theatre / 6:30pm 12 Angry Lebanese / Al-Kindy Cinema / 8pm
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Syria mulls renewed Turkey-brokered peace talks: President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the prospects of resuming indirect talks between Syria and Israel.
Iraqi refugees vote in Syria: Twenty-three stations set up in Syria for the Iraqi election.
Iraqi VP in Damascus: Iraqi Vice President has arrived in Damascus for a 3-day visit ahead of the March 7 elections.
Iran and Syria warn of colonialism: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said US policy on Iran was a new form of colonialism in the Middle East during his meeting with the Iranian president.
US lifts travel advisory: US lifts travel advisory warning citizens about security concerns in Syria.
Syria dismisses IAEA calls: Syria has dismissed an IAEA recommendation to allow its inspectors unrestrained access, days after the agency said a bombed Syrian complex could have been a nuclear site.
Syrian bans activists from leaving: Number of activists banned from leaving the country has risen in the past couple of month.
French PM raises human rights concerns:French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he held "frank and direct" talks with Syria's president on the issue of human rights.
Possible nuclear activity at bombed site: Uranium particles found at a Syrian desert complex bombed by Israel in 2007 point to possible covert nuclear activity at the site, the IAEA said.
Top US officials visit Syria: Syrian president meets with Under Secretary of State William Burns while senior US counter terrorism official Daniel Benjamin holds talks with local counterparts.
Turkey and Iraq restart rail link:The first passenger train from Iraq, running through Syria and into Turkey, arrives in Gaziantep.
Obama nominates Ford as ambassador: US Senate must now approve nomination.
Syria shuts down fake drug ring: Some 65 people arrested in counterfeit pharmaceutical ring.
Syria approves US ambassador: Deputy US ambassador to Iraq Robert Stephen Ford to take up post.
New regulations for domestic workers: The Syrian government has released a directive regulating the employment of foreign workers.
