When Beirut Was Beirut short film - in pictures

  • Director and writer Alessandra El Chanti shoots for When Beirut Was Beirut. All photos: Alessandra El Chanti
    Director and writer Alessandra El Chanti shoots for When Beirut Was Beirut. All photos: Alessandra El Chanti
  • Lebanon's Beit Beirut is among the buildings given a voice in the short film.
    Lebanon's Beit Beirut is among the buildings given a voice in the short film.
  • Lebanon's Beit Beirut as imagined in the animated film When Beirut Was Beirut.
    Lebanon's Beit Beirut as imagined in the animated film When Beirut Was Beirut.
  • Beirut's famous Egg as imagined in the short film.
    Beirut's famous Egg as imagined in the short film.
  • Ms El Chanti explores what Lebanon's inanimate objects might have to say in her short film.
    Ms El Chanti explores what Lebanon's inanimate objects might have to say in her short film.