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An impassioned testament to the young Lebanese diaspora’s unrequited but irrepressible love for their homeland during the Lebanese revolution.

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Saying goodbye to loved ones at the Beirut airport has become an unfortunate tradition in Lebanon. After civil protests erupt in Lebanon in 2019, Loulwa Khoury's captivating documentary WE NEVER LEFT follows three expats as they take part in the Lebanese revolution from New York—capturing intimate moments of despair, estrangement, and joy.

#NowStreaming on OVID courtesy @loukhoury @weneverleftdoc @watermelonpictures #Lebanon #Beirut #documentary #documentaryfilm

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We are ever so grateful to Céline Semaan @celinecelines @theslowfactory @everything_political & to Loulwa Khoury @loukhoury @weneverleftdoc @watermelonpicturesco who gave us such graciously heartfelt introductions for Lana Daher’s DO YOU LOVE ME opening weekend @metrograph
🫶🫶🤗🤗❤️❤️ @lanamakesfilms @doyouloveme.film
Monday—Wednesday screenings are SOLD OUT
Stay tuned for more playdate updates 🎞️ 🎞️🎞️

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In response to the question about the perceived passivity of parts of the Lebanese diaspora, a deeply human point was raised, one that reflects the Lebanese filmmaker‘s @loukhoury profound empathy and understanding of the complexities of human experience and the differences in lived realities.

This perspective applies not only to the Lebanese diaspora but also to many other diasporic communities. Despite the presence of intergenerational trauma that connects different generations, there are also traumas that are specific to each generation, shaped by their particular time and lived experience.

Recognizing this allows us to refrain from blaming one another and instead create space for each individual to have their own process of understanding and healing.

#westasianfilmfestival #diaspora #traumaanddiaspora #intergenerationaltrauma #victimblaming

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🔊Vienna! Save the date!

📍Metro Kinokulturhaus

🎬 Director: Loulwa Khoury. Countries: Lebanon, United States. Released: 2025. Length: 83 min. Format: DCP. Language: Arabic, English with English subtitles.

✨✨✨We have the chance to have the director in person for a Q&A after the screening. ✨✨✨

@weneverleftdoc @loukhoury

#westasianfilmfestival #lebenan #diaspora #beirut #weneverleft

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🎬✨ Join us for a powerful 4-day cinematic journey through bold stories and unique voices from West Asia and beyond 🌍🎥

🎟️ Tickets available via the link in our Story & Bio 👆

📍 METRO Kinokulturhaus, Vienna

📅 Festival Program (March 25–29, 2026):

🎬 Day 1 – Wednesday, March 25
🕖 19:00 — Cutting Through Rocks
Mohammadreza Eyni & Sara Khaki
@cuttingthroughrocks_film

🎬 Day 2 – Thursday, March 26
🕕 18:00 — Gaza To Oscar
Alaa Damo
🕡 18:25 — The Virgin And Child
Berivan Binevsa
🕣 20:30 — All The Mountains Give
Arash Rakhsha

🎬 Day 3 – Friday, March 27
🕡 18:30 — Tehran, An Unfinished History
Saaed Nouri
🕣 20:45 — Divine Comedy
Ali Asgari

🎤 Day 4 – Saturday, March 28
🕓 16:00 — Panel Discussion
Transformative Resistance or Blind Spot?
@javaneh.verein @many.of.us.here @weneverleftdoc
🎬🕕 18:00 — Little Syria
Reem Karssli & Madalina Rosca
🎬🕣 20:30 — We Never Left
Loulwa Khoury
@weneverleftdoc

Day 5 – Sunday, March 29
🎤🕓 16:00 — Lecture & Dialogue
Female Strategies of Resistance in Conflict Zones
@he.celik
🎬🕕 18:00 — Despite All This
Robert Krieg
🎬🕣 20:30 — Shot The Voice Of Freedom
Zainab Entezar

#westasianfilmfestival

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🎬✨ West Asian Filmfestival – Wien

Filme, Stimmen und Geschichten aus Iran, Afghanistan, Syrien, Libanon, Rojava und weiteren Regionen Westasiens kommen zusammen in Wien.

📅 25.–29. März
Fünf Tage voller Kino, Begegnungen und Austausch.

Neben den Filmvorführungen erwarten euch auch Rahmenprogramme wie Gespräche, Diskussionen und besondere Begegnungen mit Künstler:innen und Filmschaffenden. 🎥🗣️

Kommt vorbei, entdeckt neue Perspektiven und erlebt die Vielfalt des westasiatischen Kinos.

🎟️ Programm & Infos: Link in Bio

#WestAsianFilmfestival #Vienna #WestAsianCinema #Filmfestival #Wien CinemaBeyondBorders

West Asian Filmfestival – Vienna 🎬✨

Five days of cinema, stories, and voices from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Rojava, and other regions of West Asia.

📅 March 25–29

Alongside the film screenings, the festival also features special programs including talks, encounters with communities, and meetings with artists and filmmakers. 🎥🗣️

Join us to watch, listen, and create spaces for dialogue and connection. 🤍

🎟️ Full program: link in bio

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We Never Left, directed by Loulwa Khoury, is a poignant documentary set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution that erupted on October 17, 2019. The film follows three young Lebanese expatriates in New York who, while building lives abroad, remain deeply connected to the uprisings and social struggles in their homeland. Through their collective and individual journeys, it reveals the complex emotional and political duality between Beirut and the diaspora: the enduring love for a country marked by crisis, exile, and unfulfilled hopes for change.

We will also have a panel discussion about ‘Diaspora’ with the director present. Read more on our website.

28.03.2026

#westasianfilmfestival #filmfestivalvienna #metrokinokulturhaus #weneverleft

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The program is now online. We had hoped to announce the West Asian premiere under better circumstances, but in this region one often has to keep dreaming of that.

Our thoughts are with civilians everywhere, and especially with prisoners in Iran who are trapped between the tyranny of the regime and the realities of war. We wish for a free Iran and a peaceful world.

We also invite you to join our discussion program on March 28 and 29 to listen to and exchange ideas and perspectives with participants from different diaspora communities rooted in this region.

Program and ticket on the bio.
#westasian #filmfestival🎬 #festivalvienna

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Close out the weekend by watching these current releases directed by members of Film Fatales...

⭐ REBECCA directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Gabriela Cavanagh (in Theaters)
⭐ MARYAM TAGHAVI: ESTRANGED LETTERS directed by Assia Boundaoui (on PBS)
⭐ BETWEEN GOODBYES directed by Jota Mun (on PBS)
⭐ WE NEVER LEFT directed by Loulwa Khoury (on SVOD)

@jentiexiera @assuss @loukhoury @weneverleftdoc
#FilmFatales #JenniferTiexiera #AssiaBoundaoui #JotaMun #LoulwaKhoury #FilmmakerFriday

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✊ Resistance knows no borders. This Friday, come to CTHQ for a special screening of “WE NEVER LEFT” (@weneverleftdoc), directed by Loulwa Khoury (@loukhoury), tracing the journeys of three Lebanese expats in New York during Lebanon’s 2019 uprising. Protest, identity, and connection to home collide in stories that are political and profoundly personal.

🗓️ Friday, November 21
🕕 6–8 pm
📍 CTHQ
🎟️ Free + open to all. RSVP via link in bio.

Presented in collaboration with @watermelonpictures as part of Fall of Freedom, this screening lifts untold stories and spotlights the power of creative resistance. Make sure to stay for the Q&A with the director.

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What does it mean to fight for home from afar? 🎬Join us at CTHQ for a special screening of “WE NEVER LEFT” (@weneverleftdoc)—directed by Loulwa Khoury (@loukhoury) and presented in collaboration with @watermelonpictures as part of the Fall of Freedom (@falloffreedom). Following three young Lebanese expats protesting from New York during Lebanon’s 2019 uprising, the film traces how revolution lives across borders—political, personal, and deeply intertwined. After the screening, stay for a Q&A with director Loulwa Khoury.

🗓️ Friday, November 21
🕕 6–8 pm
📍 CTHQ
🎟️ Free + open to all. RSVP via the link in our bio.

Rooted in Watermelon Pictures’ mission to bring Palestinian cinema and other untold stories to wider audiences, this screening amplifies creative resistance—reminding us that reclaiming narrative power is its own form of defiance.

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When Lebanon rose up, three Lebanese New Yorkers found themselves caught between two worlds 🇱🇧

Loulwa Khoury’s WE NEVER LEFT captures the heart of a revolution, and the longing for a home that never fades.

Now available to audiences across North America - watch at home on W+ and more!

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