Description: Choosing where, when and how a film is shown profoundly affects how it is received. This selection process, also known as programming or curation, shapes and reshapes our understanding of film culture. Films have multiple lives, and film programming enables us to activate them. This seminar will explore different types and approaches to film programming in festivals, cinema spaces and through thematic curations.

Instructor’s biography: Nour Ouayda is a filmmaker and film programmer. She is a member of The Camelia Committee with Carine Doumit and Mira Adoumier and part of the editorial committee of the Montreal-based online film journal Hors Champ. Between 2018 and 2023, she was the partnerships coordinator then deputy director at Metropolis Cinema Association in Beirut where she managed and developed the Cinematheque Beirut project. She also teaches film programming in Beirut.

Duration: 15 hours (5x3hr sessions) 

Dates & time: 8 -22 December 2025 from 5pm to 8pm
Language: Arabic, English flexible 
Place: IESAV, Human Sciences Campus, Damascus Road 

Group number: 8 participants 
Eligibility: Open to students, film professionals, researchers and cultural practionners with an interest in film exhibition and curation, 21+ years old
Workshop fee: 130 usd

Course Outline: 

Sessions will include screenings, case studies, readings and practical exercises.

Session 1 | Monday, December 8: 5:00pm – 8:00pm 

Session 2 | Wednesday, December 10: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Session 3 | Monday, December 15: 5:00pm – 8:00pm 

Session 4 | Tuesday, December 16: 5:00pm – 8:00pm  

Session 5 | Monday, December 22: 5:00pm – 8:00pm 

Submission deadline: November 14th at 12pm (Beirut time).

Submission form: https://forms.office.com/r/JCtK0FM6iQ

For more info, please reach out to yara.nashawaty@usj.edu.lb