Berlin Beirut
# Berlin Beirut

Berlin Beirut is a 2004 German-Lebanese short film by the Lebanese director Myrna Maakaron.

## Cast and characters

* Maria Toma as Girl in the Subway
* Myrna Maakaron as Herself
* Philippe Farhat as Children
* Richard Farhat as Children
* Rhoda Fromme as Girl with a Flute
* Sami Cheikha as Children
* Sven Philipp as German Man
* Tamara Cheikha as Children
* Tatiana Smatt Cheikha as Women on Balcony
* Thomas Chacra as Children
* Victor del Castillo as Cellist
* Zeina Bassil as Women on Balcony

## Awards

* Winner of the BERLIN TODAY AWARD 2004.
* Winner of the DISCOVERY CHANNEL FILM PRIZE as BEST GERMAN DOCUMENTARY at the 47th International Leipzig Festival For Documentary And Animated Films
* Winner of the BEST DOCUMENTARY in Portugal at the FIKE 2004 - Évora International Short Film Festival
* Winner of the BEST SHORT FILM at the Carthage Film Festival 2004
* Winner of the BEST PRIZE at the Bayreuther Filmfest "kontrast 2005"
* Winner of the BEST BERLIN FILM at Achtung Berlin Film Festival 2005
* Winner of the SEDICIORO as BEST SHORT, section documentary at the "2nd Film Festival Forlì City"- Italy 2005
* Special Mention at the 7ème Biennale des cinémas arabes à Paris - 2004
* Special Mention at the International Short Film Festival Hamburg - 2004
