Miya Miya Presents: Films from the Frontlines of South Lebanon
Fri, 15th May 2026 06:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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Films from the Frontlines of South Lebanon 6:30pm — Doors open + food by Happy Man Pizza Party Join us from 6:30–7:45pm as Anthony serves a vegetarian menu of fresh flatbreads from the pizza oven, silverbeet, za’atar-spiced fried cauliflower, roast sesame mayo and pickled turnips. 8:00pm — Up to the South (1993) 9:10pm — Intermission 9:20pm — Performance by Mohamad Ali Abou Saleh 9:50pm — Yaroun (2023) 10:00pm — Buffer Zone (2025) 10:20pm — Event concludes On Friday 15th May, @mothership.marrickville, Miya Miya Film Club presents: Films from the Frontlines of South Lebanon. This program brings together three films that move through South Lebanon across time, tracing return, resistance, and devastation in the wake of Israeli invasion. Together, they hold space for what is lived, what is lost, and what continues. Up to the South (Talaeen a Junuub, Lebanon, 1993), directed by Jayce Salloum and Walid Raad, moves through the South as both place and image. Blending documentary and essay, it reflects on occupation, representation, and the conditions of witnessing, tracing how the South is seen, remembered, and mediated. Yaroun (Lebanon, 2023) directed by Zeinab Mahfoud, follows the act of return, observing a landscape shaped by Israeli occupation, where home is held in tension through proximity to violence and the uncertainty of the present. Buffer Zone (Lebanon, 2025) directed by Farrah Berrou, returns again, but to devastation. Through fragments and iPhone footage, it traces the impact of Israeli invasion and the impossibility of fully grasping what has been lost. Across the program, war is not distant. It is lived and carried in bodies, in memory, and in the spaces people refuse to leave. On the night, food will be shared that reminds us of home. There will also be a musical performance by Mohamad Ali Abou Saleh of @baytsaleh, whose voice and oud fill the space with warmth, nostalgia, and a quiet sense of belonging. Proceeds from the event will be donated to @nationstation__, a Beirut-based community kitchen supporting people displaced through ongoing attacks on South Lebanon and Beirut. Miya Miya shirts by @verus.au and hats designed by Jannah Abdelattif @art_by_heaven and stitched by @verus.au will be available, with 50% of sales donated. Your ticket includes a meal, drinks from @gazacola.au, a donation, and covers venue, performer, and film licensing. All films screen in Arabic with English subtitles. In solidarity with Lebanon always ❤️
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About the Host
Miya Miya Film Club is an independent community-led film and arts initiative dedicated to celebrating and elevating the voices of the South West Asian and North African (SWANA) region. At a time when nuanced representations of SWANA cultures are urgently needed, Miya Miya offers a space where film and art become tools for cultural preservation, connection, and resistance.
