Cheers, to Those Who Stay

Cheers, to Those Who Stay is a 2010 Lebanese short film by Cyril Aris and Mounia Akl.

Cheers, to Those Who Stay
Directed byMounia Akl
Cyril Aris
Written byMounia Akl
Cyril Aris
StarringKyle Stephens
Cyril Aris
Mounia Akl
Karl Noujeim
Diane Mehanna
Panos Aprahamian
CinematographyKyle Stephens
Music byMashrou' Leila
Paul Tyan
Walid Haddad
Production
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Orange Dog Productions
Release date
  • 24 July 2010 (2010-07-24)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryLebanon
LanguagesArabic
English

Synopsis

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Cheers, to Those Who Stay revolves around Kyle, a Lebanese expatriate living in Detroit and studying filmmaking there. Kyle returns to Lebanon to deal with what he describes as a director's block and to get film material for his project. Kyle stays at his cousins flat where he meets his relatives: Omar a wannabe actor who is stuck in a clerical job; Maissa a controlling character who is always right; Alex a lazy bone and speedster; Joana the underdog obsessed with cleanliness and Ziad the hopeless romantic. Through his cousins Kyle experiences Lebanese everyday people, their problems, joie de vivre and complaints about the life in Beirut.[1][2]

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Cheers, To Those Who Stay - Chapter 1: Beirut, 20 Years Later (flv) (Motion picture) (in English, Arabic, and French). Beirut, Lebanon: Orange Dog Productions. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. ^ "Do you know "An Orange Dog"?". Iloubnan. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  3. ^ "Fall 2010 Award of Merit Winners". Los Angeles Film Festival. 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  4. ^ "LAMA 2010 (II) Winners". Los Angeles Movie Awards. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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