Metropolis Art Cinema

The Lebanese Art Cinema Association: Metropolis Cinema has a Board of Directors and four full-time paid staff, including a Director. In addition there is a part-time Press Attache. The NAAS project under the Metropolis leadership has a Director, and an Executive Committee made up of four members. Budgetary resources available in a year: $146,000 in 2009, 200,000 in 2010. Sources of funding include: Young Arab Theatre Fund, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, French Embassy in Beirut, and European Union. Sponsors (such as Arte) Private donars Main partners involved in the organization’s projects include: Beirut D.C., Instituto Italiano, Institut Cervantes, and Goethe Institut. For the NAAS project main partners include: ArteEast, NYC; Cinémathèque de Tanger, Tangiers; Al-Balad Theatre, Amman; Doxbox, Damascus; SEMAT, Cairo; Chrysalide, Algeria; ESAV: Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels, Marrakesh; Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinémathèque, Ramallah; Jesuit Cultural Center, Alexandria; Cinemafricart, Tunisia, with support from Arte, Cultures France, Cinema Tropical, the Ford Foundation, and OSI.