The screening on 19 June will be preceded by a short and transporative set by oud player Kareem Samara, and will be followed by a Q&A with Lucien Bourjeily hosted by actress and Arab Film Club founder Sarah Agha.

Serge and his girlfriend Leila arrive late at his parents’ big Easter lunch with the wider family. The electricity has been cut, and tensions are already simmering before coming to a head  when matriarch Josephine realises $12,000 of her savings have disappeared.

Amdist the mouth-watering zooms on the kebbe, fatayer, and tabbouleh, biting remarks and sarcastic swipes always on the verge of snowballing into full-blown political and religious arguments, and dysfunctional-family meltdown, in a manner reminiscent of many a French dyfunctional dinner films (Un Air de Famille comes to mind). The handheld camera never leaves the confines of the flat, as tensions ramp up, the acerbic dialogue - at times hilarious - and Lucien Bourjeily's sharply-observed portrayal packing so much about everything the country has been grappling with over the last few decades.

Emmy-nominated writer and director Lucien Bourjeily is known for both his films and theatre productions. Although his work has travelled internationally, it has sometimes been subject to political censorship.

The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival, the "Special Jury Prize" and "Ensemble Cast" awards at the Festival des cinémas arabes, and was nominated for the Jordan Ressler award at the 2018 Miami International Film Festival, the Critics' Choice Award at the 2018 Hamburg Film Festival and the Best World Fiction film award at the 2018 LA Film Festival.

The event is taking place in partnership with the Arab Film Club.  

There will be another matinee screening of the film on 27 June.