Beirut: The Last Home Movie
Film poster
Directed by	Jennifer Fox
Written by	Jennifer Fox John Mullen
Cinematography	Alex Nepomniaschy
Edited by	John Mullen
Music by	Lanny Meyers Ziad Rahbani
Release date	1987 (1987) (London Film Festival)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Beirut: The Last Home Movie is a 1987 documentary film directed by Jennifer Fox. It follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in a 200-year-old mansion in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.^[1]

Exhibition

The film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival, the London Film Festival, and at INPUT, the International Television Conference. It was broadcast on US television as a Frontline special on PBS in 1991.^[2] The film was awarded the Excellence In Cinematography Award and won the Grand Jury Prize Documentary at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival.^[3] It opened at the Film Forum in NYC in 1988 and did a thirty city US theatrical release, distributed by Circle Releasing, before airing as a Frontline Special on PBS in 1990.

Awards

• Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary^[3]
• Sundance Film Festival Best Cinematography^[3]
• Soc. Civile des Aut. - Multimedia Best Screenplay^{[citation needed]}
• Women and Cinema Argentina - Press Award^{[citation needed]}
• C.I.N.E. - Golden Eagle Award^{[citation needed]}
• San Francisco Film Festival - Golden Gate Award^{[citation needed]}
• Cinéma du Réel (Paris) - Grand Prix^{[citation needed]}