Cheers, to Those Who Stay

Cheers, to Those Who Stay
Directed by	Mounia Akl Cyril Aris
Written by	Mounia Akl Cyril Aris
Starring	Kyle Stephens Cyril Aris Mounia Akl Karl Noujeim Diane Mehanna Panos Aprahamian
Music by	Mashrou' Leila White Trees Big Apple Jam Project
Cinematography	Kyle Stephens
Studio	Orange Dog Productions
Release date(s)	24 July 2010 (2010-07-24)
Running time	21 minutes
Country	Lebanon
Language	Arabic English

Cheers, to Those Who Stay is a 2010 Lebanese short film by Cyril Aris and Mounia Akl. The film was released on Youtube on July 2010.

Synopsis

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 lazybone 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]

Cast

• Kyle Stephens as Kyle
• Cyril Aris as Omar
• Mounia Akl as Maissa
• Karl Noujeim as Alex
• Panos Aprahamian as Ziad
• Diane Mehanna as Joana

Awards

• Los Angeles Film Festival of Hollywood Award of Merit fall 2010.^[3]
• Los Angeles Movie Awards Honorable mention 2010.^[4]

References

1. ^ (in English, Arabic, French) (flv) Cheers, To Those Who Stay - Chapter 1: Beirut, 20 Years Later (Motion picture). Beirut, Lebanon: Orange Dog Productions. 2010-06-25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62y8CyKMUFs. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
2. ^ "Do you know "An Orange Dog"?" (in English). Iloubnan. 2010. http://www.iloubnan.info/artsandculture/actualite/id/50523/titre/Do-you-know-%22An-Orange-Dog%22. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
3. ^ "Fall 2010 Award of Merit Winners" (in English). Los Angeles Film Festival. 2010. http://www.hollywoodcff.com/2010_Merrit_Winners_(Fall)_.html. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
4. ^ "LAMA 2010 (II) Winners" (in English). Los Angeles Movie Awards. 2010. http://thelamovieawards.com/2010_(II)_Winners_.html. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 

External links

• Cheers, to Those Who Stay at the Internet Movie Database