Despite Lebanon's successive crises and wars that particularly affect women, the Beirut Women Film Festival started its eighth edition. Even better, it is expanding, attracting a broader audience, addressing an increasing diversity of human and artistic themes, and drawing a prestigious selection of award-winning Arab and international films.L'Orient-Le Jour spoke with Sam Lahoud, the founder and director of the festival, to discuss this edition, the tribute paid to Tunisian actress Hend Sabri, and the role of an event that advocates a cinema committed to women.Let's start with your slogan, "Women for Leadership." Why keep it year after year while other festivals change their slogans with each edition? Don't you think it should have changed after the heavy trials recently experienced by Lebanese women?Of course,...