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SUMMARY:Movie: From Ground Zero
DESCRIPTION:Shortlisted for Best International Feature for the 2025 Academy Awards\, FROM GROUND ZERO is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi\, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft. \nEach film\, ranging in length from three to six minutes\, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave\, including the challenges\, tragedies\, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction\, documentary\, docu-fiction\, animation\, and experimental cinema\, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow\, joy\, and hope inherent in Gazan life. \nDespite harsh filming conditions\, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film\, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people. \nIn Arabic with English subtitles. \n“The fact that this film even exists seems miraculous… [From Ground Zero] aims to humanize\, to empathize\, to go beyond the headlines and geopolitics. It aims to convey the hopes and dreams of everyday people\, which persist even in dire circumstances.” Jennifer Green\, Alliance of Women Film Journalists \n“A powerful cry to the world that these filmmakers\, collaborators\, and people walking in the background are still there\, still living under worsening conditions\, and still need help. From Ground Zero is an unforgettable exhibition of the human spirit.” Monica Castillo\, RogerEbert.com
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-from-ground-zero-a/
LOCATION:Vashon Theater\, 17723 Vashon Highway SW\, Vashon\, WA\, 98070
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Balconettes
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \n  \nWhile perhaps best known for her understated yet powerful performances in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and TÀR\, Noémie Merlant showcases her equally striking talent for the WTF (weird\, titillating\, and fascinating) both in front of and behind the camera with her sizzling sophomore feature as director. In the thick of a near-apocalyptic heat wave in Marseille\, we are introduced to our trio of cohabitating bosom buddies: neurotic\, sexually frustrated writer Nicole (Sanda Codrenau)\, free-spirited camgirl Ruby (Souhelia Yacoub) – actress of Tunisian descent\, and Élise (Merlant)\, an actress rapidly reaching her boiling point. A chance encounter with the brooding artist on the balcony across the way rapidly spirals into a bloody affair that threatens to haunt the girls forever—possibly literally. What begins as a sexy\, sun-drenched romp reveals itself to be a blood-drenched\, searing takedown of rape culture\, and an equally tough and tender look at the necessity of female friendship. With this bombastic\, hilarious\, and heart-rending film\, Merlant cements herself as not only a face\, but a singular voice in contemporary cinema across the globe. \n\n\nOther Showtimes:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 19\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nSIFF Cinema Downtown \n3:15 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-balconettes/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T151500
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DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Balconettes
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \n  \nWhile perhaps best known for her understated yet powerful performances in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and TÀR\, Noémie Merlant showcases her equally striking talent for the WTF (weird\, titillating\, and fascinating) both in front of and behind the camera with her sizzling sophomore feature as director. In the thick of a near-apocalyptic heat wave in Marseille\, we are introduced to our trio of cohabitating bosom buddies: neurotic\, sexually frustrated writer Nicole (Sanda Codrenau)\, free-spirited camgirl Ruby (Souhelia Yacoub) – actress of Tunisian descent\, and Élise (Merlant)\, an actress rapidly reaching her boiling point. A chance encounter with the brooding artist on the balcony across the way rapidly spirals into a bloody affair that threatens to haunt the girls forever—possibly literally. What begins as a sexy\, sun-drenched romp reveals itself to be a blood-drenched\, searing takedown of rape culture\, and an equally tough and tender look at the necessity of female friendship. With this bombastic\, hilarious\, and heart-rending film\, Merlant cements herself as not only a face\, but a singular voice in contemporary cinema across the globe.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-balconettes-2/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Downtown\, 2100 4th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98121
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T213000
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Khartoum
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nWhat begins as a street-level documentary of five ordinary lives in Khartoum—a civil servant\, a tea vendor\, a resistance volunteer\, and two young bottle collectors—evolves into a radically inventive chronicle of a city at the edge of collapse. Shot on donated iPhones by four Sudanese filmmakers working alongside British director Phil Cox\, production was interrupted when war erupted in April 2023. The filmmakers fled Sudan and regrouped in Nairobi\, where they transformed the project using green screen re-enactments\, animation\, and dreamlike visual reconstructions. \nThe film’s five interwoven stories bear witness to lives disrupted by conflict but never reduced by it. A mother sings lullabies to shield her daughter; two boys flee militias on the back of an invisible lion; a government worker hides from a regime unraveling around him. Through surreal vignettes and raw detail\, Khartoum refuses the distancing lens of crisis coverage. \nSo while Khartoum began as a vérité documentary shot in Sudan\, it became a diasporic production: completed in exile\, shaped by displacement\, and creatively reassembled across borders. A collaborative act of remembrance and resistance\, it is not simply about a city under siege—it is made by those who fled it\, carrying its stories with them. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY\, MAY 21\, 2025 – AMC Pacific Place \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-khartoum-2/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Khartoum
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nWhat begins as a street-level documentary of five ordinary lives in Khartoum—a civil servant\, a tea vendor\, a resistance volunteer\, and two young bottle collectors—evolves into a radically inventive chronicle of a city at the edge of collapse. Shot on donated iPhones by four Sudanese filmmakers working alongside British director Phil Cox\, production was interrupted when war erupted in April 2023. The filmmakers fled Sudan and regrouped in Nairobi\, where they transformed the project using green screen re-enactments\, animation\, and dreamlike visual reconstructions. \nThe film’s five interwoven stories bear witness to lives disrupted by conflict but never reduced by it. A mother sings lullabies to shield her daughter; two boys flee militias on the back of an invisible lion; a government worker hides from a regime unraveling around him. Through surreal vignettes and raw detail\, Khartoum refuses the distancing lens of crisis coverage. \nSo while Khartoum began as a vérité documentary shot in Sudan\, it became a diasporic production: completed in exile\, shaped by displacement\, and creatively reassembled across borders. A collaborative act of remembrance and resistance\, it is not simply about a city under siege—it is made by those who fled it\, carrying its stories with them.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-khartoum/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T203000
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Happy Holidays
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nOscar® winner Scandar Copti (Ajami) is back with a new film about a middle-class Arab family in Israel and the impact of the country’s divisions on every aspect of their lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nFouad’s business is in trouble\, which has plunged him into debt. This has major implications for his wife\, Hanan\, a woman very invested in maintaining the family’s social position\, especially in anticipation of their elder daughter Leila’s upcoming wedding. Son Rami has a different kind of problem. His Jewish Israeli girlfriend is pregnant\, but how would they raise a child in a country where their relationship must be kept secret? This question takes on a new urgency when the couple become the object of mysterious threats. Meanwhile\, younger daughter Fifi has a secret of her own. After a minor car accident\, she ends up in the hospital where her medical records\, including her sexual history\, come to light\, causing further upheaval for the family and Fifi herself. \nThis ensemble of characters (mostly played by non-professional actors) and their stories create a rare portrait of Arab and Jewish lives in Israel and the effects of social\, political\, and religious divisions on every aspect of those lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, MAY 22\, 2025 AMC Pacific Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-happy-holidays/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T150000
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Happy Holidays
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nOscar® winner Scandar Copti (Ajami) is back with a new film about a middle-class Arab family in Israel and the impact of the country’s divisions on every aspect of their lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nFouad’s business is in trouble\, which has plunged him into debt. This has major implications for his wife\, Hanan\, a woman very invested in maintaining the family’s social position\, especially in anticipation of their elder daughter Leila’s upcoming wedding. Son Rami has a different kind of problem. His Jewish Israeli girlfriend is pregnant\, but how would they raise a child in a country where their relationship must be kept secret? This question takes on a new urgency when the couple become the object of mysterious threats. Meanwhile\, younger daughter Fifi has a secret of her own. After a minor car accident\, she ends up in the hospital where her medical records\, including her sexual history\, come to light\, causing further upheaval for the family and Fifi herself. \nThis ensemble of characters (mostly played by non-professional actors) and their stories create a rare portrait of Arab and Jewish lives in Israel and the effects of social\, political\, and religious divisions on every aspect of those lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, MAY 22\, 2025 AMC Pacific Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-happy-holidays-2/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T151500
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Everybody Loves Touda
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nIn the latest film from Nabil Ayouch (Horses of God\, SIFF 2014) co-written with his wife\, director Maryam Touzani (The Blue Caftan\, SIFF 2023)\, Touda dreams of being a sheikha\, or traditional Moroccan folk singer. More than that\, she is determined to be one\, which is fortunate because the road ahead is a rocky one. A single mother with a young son to support\, she sings at parties and in bars in her provincial town. But these opportunities are limited and fraught with risk\, as her male audience’s “love” often shades into something more proprietary and threatening. She sets her sights on Casablanca and\, leaving her son with her parents and ignoring the disapproval of her conservative brother\, she heads to the big city. There Touda meets an older musician\, a violinist who recognizes her ambition and her potential\, and becomes a sort of mentor. With his help\, she sets about to master the aita\, a Moroccan musical genre rooted in poetry about the many struggles of life\, from the personal to the political. As her singing improves\, she can command higher fees and a more elite audience. But in a culture where female performers are as often eroticized and stigmatized as venerated\, what does it really mean to be loved? \n  \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nSIFF Cinema Uptown \n8:30 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-touda/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T220000
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Moon
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nSarah (played by provocateur performance artist Florentina Holzinger) is an Austrian professional MMA fighter who has just lost a career-ending fight. She’s tough\, with a face that shows her decades spent brawling\, and she doesn’t hesitate to accept a job offer that her friends and family believe is too good to be true: A wealthy Jordanian man has hired Sarah to be a private trainer for his three sisters\, who never leave the mansion without a bodyguard. But who is this family and why are they under constant surveillance? \nMoon is Kurdish-Austrian filmmaker Kurdwin Ayub’s thrilling sophomore feature\, following her award-winning debut film Sonne (SIFF 2023). Moon has already garnered several awards for its enthralling portrayal of a family in peril\, shown through the hardened eyes of a woman trying to navigate a life she doesn’t want. Ayub doesn’t give easy answers in this tense film that asks\, “How can you save others when you cannot save yourself?” \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 23\, 2025\, AMC Pacific Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-moon/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T131500
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nMahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, MAY 24\, 2025\, Shoreline Community College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-to_a_land_unknown/
LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250430T192507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192549Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Everybody Loves Touda
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nIn the latest film from Nabil Ayouch (Horses of God\, SIFF 2014) co-written with his wife\, director Maryam Touzani (The Blue Caftan\, SIFF 2023)\, Touda dreams of being a sheikha\, or traditional Moroccan folk singer. More than that\, she is determined to be one\, which is fortunate because the road ahead is a rocky one. A single mother with a young son to support\, she sings at parties and in bars in her provincial town. But these opportunities are limited and fraught with risk\, as her male audience’s “love” often shades into something more proprietary and threatening. She sets her sights on Casablanca and\, leaving her son with her parents and ignoring the disapproval of her conservative brother\, she heads to the big city. There Touda meets an older musician\, a violinist who recognizes her ambition and her potential\, and becomes a sort of mentor. With his help\, she sets about to master the aita\, a Moroccan musical genre rooted in poetry about the many struggles of life\, from the personal to the political. As her singing improves\, she can command higher fees and a more elite audience. But in a culture where female performers are as often eroticized and stigmatized as venerated\, what does it really mean to be loved?
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-touda-2/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Coexistence\, My Ass!
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nComedy about Israel and Palestine is a high-wire act and perhaps never more so than now\, which is part of what makes this documentary about Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi so riveting. With an Iranian-Jewish mother and an Ashkenazi Romanian father\, Noam grew up in Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam\, an intentional community where Arab and Jewish families live together by choice\, and where her left-wing parents moved the family in the early 1990s. \nA committed activist for equal rights for Palestinians and Jews—as she explains\, coexistence can only exist between equals—she studied International Relations at Brandeis before taking a job at the United Nations. When she was invited by Harvard to work on a peace project\, she chose to develop her one-woman show\, “Coexistence\, My Ass!” Shooting on the film began in 2020 and tracks the show’s progress through COVID and Noam’s growing fame\, as well as Noam’s own navigation of the attacks on October 7th\, their impact on her friends and family\, and the subsequent war on Gaza. \nConsistent through it all is Noam’s clear-eyed insight—sometimes funny\, sometimes deadly serious\, sometimes both at the same time. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUNDAY\, MAY 25\, 2025\, SIFF Cinema Uptown\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 AM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-coexistence/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250430T194448Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nMahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-to_a_land_unknown-2/
LOCATION:Shoreline Community College Theater\, 16101 Greenwood Avenue N. (Building 1600)\, Shoreline\, WA\, 98133
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T133000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250430T194926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T195005Z
UID:10003067-1748172600-1748179800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  Coexistence\, My Ass!
DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nComedy about Israel and Palestine is a high-wire act and perhaps never more so than now\, which is part of what makes this documentary about Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi so riveting. With an Iranian-Jewish mother and an Ashkenazi Romanian father\, Noam grew up in Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam\, an intentional community where Arab and Jewish families live together by choice\, and where her left-wing parents moved the family in the early 1990s. \nA committed activist for equal rights for Palestinians and Jews—as she explains\, coexistence can only exist between equals—she studied International Relations at Brandeis before taking a job at the United Nations. When she was invited by Harvard to work on a peace project\, she chose to develop her one-woman show\, “Coexistence\, My Ass!” Shooting on the film began in 2020 and tracks the show’s progress through COVID and Noam’s growing fame\, as well as Noam’s own navigation of the attacks on October 7th\, their impact on her friends and family\, and the subsequent war on Gaza. \nConsistent through it all is Noam’s clear-eyed insight—sometimes funny\, sometimes deadly serious\, sometimes both at the same time. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Freedom of Expression.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-coexistence-2/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250426T064129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250426T064208Z
UID:10003010-1748199600-1748206800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Free Film Screening: Israelism
DESCRIPTION:Two young American Jews travel to Israel seeking a deeper understanding of the country they were raised to love. What they encounter profoundly impacts them\, leading them to join a growing movement to redefine their community’s relationship with Israel in this challenging and emotional journey. Join us for the free screening of this film. \nAbout the film\nTwo young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college campuses. When they witness Israel‘s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes\, they are horrified and heartbroken.\nThey join the movement of young American Jews battling the old guard over Israel’s centrality in American Judaism\, and demanding freedom for the Palestinian people. Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers fed them as children. \nThe film also features voices like Jacqui\, a Jewish educator who says “Judaism is Israel and Israel is Judaism”\, and former Anti-Defamation League President Abe Foxman\, who claims voices like Simone and Eitan’s represent a small minority. Thought leaders like Peter Beinart\, Jeremy Ben-Ami\, Noura Erakat\, Cornel West\, and Noam Chomsky also weigh in. \nDirected by two first-time Jewish filmmakers who share a similar story to the film’s protagonists\, Israelism is produced by Peabody-winner and 4-time Emmy-nominee Daniel J. Chalfen (Loudmouth\, Boycott)\, executive produced by two-time Emmy-winner Brian A. Kates (Marvelous Ms. Maisel\, Succession) and edited by Emmy-winner Tony Hale (The Story of Plastic)\, Israelism uniquely explores how Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically\, with massive consequences for the region and for Judaism itself.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/israelism-a/
LOCATION:Vashon Theater\, 17723 Vashon Highway SW\, Vashon\, WA\, 98070
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250426T064240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T064559Z
UID:10003132-1748709000-1748712600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Kitsap Solidarity Presents: One Family in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:An original play by Crystal Zevon \nBased on texts from Yasser in Gaza \nIn November 2023\, Crystal Zevon\, a longtime activist for Palestine\, began a text conversation with a young 33 year old Palestinian man in Gaza. Yasser is a civil engineer\, a husband and the father of three young children under the age of seven. For more than a year\, and continuing\, Yasser and Crystal have exchanged texts\, photos and videos on almost a daily basis. These  unedited texts create the basis for telling the poignant\, terrifying\, and sometimes joyful story of one family’s struggle to survive through a genocide. Yasser’s texts are juxtaposed against news items of corresponding dates\, and the thoughts and feelings of someone living in comfort and safety oceans away. \nOne Family in Gaza is a play about simply that – One Family in Gaza . \nThe objective for creating this play is three-fold: \n\n\nTo offer a play that is profound in its reliance on the truths disclosed through a relationship grounded in the reality of two distant and distinct realities\, yet a play so simple that anyone can perform it anywhere – from a dining room table reading to a staged performance. \n\n\nTo humanize Palestinians by creating a relationship with one family whose loves\, fears\, hopes and dreams are not unlike yours. \n\n\nTo motivate those who see the play to continue the discussion\, to delve beneath the media’s glossing over of a genocide and take action to expose it. \nIt is through identification with the  basic human truths revealed in the daily life of one family that we can and must create change. \n\n\nMore information to come (please check website)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/olympic-peninsula-presents-one-family-in-gaza-2/
LOCATION:Bainbridge Island Senior/Community Center\, 370 Brien Dr. SE\, Bainbridge Island\, WA\, 98110
CATEGORIES:Movie,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250607T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250607T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250531T081415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T081449Z
UID:10003153-1749286800-1749294000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Movie Screenings: Every Saturday with Palestine Museum US
DESCRIPTION:Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links! \nOften the screening ends with a Q&A with the director! \n 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-movie-screenings-every-saturday-with-palestine-museum-us-june-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250620T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250620T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250528T215652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T223250Z
UID:10003134-1750440600-1750451400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Ground Zero
DESCRIPTION:FREE MOVIE SCREENING in OAK HARBOR! \nExperience a night of powerful storytelling and community spirit in support of one Palestinian family. Be in community and watch “From Ground Zero” on Friday\, June 20th (doors open 5:30pm) at First United Methodist Church in Oak Harbor\, WA. \nFree entry and refreshments! RSVP for tickets using the link in bio 🍉
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/ground-zero/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church (Oak Harbor)\, 1050 SE Ireland St\, Oak Harbor\, WA\, 98277
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250622T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250622T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250531T080418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T080635Z
UID:10003150-1750611600-1750618800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: The Teacher
DESCRIPTION:The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of an Israeli settler set the stage for even more shocks to come in THE TEACHER. Saleh Bakri is Basem\, an amiable educator who tries to steer the deceased boy’s younger brother Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) from seeking revenge. At the same time\, Basem ignores his own advice\, maintaining ties with the resistance and involving himself in a hostage situation. He tries to keep his activities secret from Adam and his British girlfriend Lisa (Imogen Poots) but it becomes harder to maintain his silence when Israeli troops show up at his door. \nTHE TEACHER\, set and shot with difficulty in occupied territory\, is the feature debut of Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi. Inspired by true events and led by a commanding and wounded performance from Bakri\, the film probes the desperate actions of those who feel they have no recourse for justice.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-the-teacher-6/
LOCATION:The Beacon\, 4405 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250623T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250531T080817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T080936Z
UID:10003151-1750707000-1750712400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: The Teacher
DESCRIPTION:The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of an Israeli settler set the stage for even more shocks to come in THE TEACHER. Saleh Bakri is Basem\, an amiable educator who tries to steer the deceased boy’s younger brother Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) from seeking revenge. At the same time\, Basem ignores his own advice\, maintaining ties with the resistance and involving himself in a hostage situation. He tries to keep his activities secret from Adam and his British girlfriend Lisa (Imogen Poots) but it becomes harder to maintain his silence when Israeli troops show up at his door. \nTHE TEACHER\, set and shot with difficulty in occupied territory\, is the feature debut of Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi. Inspired by true events and led by a commanding and wounded performance from Bakri\, the film probes the desperate actions of those who feel they have no recourse for justice.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-the-teacher-7/
LOCATION:The Beacon\, 4405 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250531T080946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T081150Z
UID:10003152-1750782600-1750791600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: The Teacher
DESCRIPTION:The destruction of a Palestinian home by Israeli edict and the murder of a youth at the hands of an Israeli settler set the stage for even more shocks to come in THE TEACHER. Saleh Bakri is Basem\, an amiable educator who tries to steer the deceased boy’s younger brother Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) from seeking revenge. At the same time\, Basem ignores his own advice\, maintaining ties with the resistance and involving himself in a hostage situation. He tries to keep his activities secret from Adam and his British girlfriend Lisa (Imogen Poots) but it becomes harder to maintain his silence when Israeli troops show up at his door. \nTHE TEACHER\, set and shot with difficulty in occupied territory\, is the feature debut of Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi. Inspired by true events and led by a commanding and wounded performance from Bakri\, the film probes the desperate actions of those who feel they have no recourse for justice.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-the-teacher-8/
LOCATION:The Beacon\, 4405 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250531T063533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T063533Z
UID:10003147-1750876200-1750887000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Arab Film Club: Alexandria... Why? [In-Person Only]
DESCRIPTION:(Youssef Chahine\, 1979\, Egypt\, 133 min\, in Egyptian Arabic with English subtitles)\n\nAlexandria during World War II. Yehia\, a young man in his final year of school who loves movies and music\, dreams of making it to Hollywood. But like most of Egypt’s middle class\, the war has left his parents in a tight financial situation. Through Yehia’s endeavors\, his Christian family and his diverse group of friends\, we are exposed to different segments of Alexandrian society: from Egyptian and British soldiers\, communist workers and patriotic aristocrats to social climbers and war profiteers. A rich\, dynamic portrait of the director’s beloved city during a seminal moment in its long and layered history. \nAn Egyptian classic\, Alexandria…Why? won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1979. \nAbout Youssef Chahine: \nBorn in Alexandria in 1926 to a middle-class family of Greek and Lebanese origin\, Chahine came into the world between the wars in the heart of the region’s most cosmopolitan city. From an early age he developed a passion for theater\, cinema\, and Shakespeare. After spending a year at the University of Alexandria\, he decided to study acting at California’s Pasadena Playhouse\, only to quickly turn to directing. Chahine’s reputation as an international auteur was established early on; his sophomore effort Son of the Nile (Ibn el Nil\, 1951) was nominated for Cannes’ Grand Prix of the Festival in 1952. \n– Bio by Joseph Fahim
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-club-alexandria-why-in-person-only/
LOCATION:Northwest Film Forum\, 1515 12th Ave\, 2\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250618T225505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T225541Z
UID:10003160-1750876200-1750888800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Arab Film Club: Alexandria... Why? [In-Person Only]
DESCRIPTION:(Youssef Chahine\, 1979\, Egypt\, 133 min\, in Egyptian Arabic with English subtitles) \nAlexandria during World War II. Yehia\, a young man in his final year of school who loves movies and music\, dreams of making it to Hollywood. But like most of Egypt’s middle class\, the war has left his parents in a tight financial situation. Through Yehia’s endeavors\, his Christian family and his diverse group of friends\, we are exposed to different segments of Alexandrian society: from Egyptian and British soldiers\, communist workers and patriotic aristocrats to social climbers and war profiteers. A rich\, dynamic portrait of the director’s beloved city during a seminal moment in its long and layered history. \nAn Egyptian classic\, Alexandria…Why? won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1979. \nAbout Youssef Chahine: \nBorn in Alexandria in 1926 to a middle-class family of Greek and Lebanese origin\, Chahine came into the world between the wars in the heart of the region’s most cosmopolitan city. From an early age he developed a passion for theater\, cinema\, and Shakespeare. After spending a year at the University of Alexandria\, he decided to study acting at California’s Pasadena Playhouse\, only to quickly turn to directing. Chahine’s reputation as an international auteur was established early on; his sophomore effort Son of the Nile (Ibn el Nil\, 1951) was nominated for Cannes’ Grand Prix of the Festival in 1952. \n– Bio by Joseph Fahim\nWed Jun 25: 6.30pm PDT \nGET TICKETS HERE!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-club-alexandria-why-in-person-only-2/
LOCATION:Northwest Film Forum\, 1515 12th Ave\, 2\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250712T030332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T030436Z
UID:10003197-1752256800-1752271200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle Arab Film Festival: Short Film Lineup
DESCRIPTION:🎥 Short Film Lineup Announcement! 🌙\nWe’re kicking off our Summer Movie Festival on July 11 with a powerful lineup of short films from across the MENA region and its global diaspora—curated in collaboration with the @seattle_arab_film_festival 🇵🇸🇮🇷🇾🇪🇺🇸 \n✨ Featured Films:\nBethlehem 2001 (Palestine)\nFading Dream (Iran)\nIn the Long Run (Yemen)\nMariam (Palestine/US) \nJoin us for an evening of storytelling\, culture\, and community—free and outdoors!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-arab-film-festival-short-film-lineup/
LOCATION:The Cultural Stage
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250718
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250712T025748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T025748Z
UID:10003196-1752537600-1752796799@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle Arab Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Seattle Arab Film Festival will take place from August 15 to 17 at the @nwfilmforum. \nMore details and full line up coming soon! \n#SAFF2025 #Seattle #ArabCinema
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-arab-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:Northwest Film Forum\, 1515 12th Ave\, 2\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250718T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250630T060213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T060344Z
UID:10003171-1752865200-1752872400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Mahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-to_a_land_unknown-3/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250630T060908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T060940Z
UID:10003172-1752951600-1752958800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Mahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-to_a_land_unknown-4/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250630T061041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T061119Z
UID:10003174-1753029000-1753036200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Mahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/a_land_unknown-5/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T020515
CREATED:20250630T060954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T061032Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival:  To A Land Unknown
DESCRIPTION:Mahdi Fleifel\, who made the great documentary A World Not Ours (SIFF 2013) about the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon\, where his parents were born\, returns to the Festival with his fiction debut\, To a Land Unknown. \nThe refugees in this story have made out of their camp and travelled to Athens\, where they are stranded en route to Germany. Chatila is clever and resourceful\, and it falls to him to come up with a plan; Reda\, his cousin\, is sweet but hapless\, owing in part to a weakness for drugs. To raise the money they need for fake passports\, they resort to increasingly desperate crimes: stealing\, sex work\, human trafficking. To sustain themselves\, they nurture the fantasy of the café they plan to open in Germany\, where Chatila’s wife will cook\, and they’ll make enough money to bring the rest of their family\, currently stuck in the camp. \nWhile films about refugees are not uncommon\, what sets this film apart is the way the director puts us squarely in Chatila and Reda’s shoes as they try to figure out how to reach their final destination\, how to keep themselves alive in the meanwhile\, and how to do it all without losing their humanity in the process.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/a_land_unknown-4/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Film: Last May in Palestine (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 26 Film Screening: \nPlease Click Here to register to attend this event via Zoom. \nFilm screening will start at 12:00 PM US EDT; 19:00 Palestine\, 18:00 Europe\, UK 17:00; Running Time 20 minutes\, 2024\, English language with English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by Q&A discussions with film director Rabeea Eid.. \nAbout the Film \n“After the assassination of Shireen Abu-Akleh on May 2022\, I return from the UK to Palestine and open my archive of May 2021 upraising in Haifa. On this trip\, I relive memories and places I left\, but it did not leave me\, and I ask questions about being a journalist during dangerous events\,” Rabeea Eid\, film director.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/film-last-may-in-palestine-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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