200 Meters Directed by Ameen Nayfeh
2021-06-12 18:15 - 19:30, 2021-06-19 20:45 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
A Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
Winner of awards in Europe, China, India, Egypt and US
For more information about the film and to see a trailer, click here.

Saturday, June 12, 6:15 PM & Saturday, June 19, 8:45 PM
200 Meters Directed by Ameen Nayfeh

Honey Cigar Directed by Kamir Ainouz
2021-06-12 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Selma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy. This film is in French and Berber languages with English subtitles.
Parental Advisory: In the US, this film would likely be rated R.
Nominated, New Wave Award Best Film, Seville European Film Festival
For more information about the film, click here.

Saturday, June 12, 8:35 PM

Broken Keys Directed by Jimmy Keyrouz
2021-06-18 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Karim, a pianist dreaming of a career in Europe, lives in a war-torn Middle-Eastern town where modern ways of living have been banned by an extremist group. He is forced to sell his piano to gather money and leave. But things entangle when his piano is shot. Karim then embarks on a dangerous quest to repair his broken keys.
Submitted by Lebanon to the 2021 Oscars
For more information about the film and to see a trailer, click here.

You Will Die At 20 Directed by Amjad Abu Alala
2021-06-19 18:15 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village’s holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil’s father can’t stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Submitted by Sudan to the 2021 Oscars
For more information about the film and to see a trailer, click here.

"The Price of Oslo", directed by Rawan Damen
2021-07-03 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Please join us for the screening of the film “The Price of Oslo”, directed by Rawan Damen. The film is about 100 minutes.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with the film director Rawan Damen. Screening will begin at 12 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine time
About the Film
For most people, the Oslo Accords will forever be symbolised by the grand public signing ceremony that took place on the lawn of the White House on September 13, 1993. Far fewer people, however, are aware of the fact that the Accords were actually signed several weeks earlier, on August 20, in a guest house in Oslo, or of the seven-hour long telephone conversation, on August 18, that was instrumental in bringing the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel to the point where they could be signed.
Rawan Damen: “After six months of research and numerous interviews, I was certain that light needed to be shed on the aspects of this story that had been intentionally left unlit.”

Disrupted Pasts, Displaced Futures: Arte Archive
2021-07-24 - 2021-07-27
Disrupted Pasts, Displaced Futures is a selection of moving image works by contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa, blending science fiction, arabfuturism, and magic realism to tackle themes of displacement, migration, and climate crisis. Responding to an unstable present through the lens of the future, these alternate realities open a space where new possibilities emerge.
Featured Artists: Meriem Bennani, Mariam Mekiwi, Larissa Sansour
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The 4 Movies Featured Are:
Party on the CAPS synopsis: In a world where teleportation has replaced planes, a wacky crocodile named Fiona tells of life on the CAPS: an island-turned-refugee-camp for illegal immigrants caught mid-teleportation. Themes of displacement, biotechnology and privacy are evoked through the augmented reality of a raucous birthday party in the Moroccan quarter of the CAPS. Mixing the languages of reality TV, advertising, documentary and high-end commercial aesthetics, Bennani explores the potential of storytelling through magical realism and humour.

Before I Forget Synopsis: El Captain disappears, one of his disciples takes a journey in the ocean to cut off the internet cable, the water level is rising, an amphibian woman appears at the shore looking for her mother, and the memories of two women in a ward intertwine. Scientist Dr. Sharaf is trying to congregate all of them – the members of the secret society of amphibians – in an attempt to save the world.

Nation Estate synopsis: With its glossy mixture of computer-generated imagery, live actors, and an arabesque electronica soundtrack, the Nation Estate film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood. Palestinians have their state in the form of a single skyscraper: the Nation Estate. One colossal high-rise houses the entire Palestinian population – now finally living the high life.

In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain synopsis: Combining live-action and computer-generated imagery, In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain explores the role of myth in history, fact, and national identity. A narrative resistance group makes underground deposits of elaborate porcelain, which they suggest belonged to an entirely fictional civilization. Their aim is to influence history and support future claims to their vanishing lands.

plus a recorded discussion with the directors!

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Zahra" directed by Mohammad Bakri
2021-07-31 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
About the film
Zahra is a Palestinian woman, from the village of al-Bane in the Galilee. Beginning with her childhood before the 1948 war, this compelling documentary takes us through the country’s turbulent history, as seen through the eponymous heroine’s eyes, and the perspectives of those around her. As Zahra grows, we experience the violent establishment of Israel, subsequent life under martial law (1948-1966), and the radical transformation of Palestinian society from a majority to a disenfranchised minority in their own homeland.

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The film screening will be followed by a discussion with the film director Mohammad Bakri. Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine Time. Duration: 1:03;00. Arabic with English subtitles.

Arab Film Series Online: The Lebanese Rocket Society
2021-08-28 - 2021-08-29
Arab Film Series Online: The Lebanese Rocket Society
Film available 12 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 28 to 11:59 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 29
Free with RSVP
In partnership with ArteEast and AFMI, AANM’s Arab Film Series Online this month presents the feature-length documentary Lebanese Rocket Society directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, which unravels the strange tale of the Lebanese space adventure forgotten from personal and collective memory. The film will be accompanied by a discussion with the artists. MORE INFO

Arab Film Series Online: Eleven Reflections on September
2021-09-09 - 2021-09-16
Film available Thursday, Sept. 9 – Thursday, Sept. 16
Online Stream – Register for Free
Join the Arab Film Series Online for a special program Eleven Reflections on September by Andrea Assaf: A poetry, music, movement and digital media exploration of Arab American experience, Wars on/of Terror, and “the constant, quiet rain of death amidst beauty” that each autumn brings in a post-9/11 world. The program will be accompanied by a discussion with the artist Andrea Assaf as well as Lubana Al Qantar, moderated by Leila Buck, available Sept. 13-16.
Based on a series of poems Andrea Assaf has written since 2001, Eleven Reflections spans the fall of the Twin Towers, the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the global rise of anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia, and the revolutions and uprisings that have swept through the Arab world in the last decade. Aesthetically, the poems explore the disintegration of language in the face of violence, prejudice, and unspeakable horror, as they progress from lyrical to abstract and broken.
The annual witnessing of autumn leaves becomes a metaphor for the fallen…as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this ever-evolving tour de force finds new relevance and urgency. As an experimental work that lives at the intersection of live performance and digital media, Eleven Reflections on September is beautiful, haunting, and truly genre-shattering.
104 minutes / 2021 / United States / Experimental / English and Arabic with English subtitles
Presented in partnership with Arab Film and Media Institute and ArteEast
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Virtual screening of the documentary film "The Bitter Peace," directed by Rawan Damen
2021-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The film screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with the film director.
About the Film
This is a two part film documenting the events that led to the signing of peace accords between Egypt and Israel, as well as, Jordan and Israel. The film delves into the role played by the US in reaching agreements between the parties.

Saturday, September 11, 2021
12:00 PM 2:00 PM

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Arte East: Reconstructing Histories
2021-09-16 - 2021-09-19
ArteEast is pleased to announce our new Unpacking the ArteArchive program:
RECONSTRUCTING HISTORIES examines the role of the documentary in representing the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90) through the experimental works of three important Lebanese post-war artists/filmmakers: Walid Raad, Jayce Salloum, and Mohamad Soueid.
Online Screening: Sept 16-19
This program is available for audiences worldwide.
FREE WITH RSVP / suggested donation $5: artearchive.org

RECONSTRUCTING HISTORIES is curated by ArteEast’s film curator Ginou Choueiri and presented as part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, preserving and presenting over 17 years of film and video programming by ArteEast.

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Virtual screening of the documentary film "Lost Cities of Palestine" directed by Ramez Kazmouz
2021-09-18 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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About the Film
An extraordinary insight into Palestinian life in the city before 1948, revealing the loss of a culture and lifestyle.
The film, directed by Ramez Kazmouz, is 49 minutes.
Rarely seen archival footage accompanies memories and accounts of forgotten Palestinian cities and the catastrophic effect the creation of Israel in 1948 had on them.
Haifa, Nazareth, and Jaffa have all been overshadowed by Tel Aviv, but in their day each of the Palestinian cities had magnificent commercial and cultural ability.
Made for Al Jazeera in 2011, “Lost cities of Palestine” provides a rare opportunity to see Palestine as it was in the 30s and 40s and learn about the everyday life and culture of urban Palestine before 1948.

the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) w/ virtual option
2021-09-29 - 2021-10-03
Mizna proudly presents the fifteenth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) from September 29 to October 3, 2021. TCAFF 2021 is a hybrid film festival, screening independent Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) cinema virtually for audiences across the United States and in-person at the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. TCAFF celebrates cinema from Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas, striving to represent a diverse range of stories from the SWANA region and beyond.

The films look amazing! Too many too list! Look now, pre order and mark your calendars!!
For the list of films click here: https://tcaff21.eventive.org/films

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Jerusalem: A Rock and a Hard Place "
2021-10-02 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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Jerusalem: A Rock And A Hard Place, a remarkable two-part documentary special from Al Jazeera English, goes behind the scenes with residents from each of the three monolithic faiths who share one of the world’s most extraordinary cities: Jerusalem.
Here, Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims and Christians exist in close geographical proximity and are bound in many ways by a common history.
But as these films reveal, they are also worlds apart.
The stark, every-day challenges of life in a city shaped by 70 years of Israeli occupation – with its oppressive discrimination, security walls and endless petty restrictions – aren’t always fully understood by outsiders. To followers of different faiths, Jerusalem is a sacred and spiritual place, to many tourists it’s most famous for its culturally significant monuments, but to those who live here its status is much more complex.

Movie: Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience
2021-10-07
Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience Content Warning: Descriptions & news footage of violence. Syrian refugee children heal from trauma with the support of scientists, humanitarians, and innovative research. Science fueled by compassion and hope. Director: Ron Bourke, Producer: Ron Bourke, 38 min, Jordan, United States

Streaming online between October 7th and 17th.
You can find the program festival here: https://www.socialjusticefilmfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SJFF2021_Program.pdf

SIX SHORT FICTIONAL FILMS FROM GHANA, EGYPT, IRAN, UK AND THE US: Tacoma Film Festival
2021-10-08 12:15 - 14:00, 2021-10-13 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Da Yie | Ghana | 20 | Anthony Nti | A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day with two energetic children, Prince and Matilda, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their lives.

i am afraid to forget your face | Egypt | 15 | Sameh Alaa | After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

Good Thanks, You? | United Kingdom | 13 | Molly Manning Walker | In the aftermath of an attack, Amy is left voiceless, trapped in a whirlwind of incompetence. She must find a way to confront what has happened, in order to save what matters to her most.

Witness | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15 | Ali Asgari | A mother helps an elderly woman in a shopping mall in Tehran. A tragedy occurs, brutally confronting her with the impact of her actions.

Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine | United Kingdom | 15 | Ethosheia Hylton | Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

Leylak | US | 17 | Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | In present day Queens, New York, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth, and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.

FAMILY SHORT FILMS - KID FLICKS TWO
2021-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Challenging expectations and reflecting growth and resilience, NYICFF Kid Flicks Two is a fantastic trip on the road to growing up. Surprises in a dumpling bring good luck, and many reflections, in the beautiful stop motion animation The Coin. In The One You Never Forget, a young teen tries to keep his first date under wraps, but his parents have other ideas. In Home Away 3000, a space traveller’s funky space van konks out on an unknown planet with plenty of surprises.

Wash Day | Canada | 2 | Jaida Salmon | Join Zoey as she goes through her weekly grueling routine of washing and styling her hair.

Shy & Ketchup | Chile | 4 | Teresa Romo | Hunger or craving, a shy girl has to push beyond her comfort zone to fulfill her need in this hilarious film.

The Butterfly Affect | US | 5 | Stephanie Blakey | Before “the change,” Jesse didn’t think she was any different from her friends. Now she’s a young worm trying to find her place in a butterfly’s world.

The Coin | China | 7 | Siqi Song | On Chinese New Year, finding the coin hidden in a dumpling brings good luck. One girl discovers new identities and long-standing connections tucked inside as well.

Paper Kite طيارة ورق | Qatar | 7 | Nada Bedair | From her sixth grade classroom, Noor sketches a kite she sees outside the school walls. When new student Zayn walks in, a dream starts to take flight.

Home Away 3000 | France | 11 | Héloïse Pétel & Philippe Baranzini | After crashing on an unknown planet, a space traveller begins to repair his spaceship. Little does he know the surprises that await him.

The One You Never Forget | US | 8 | Morgan Jon Fox | A 14-year-old excitedly prepares for his first dance, but will his date live up to his parents’ expectations?

3feet | Colombia | 14 | Giselle Geney | Get your (soccer) kicks on the way to school with Gonzalo as he hilariously tries his very best to keep things clean and stay in the game.

Eaten | Iran | 7 | Mohsen Rezapour | On a mysterious, unknown planet, a rabbit-like creature is eaten, but that’s just the beginning of the story.

WEBINAR WITH FIDA QISHTA - FILMMAKER FROM GAZA
2021-10-09 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 am
WEBINAR WITH FIDA QISHTA – FILMMAKER FROM GAZA
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fida Qishta has just returned from several months in Gaza. She will speak about current conditions there and share clips from footage filmed after her arrival and following the May 2021 Israeli military attacks on the Strip.

Fida was born and raised in Rafah in Gaza. In her previous award-winning documentary, Where Should the Birds Fly, she told the story of 10-year-old Mona Samouni in the aftermath of Israeli Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009). Join the webinar Saturday to hear how Fida has found Gaza twelve years later, as the Israeli imposed land, air, and sea blockade continues into its fifteenth year. This event is hosted by US Boats to Gaza, one of ten national campaigns in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition that sail to break the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, with support from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is proud to have lent support for Fida Qishta’s return to Gaza and to the launch of her newest film project.
LEARN MORE ABOUT FILMMAKER FIDA QISHTA HERE.
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE!

Movie: Alia's Birth: Tacoma Film Festival
2021-10-10 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-10-11 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Alia’s Birth Sam Abbas US/UK/Bolivia | 2020 | 66 min A rocky relationship between a female couple forces them to spend the night apart. Through their respective journeys we experience a live recorded set by queer superstar DJ/Producer Nicole Moudaber and witness a live home birth with a resuscitation. With Poorna Jagannathan, Nikohl Boosheri, Maya Kazan, Samuel H. Levine, and Edward Akrout. Sam Abbas is an Egyptian-American filmmaker currently living in Paris. In 2018, he founded the production company ArabQ Films, and released his debut feature The Wedding across the U.S. and Middle East. The film screened in Turkey, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt; countries in which it is difficult & in parts illegal to identify as gay or nonbinary. In 2020 Abbas acted as curator, director, editor, and producer and teamed with leading cinematographers from around the world to create the documentary Eremita (Anthologies).
SUNDAY OCTOBER 10 4:00 PM the grand cinema #1
MONDAY OCTOBER 11 4:30 PM the grand cinema #1

Rendezvous with Madness Festival
2021-10-28 - 2021-11-07
Join Workman Arts and us for the virtual screening of As I Want, directed by Samaher Alqadi. This Rendezvous with Madness film program will be available for online viewing from October 29th to November 7th. As I Want documents the women’s rebellion in Egypt on the second anniversary of the revolution – along the way Alqadi re-examines societal constructs of her own childhood in Palestine and what it means to be a woman and mother in the Middle East.
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JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Q&A
Watch a pre-recorded Q&A with the director of As I Want, Samaher Alqadi and the director of
We Have Not Come Here to Die, Deepa Dhanraj. Conversation moderated by filmmaker and film
programmer Aisha Jamal and available at the same link as the film.

Lebanese-American Actress Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus at Central Cinema
2021-10-29 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave (at 21st & Union ), Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.
Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the actress of Lebanese descent Kathy Najimy!

Film : Genre: Action,Comedy,Sci-Fi, 1993

Friday October 29th – Wednesday November 3rd
Evenings – 7:00pm
Matinees – 4:00pm
Thursday November 4th
Matinee – 5:00pm

Lebanese-American Actress Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus at Central Cinema
2021-10-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-10-30 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-10-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-10-31 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave (at 21st & Union ), Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.
Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the actress of Lebanese descent Kathy Najimy!

Film : Genre: Action,Comedy,Sci-Fi, 1993

Lebanese-American Actress Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus at Central Cinema Co
2021-10-31 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave (at 21st & Union ), Seattle, WA, 98122, United States

AANM Arab Film Festival
2021-11-01 - 2021-11-07
The Arab American National Museum proudly hosts its annual Arab Film Festival (AFF), featuring fascinating new titles from one of the most prolific and creative set of filmmakers on the planet. AFF is one of the Museum’s longest-running programs, dating back to its inception in 2005.
AFF showcases Arab and Arab American films for fans of Arabic-language movies and adventurous art-film lovers seeking new perspectives and outside-the-box thinking. Many of these films by both Arab world and Arab American artists are, with few exceptions, unlikely to reach traditional American commercial theaters. Genres include drama, comedy and documentary, in both short-form and feature lengths. Every festival film is subtitled in English, making them accessible to all.
The Arab Film Festival strives to bring you the absolute best films from the Arab world and Arab American community to your doorstep with many films making their Michigan and/or U.S. debut.
We pride ourselves on creating a safe space, a platform for Arab and Arab American films and filmmakers and to give a voice to Arab and Arab American artists and their stories.
This year’s Arab Film Festival will be taking place both online and in-person from November 1-7, 2021.
