Virtual screening of the documentary film "The Bitter Peace," directed by Rawan Damen
2021-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
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 | WA
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) | WA
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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 | WA
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) | WA
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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 | WA
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) | WA
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.
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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 | WA
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 | WA
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.

Damascus Dreams at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival
2021-11-10 - 2021-11-19 | WA
Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival and AANM co-present Damascus Dreams as part of #reelasian25. Directed by Émilie Serri, Damascus Dreams explores and interrogates the fraught notions of dreams, and memories of “home,” moving loosely through old video footage and conversations, and dreamlike sequences. Serri gathers these stories and memories to hold against her own questions about a homeland she does not have access to. This film is available online starting November 10th at 10 AM till November 19th at 7 PM.

Queer Cinema for Palestine
2021-11-11 - 2021-11-20 | WA
TPFF is one of the coordinators of the inaugural Queer Cinema for Palestine! The festival will run from 11-20 November and host more than a dozen events across five continents, both online and in person. QCP is a first-time global queer solidarity initiative that offers a vibrant space using art and culture to oppose the ongoing violence of Israeli apartheid.
The online program will be hosted on the Toronto Queer Film Festival’s state-of-the-art platform designed with accessibility in mind. Films will be available on demand for the duration of the festival.
QCP encourages local queer, Palestine solidarity and anti-racist groups around the world to organize watch parties during the festival.
The full QCP program will be announced in early November.

Conversation with Arab American Filmmaker, Mike Mosallam
2021-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Please join us for a conversation with Arab American Producer and Actor, Mike Mosallam. His latest film is “Breaking Fast” which had its World Premiere in March 2020 and garnered major awards. In addition, he is the creator and co-Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed “All American Muslim.”

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Arab Film Festival 2021
2021-11-18 - 2021-11-24 | WA
We are putting the finishing touches to AFF2021’s schedule and can’t wait to share it! In the meantime, here’s a little preview of what’s coming:

A selection of shorts from Iraq and Lebanon
Our annual Queer Lens
Award winning features including Moss Agate, Our River…Our Sky, and 200 Meters
A spotlight on documentaries directed by women
and more!

Moss Agate (Lebanon, 2021)
Beirut, summer 2019. The filmmaker experiences a descent into the abyss. His health is at stake and his film community is falling apart. His actress friend Tamara is the last one to leave…
Our River…Our Sky (Iraq, 2020)
In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighborhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist. With the news of Saddam Hussein’s sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.
200 Meters (Palestine, 2020)
Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. One day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured in an accident. Rushing to cross the Israeli checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicality. But a father’s love won’t give up and he will do anything to reach his son. A 200 meter distance becomes a 200 kilometer odyssey, as Mustafa, left with no choice, attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall.

Free virtual screening of "Trip Along Exodus," a film directed by Hind Shoufani
2021-11-20 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
The film/poem recreates the last 70 years of Palestinian and Arab politics seen through the prism of the life of the filmmaker’s father, Dr. Elias Shoufani, a leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, an academic and leftist intellectual who was one of the leaders of the opposition to Arafat within Fatah for 20 years. The film language uses archive, poetry, family photos/8mm films, glitter, cartoons, animation, macro-photography, interviews, and other multimedia formats in a video-art amalgam—a personal and political memoir.

InFocus: Arab Cinema (2021)
2021-12-10 - 2021-12-11 | WA
We are proud to join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as partners for this year’s virtual edition of the annual NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema program. The weekend will feature an international lineup of films by talented emerging filmmakers across three short film programs. The event will include virtual screenings, filmmaker Q&A’s and industry panels.
More details and programming information to come.

Freedom Film Series #5: To Treat Kids Like Me (Virtual)
2021-12-12 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
“To Treat Kids Like Me:” Dec 12 screening & discussion, sponsored by Donkeysaddle Projects

About this event

With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need of medical treatments can only find them outside the strip. Yet Israel’s convoluted, arbitrary permit process leaves them waiting in pain, often missing life-saving care. To Treat Kids Like Me (produced by Donkeysaddle Projects and +972 Magazine) follows the family of Mohamed Saleh and several other children in the Gaza Strip as they navigate the often Kafqaesqe process of getting permission from the Israeli army to leave the besieged strip for medical treatments that are unavailable there.
The 5th offering in DSP’s Freedom Film Series will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jen Marlowe and special guests:

Ghada Majadli: Director of the Physicians for Human Rights-Israel department for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT); featured in To Treat Kids Like Me.
Mohamed Lafi: Public health professional working for the World Health Organization in the OPT, with a focus on access to health care for patients who need to seek care outside the OPT.
Fadi Abu Shammalah: Manager of Donkeysaddle’s Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project; has been DSP’s on-the-ground support for Mohamad Salah (who is featured in To Treat Kids Like Me)
Miranda Cleland: Communications Manager for Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP). DCIP documents cases like Mohamed’s where Israeli forces kill or injure Palestinian children.

Tickets by donation. 50% of ticket proceeds go to Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project, including Mohamad Salah’s medical care.
Co-sponsored by Just Vision & Defense for Children International-Palestine

Route 181: Fragments of a Journey In Palestine-Israel, a three-part film
2022-01-27 - 2022-01-30 | WA
To kick off the winter 2022 season, we present Route 181: Fragments of a Journey In Palestine-Israel, a three-part film with a focus on daily life in Palestine.
In the summer of 2002, Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi travel together from the south to the north of their country of birth; they traced their trajectory on a map and called it ROUTE 181. This virtual line follows the borders outlined in Resolution 181, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1947 to partition Palestine into two states.
As they travel, Khleifi and Sivan meet a multitude of characters, each of which has their own way of evoking the frontiers that separate them from their neighbors: concrete, barbed-wire, cynicism, humor, indifference, suspicion, aggression; frontiers have been built on the hills and in the plains, on mountains and in valleys but above all, in the collective unconscious of both societies.
JAN 26–30, 2022
PART ONE: THE SOUTH

From Ashdod to Gaza. Sivan and Khleifi begin their cinematic journey through the southern parts of Palestine-Israel, interviewing a juice seller, a candy seller, an engineer, and a manager, gaining perspectives from Israelis and Palestinians about everyday life. They visit a kibbutz, travel to Gaza, and hear residents’ understandings of the Zionist project alongside discussions of Palestinians’ right to return. Their task as filmmakers is to document, to convey what is desired and what is experienced, to distinguish people’s dreams from political projects, to hear what one wants to forget, and to listen to the other–this is how the journey begins.

Screening IN-PERSON at Trylon Cinema on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 at 7pm. TICKETS

Available VIRTUALLY Jan 27–30, 2022 in the US ONLY. TICKETS

Sundance Movie at NWFF: Sirens (in person)
2022-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Friday, Jan. 28:
6pm: Sirens (Rita Baghdadi, US, 2021, 78 min) On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. International Documentary Feature – World Cinema: Documentary Competition

Unpacking the ArteArchive Online Film Program: Four Films
2022-02-04 - 2022-02-13 | WA
This film series includes a cult-classic from the archives, an essay film exploring the nature of archiving, and three experiments in transmission: celluloid, CGI, and the mosalsalat. They are examples of imagining otherwise, in a region where feminist histories remain on the margins.

In South West Asia and North Africa, there are historical records of women’s cinema since the 1920s. However, a lack of state funding for archival projects, as well as factors such as conflict and war, mean that we often encounter these films only through written accounts. The films themselves are inaccessible, or more often damaged or lost.
Feminist history is subversive, and often excluded from mainstream historiographies. Since the 1970s, many women have made films about archiving practice, or their own cultural histories, which have been erased from popular imagination. In more recent times, digital technology has become a mode of reconstructing stories in the absence of archival material, as well as a tool to undertake more ambitious restoration projects.

THE NOUBA WOMEN OF MOUNT CHENOUA, Assia Djebar, Algeria,1977, 115 min, 35mm-to-digital.In Arabic and French w/ English subtitles

KHTOBTOGONE, Sara Sadik, France, 2021, 16 min, digital. In French w/ English subtitles.

A FEELING GREATER THAN LOVE / SHU’OUR AKBAR MIN AL HOB, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Lebanon, 2017, 99 min, digital. In Arabic w/ English subtitles.

GHARIBA, Meriem Bennani, Morocco/U.S., 2017, 19 min, digital. In Arabic w/ English subtitles

RSVP FOR ARCHIVE FEVER ONLINE SCREENING!

Co-presented by ArteEast and Anthology Film Archives, this series is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents over 17 years of film and video programming by ArteEast. In addition to the in-person, theatrical screenings at Anthology Film Archives, the series will be presented on artearchive.org from February 4 -13. For more information, visit artearchive.org
