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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-05/3/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-05/2/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-05/1/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-04/2/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-04/1/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T211500
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-03/2/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Palestine 36
DESCRIPTION:Palestine’s Official Submission to the 98th Academy Awards. Official Selection of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. \nA film by Annemarie Jacir Starring Hiam Abbass\, Kamel Al Basha\, Yasmine Al Massri\, Jalal Altawil\, Robert Aramayo\, Saleh Bakri\, Yafa Bakri\, Karim Daoud Anaya\, Wardi Eilabouni\, Ward Helou\, Billy Howle\, Dhafer L’Abidine\, with Liam Cunningham\, and Jeremy Irons. \nIn 1936\, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine\, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt\, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe\, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. \nWatermelon Pictures is a film production and distribution company rooted in creative resistance. Our mission is to champion unheard voices\, inspire the world to stand up to injustice and imagine our way into a shared\, liberated future. \n  \nhttps://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/palestine-36
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-palestine-36-siff/2026-04-03/1/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T210000
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SUMMARY:Film: Gaza is Our Home
DESCRIPTION:Peyvand NPO\, in collaboration with MELC\, is doing a screening of Gaza Is Our Home at the Seattle Film Center on Jan. 22 at 6:30 PM. Gaza Is Our Home is a profoundly personal documentary that peels back the layers of devastation within the Gaza Strip\, as witnessed through the lens of filmmaker Monear Shaer.\n\nShaer’s debut documentary was created out of agony as a timely\, impactful\, and tragic response to the collective anguish of all who call Gaza home. Monear Shaer will be with us at SIFF for a Q&A session after the film. Please buy your tickets and spread the word!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/film-gaza-is-our-home/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260118T120000
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CREATED:20251228T201336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251228T201336Z
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SUMMARY:Movie: All That's Left of You
DESCRIPTION:Screening location: SIFF Film Center – 167 Republican St\, Seattle (located within the Seattle Center\, just north of Climate Pledge Arena / east of KEXP and The Vera Project) \n\n\n\n\nShortlisted for the Academy Award for International Feature Film. \nA deeply moving\, multigenerational drama\, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU follows a Palestinian teenager who gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades\, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family\, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival. Jordan’s Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards. \nIn Arabic with English subtitles. \n\n\nSaturday\, Jan 17\, 2026\, 10:30am\nSunday\, Jan 18\, 2026\, 10:30am
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-all-thats-left-of-you-4/2026-01-18/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260117T103000
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SUMMARY:Movie: All That's Left of You
DESCRIPTION:Screening location: SIFF Film Center – 167 Republican St\, Seattle (located within the Seattle Center\, just north of Climate Pledge Arena / east of KEXP and The Vera Project) \n\n\n\n\nShortlisted for the Academy Award for International Feature Film. \nA deeply moving\, multigenerational drama\, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU follows a Palestinian teenager who gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades\, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family\, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival. Jordan’s Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards. \nIn Arabic with English subtitles. \n\n\nSaturday\, Jan 17\, 2026\, 10:30am\nSunday\, Jan 18\, 2026\, 10:30am
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-all-thats-left-of-you-4/2026-01-17/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250911T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250911T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250911T141951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T143952Z
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SUMMARY:Movie: A State of Passion
DESCRIPTION:After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals\, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon\, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah\, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world\, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from amputations without anesthetics to orphaned children with no surviving family\, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities. \nThis was the sixth and most horrific Gaza “war” during which Ghassan had traveled to provide critical medical aid. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine; a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work. \nIn Arabic with English subtitles. \nA portion of the proceeds from this screening will be donated to The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund\, providing medical attention to the children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Gaza and Lebanon. \n“…an important piece of work… Some of what it has to say will echo for decades\, and nobody who watches it will forget what they have seen.” Jennie Kermode\, Eye For Film
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-a-state-of-passion/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T210000
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CREATED:20250630T060954Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250720T163000
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DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
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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-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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250630T060908Z
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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/seattle-international-film-festival-to_a_land_unknown-4/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250718T210000
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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/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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T220000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250430T193339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T194138Z
UID:10003063-1747944000-1747951200@arabishway.com
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T223000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250430T192619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192832Z
UID:10003059-1747859400-1747866600@arabishway.com
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250309
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250226T204935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T205127Z
UID:10002879-1741392000-1741478399@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nshowtimes TBD
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff-march/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250130T033359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T033445Z
UID:10002833-1739214000-1739219400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n7:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff-5/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250130T033238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T033339Z
UID:10002832-1739041200-1739046600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 8\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n7:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff-3/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250208T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250131T184831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T184906Z
UID:10002834-1739033100-1739039400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 8\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n7:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff-b/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250130T032858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T034510Z
UID:10002830-1738954800-1738960200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 7\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 8\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n7:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250207T181500
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20250130T033016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T033230Z
UID:10002831-1738946700-1738952100@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:No Other Land: SIFF
DESCRIPTION:For half a decade\, Basel Adra\, a Palestinian activist\, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation\, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. \n\n\n\nDirector:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nCountry:Palestine\, Norway\nRunning Time:95 min.\nProducer:Fabien Greenberg\, Bård Kjøge Rønning\nCinematographers:Rachel Szor\nEditors:Basel Adra\, Hamdan Ballal\, Yuval Abraham\, Rachel Szor\nMusic:Julius Pollux Rothlaender\nLanguage:Arabic\, Hebrew\, English\nUS Distributor:Cintetic Handling \nInternational Sales:Autlook\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 7\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 8\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n4:45 PM7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, FEBRUARY 10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIFF Film Center \n\n\n7:00 PM
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/no-other-land-siff-2/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20240425T032443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T032530Z
UID:10002380-1716053400-1716060600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:SIFF: Three Promises [Palestine]
DESCRIPTION:In the early 2000s\, when the Israeli army was retaliating against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in Palestine\, Suha filmed the experience from the hillside town of Beit Jala\, where she lived with her family. Two decades later\, her son has edited that footage and interwoven it with present-day conversations with his mother about what that period was like. The result provides a remarkable insight into daily life during wartime—the uncertainty\, the upheaval\, the terror—which families in Gaza are experiencing today. Suha and her husband try to gauge the distance of the attacks in order to calculate the degree of threat. Is it time to go down to the basement\, or is it still okay to remain upstairs? Will the children be safer against the wall or in the corner? At the moments of greatest danger\, Suha promises God that\, if they survive\, they will leave—they are fortunate enough to be able to do so. But leaving feels almost as impossible as staying\, a choice between emotional anguish (not to mention the logistical ordeal) and physical jeopardy. In this way\, the film is also an exploration of the topic of forced migration\, another aspect of the Palestinian experience that is still with us in the present. \n  \n 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/three-promises-2/
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:20240517T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T163000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20240425T030809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T032421Z
UID:10002379-1715956200-1715963400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:SIFF: Three Promises [Palestine]
DESCRIPTION:In the early 2000s\, when the Israeli army was retaliating against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in Palestine\, Suha filmed the experience from the hillside town of Beit Jala\, where she lived with her family. Two decades later\, her son has edited that footage and interwoven it with present-day conversations with his mother about what that period was like. The result provides a remarkable insight into daily life during wartime—the uncertainty\, the upheaval\, the terror—which families in Gaza are experiencing today. Suha and her husband try to gauge the distance of the attacks in order to calculate the degree of threat. Is it time to go down to the basement\, or is it still okay to remain upstairs? Will the children be safer against the wall or in the corner? At the moments of greatest danger\, Suha promises God that\, if they survive\, they will leave—they are fortunate enough to be able to do so. But leaving feels almost as impossible as staying\, a choice between emotional anguish (not to mention the logistical ordeal) and physical jeopardy. In this way\, the film is also an exploration of the topic of forced migration\, another aspect of the Palestinian experience that is still with us in the present. \n  \n 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/three-promises/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T190000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20220831T032929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T032957Z
UID:10001459-1662917400-1662922800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: Costa Brava at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Lebanon | 2021 | 107 min. | Mounia Akl \nFilmed just a couple of months after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives\, this film references an earlier crisis of government corruption and ineptitude\, the 2015 Beirut garbage crisis\, when the streets of the city were congested with uncollected trash. But it functions as both a general-purpose lamentation for Lebanon as well as an allegory for our global climate catastrophe. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) long ago fled the pollution and dysfunction of Beirut to live off the grid in an idyllic mountain hideaway. Raising their two young daughters and caring for Walid’s elderly mother\, they have abandoned the political action with which they used to face the country’s problems—until the country’s problems come looking for them. One day\, representatives of the government arrive in the valley where the Badris live to begin construction of a new landfill. (“Don’t worry\,” they assure them\, “This will be a ‘green’ landfill.”) The construction gradually encroaches on the family’s property\, and the pile of garbage grows bigger. As toxic smoke fills the air and the water in the swimming pool turns blood-red\, tensions rise within the family. “Where will we run away to this time?” asks Soraya. A famous singer and activist in her younger years\, she is ready to take up the struggle again. Walid is not so sure. — Justine Barda \n\n\n\nDirector:Mounia Akl\nPrincipal Cast:Nadine Labaki\, Saleh Bakri\, Nadia Charbel\, Ceana Restom\, Geana Restom\nCountry:Lebanon\, France\, Spain\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Norway\, Qatar\nYear:2021\nRunning Time:107 min.\nProducer:Myriam Sassine\, Georges Schoucair\nScreenplay:Mounia Akl\, Clara Roquet\nCinematographers:Joe Saade\nEditors:Carlos Marques-Marcet\, Cyril Aris\nMusic:Nathan Larson\nAwards:London Film Festival 2021 (Audience Award: Best Film)\nLanguage:Arabic\nHas Subtitles:Yes\nUS Distributor:Kino Lorber\nInternational Sales:mk2 Films
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-costa-brava-5/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20220831T032848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T032918Z
UID:10001458-1662908400-1662915600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: Costa Brava at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Lebanon | 2021 | 107 min. | Mounia Akl \nFilmed just a couple of months after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives\, this film references an earlier crisis of government corruption and ineptitude\, the 2015 Beirut garbage crisis\, when the streets of the city were congested with uncollected trash. But it functions as both a general-purpose lamentation for Lebanon as well as an allegory for our global climate catastrophe. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) long ago fled the pollution and dysfunction of Beirut to live off the grid in an idyllic mountain hideaway. Raising their two young daughters and caring for Walid’s elderly mother\, they have abandoned the political action with which they used to face the country’s problems—until the country’s problems come looking for them. One day\, representatives of the government arrive in the valley where the Badris live to begin construction of a new landfill. (“Don’t worry\,” they assure them\, “This will be a ‘green’ landfill.”) The construction gradually encroaches on the family’s property\, and the pile of garbage grows bigger. As toxic smoke fills the air and the water in the swimming pool turns blood-red\, tensions rise within the family. “Where will we run away to this time?” asks Soraya. A famous singer and activist in her younger years\, she is ready to take up the struggle again. Walid is not so sure. — Justine Barda \n\n\n\nDirector:Mounia Akl\nPrincipal Cast:Nadine Labaki\, Saleh Bakri\, Nadia Charbel\, Ceana Restom\, Geana Restom\nCountry:Lebanon\, France\, Spain\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Norway\, Qatar\nYear:2021\nRunning Time:107 min.\nProducer:Myriam Sassine\, Georges Schoucair\nScreenplay:Mounia Akl\, Clara Roquet\nCinematographers:Joe Saade\nEditors:Carlos Marques-Marcet\, Cyril Aris\nMusic:Nathan Larson\nAwards:London Film Festival 2021 (Audience Award: Best Film)\nLanguage:Arabic\nHas Subtitles:Yes\nUS Distributor:Kino Lorber\nInternational Sales:mk2 Films
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-costa-brava-4/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T045611
CREATED:20220831T032808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T032838Z
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SUMMARY:Movie: Costa Brava at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Lebanon | 2021 | 107 min. | Mounia Akl \nFilmed just a couple of months after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives\, this film references an earlier crisis of government corruption and ineptitude\, the 2015 Beirut garbage crisis\, when the streets of the city were congested with uncollected trash. But it functions as both a general-purpose lamentation for Lebanon as well as an allegory for our global climate catastrophe. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) long ago fled the pollution and dysfunction of Beirut to live off the grid in an idyllic mountain hideaway. Raising their two young daughters and caring for Walid’s elderly mother\, they have abandoned the political action with which they used to face the country’s problems—until the country’s problems come looking for them. One day\, representatives of the government arrive in the valley where the Badris live to begin construction of a new landfill. (“Don’t worry\,” they assure them\, “This will be a ‘green’ landfill.”) The construction gradually encroaches on the family’s property\, and the pile of garbage grows bigger. As toxic smoke fills the air and the water in the swimming pool turns blood-red\, tensions rise within the family. “Where will we run away to this time?” asks Soraya. A famous singer and activist in her younger years\, she is ready to take up the struggle again. Walid is not so sure. — Justine Barda \n\n\n\nDirector:Mounia Akl\nPrincipal Cast:Nadine Labaki\, Saleh Bakri\, Nadia Charbel\, Ceana Restom\, Geana Restom\nCountry:Lebanon\, France\, Spain\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Norway\, Qatar\nYear:2021\nRunning Time:107 min.\nProducer:Myriam Sassine\, Georges Schoucair\nScreenplay:Mounia Akl\, Clara Roquet\nCinematographers:Joe Saade\nEditors:Carlos Marques-Marcet\, Cyril Aris\nMusic:Nathan Larson\nAwards:London Film Festival 2021 (Audience Award: Best Film)\nLanguage:Arabic\nHas Subtitles:Yes\nUS Distributor:Kino Lorber\nInternational Sales:mk2 Films
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-costa-brava-3/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Costa Brava at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Lebanon | 2021 | 107 min. | Mounia Akl \nFilmed just a couple of months after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives\, this film references an earlier crisis of government corruption and ineptitude\, the 2015 Beirut garbage crisis\, when the streets of the city were congested with uncollected trash. But it functions as both a general-purpose lamentation for Lebanon as well as an allegory for our global climate catastrophe. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) long ago fled the pollution and dysfunction of Beirut to live off the grid in an idyllic mountain hideaway. Raising their two young daughters and caring for Walid’s elderly mother\, they have abandoned the political action with which they used to face the country’s problems—until the country’s problems come looking for them. One day\, representatives of the government arrive in the valley where the Badris live to begin construction of a new landfill. (“Don’t worry\,” they assure them\, “This will be a ‘green’ landfill.”) The construction gradually encroaches on the family’s property\, and the pile of garbage grows bigger. As toxic smoke fills the air and the water in the swimming pool turns blood-red\, tensions rise within the family. “Where will we run away to this time?” asks Soraya. A famous singer and activist in her younger years\, she is ready to take up the struggle again. Walid is not so sure. — Justine Barda \n\n\n\nDirector:Mounia Akl\nPrincipal Cast:Nadine Labaki\, Saleh Bakri\, Nadia Charbel\, Ceana Restom\, Geana Restom\nCountry:Lebanon\, France\, Spain\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Norway\, Qatar\nYear:2021\nRunning Time:107 min.\nProducer:Myriam Sassine\, Georges Schoucair\nScreenplay:Mounia Akl\, Clara Roquet\nCinematographers:Joe Saade\nEditors:Carlos Marques-Marcet\, Cyril Aris\nMusic:Nathan Larson\nAwards:London Film Festival 2021 (Audience Award: Best Film)\nLanguage:Arabic\nHas Subtitles:Yes\nUS Distributor:Kino Lorber\nInternational Sales:mk2 Films
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-costa-brava-2/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: Costa Brava at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Lebanon | 2021 | 107 min. | Mounia Akl \nFilmed just a couple of months after the August 2020 Beirut port explosion that claimed more than 200 lives\, this film references an earlier crisis of government corruption and ineptitude\, the 2015 Beirut garbage crisis\, when the streets of the city were congested with uncollected trash. But it functions as both a general-purpose lamentation for Lebanon as well as an allegory for our global climate catastrophe. Soraya (Nadine Labaki) and Walid Badri (Saleh Bakri) long ago fled the pollution and dysfunction of Beirut to live off the grid in an idyllic mountain hideaway. Raising their two young daughters and caring for Walid’s elderly mother\, they have abandoned the political action with which they used to face the country’s problems—until the country’s problems come looking for them. One day\, representatives of the government arrive in the valley where the Badris live to begin construction of a new landfill. (“Don’t worry\,” they assure them\, “This will be a ‘green’ landfill.”) The construction gradually encroaches on the family’s property\, and the pile of garbage grows bigger. As toxic smoke fills the air and the water in the swimming pool turns blood-red\, tensions rise within the family. “Where will we run away to this time?” asks Soraya. A famous singer and activist in her younger years\, she is ready to take up the struggle again. Walid is not so sure. — Justine Barda \n\n\n\nDirector:Mounia Akl\nPrincipal Cast:Nadine Labaki\, Saleh Bakri\, Nadia Charbel\, Ceana Restom\, Geana Restom\nCountry:Lebanon\, France\, Spain\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Norway\, Qatar\nYear:2021\nRunning Time:107 min.\nProducer:Myriam Sassine\, Georges Schoucair\nScreenplay:Mounia Akl\, Clara Roquet\nCinematographers:Joe Saade\nEditors:Carlos Marques-Marcet\, Cyril Aris\nMusic:Nathan Larson\nAwards:London Film Festival 2021 (Audience Award: Best Film)\nLanguage:Arabic\nHas Subtitles:Yes\nUS Distributor:Kino Lorber\nInternational Sales:mk2 Films
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-costa-brava/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Movie
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