Shorts Programme 2 + Panel on “Defying Politics, Towards Pan-Arabism in Cinema”
Virtual
Join us for our second Shorts Programme followed by a Panel Discussion on titled “Defying Politics, Towards Pan-Arabism in Cinema: The Role of Transnational Cinemas and Film Festivals in Creating a New Arab Cinema” featuring speakers Walid El-Kachab, Christina Piovesan and Viviane Saglier, moderated by Karam Masri. Given the recent new wave of Arab cinema, bolstered by co-productions and initiatives around the world, particularly in film festivals, this panel aims to examine the recent wave of Arab films in international film festivals through the lens of a pan-Arab renaissance. Recent co-production initiatives, transnational talent development and pan-Arab distribution, in particular, are defying national borders and are reinvigorating and redefining preconceived notions of what constitutes Arab cinema.
Compressed
2017 | 8mins | Syria, France | Arabic
Compressed highlights the work of Khaled Dawwa, a Syrian artist, who was in one of the Syrian regime’s prisons. He […]
Four Acts for Syria
2019 | 14mins | Syria, Germany | Arabic
Syrian history has been multicultural for centuries. This film is a voyage through Syrian culture until today’s insanity. It is […]
I Have Seen Nothing, I Have Seen All
2019 | 20mins | Sweden, Syria | Arabic
After talking about the end of the war in Syria and the start of the reconstruction phase, Yaser and his […]
In the Middle
2019 | 14mins | Yemen, Qatar, Russia | Arabic, English
In a rarely seen perspective of war, we follow Ali—a Yemeni soldier on tour in the temporary capital of Aden. […]
The Return of Osiris
2019 | 14mins | Palestine | Arabic
On June 9, 1967, Egyptian President at the time, Gamal Abdel Nasser appeared on television and radio to inform the […]
Towards the Sun
2019 | 17mins | Canada, Lebanon | French, English
You are now in the main hall of the National Museum in Beirut. A guard reminds you that you are […]
