We are thrilled to announce that Arzé by Mira Shaib will screen at the 28th Arab Film Festival. Arzé will screen on October 25th at the AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco.
Arzé, a struggling single mother in Beirut, supports her agoraphobic sister and teenage son, Kinan, by selling homemade pies. Desperate to expand, she steals her sister’s bracelet to buy a delivery scooter, but when it’s stolen, Arzé and Kinan race through Beirut’s sectarian neighborhoods to retrieve it, facing a ticking clock and mounting pressure.
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Arzé
Directed by MIRA SHAIB
Written by LOUAY KHRAISH, FAISSAL SAM SHAIB
Starring DIAMOND ABU ABBOUD, BETTY TAOUTEL, BILAL AL HAMWI
Run Time: 93 minutes
Year: 2024
Country: Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Language: Arabic
“Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming” – Matt Fountain on Letterboxd
About the Director, Mira Shaib
Mira Shaib is a Lebanese director of the feature film, Arzé which premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2024. She is an alumnus of prestigious film development labs and residencies, including Robert Bosch Stiftung, where she attended the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Film Independent’s Global Media Makers LA Residency, the Red Sea Lodge, and the Torino Film Lab. Her first feature film was among the first recipients of the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation Production Fund.
Mira Shaib earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film & Television from the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts from Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal.
Mira is the co-founder of Cinema For All, an arts initiative with a mission to make cinema accessible in rural Lebanon.
Arzé will screen on October 25th at the AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco.
For more information about the 28th Arab Film Festival, visit arabfilmfestival.org
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