September 2020
This year we are excited to co-present the film program "Resisting Borders" with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival happening online between September 23-29, 2020. Audiences around the world can enjoy this program with on-demand availability for the entire duration of the festival in addition to concerts and special events by your favourite Palestinian artists.
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12 p.m. PST Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 Arab Film Series Online: Beauty and the Dogs (2017) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania Free with
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Available online at AFMI's Virtual Cinema Platform: Arab Cinema ReImagined Friday, Oct. 23 - Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 Breaking Fast (2020) dir.
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Available online at AFMI’s Virtual Cinema Platform: Arab Cinema ReImagined Tuesday Oct. 28 - Sunday Nov. 1, 2020 Madayen (2016) dir. Ayman Tamano
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Four Arab film + cultural orgs from across the country are partnering this year to bring you a virtual Arab Film Fest,
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The Arab Film Fest Collab will open with Najwa Najjar's much anticipated Between Heaven and Earth. The screening will be followed by
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We are proud to join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as presenting partners
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Join us for our first Showcase of the year, as AFMI's annual Arab Women's Showcase goes virtual! Curated by Donna K. Khorsheed,
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Starting today, we are pleased to celebrate and showcase the work of famed Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman as part of the Arab
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Hear from 'Breaking Fast' director Mike Mosallam and members of the cast and crew's reflections on representation, their work in the arts
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