The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to London, screening classic and contemporary films at the Barbican, Cine Lumiere, the ICA and Garden Cinema alongside over a dozen Q&As and panel discussions. The 2024 festival brings together over 50 films from 15 countries including new releases, classics, family friendly screenings, archive films, special events […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to HOME Manchester with films from Sudan, Palestine, Yemen and Jordan, plus special live events. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL + Q&A (19 June, 18:00) Mohamed Jabaly | Norway, Palestine, Qatar | 2023 | 93’ | English, Norwegian, Arabic | Feature Documentary The young Palestinian director Mohamed Jabaly is […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to Plymouth with films exploring family, exile, memory and solidarity, plus two live Q&As. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL + Q&A (21 June, 20:30) Mohamed Jabaly | Norway, Palestine, Qatar | 2023 | 93’ | English, Norwegian, Arabic | Feature Documentary The young Palestinian director Mohamed Jabaly is visiting […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to Oxford with classic and contemporary films from Sudan, Palestine and Jordan, plus some special live events. Bye Bye Tiberias (Preview) (19 June, 18:30) Lina Soualem | France, Palestine , Belgium, Qatar | 2023 | 82’ | French, Palestinian Arabic Closed captions and Audio Description available Feature […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to Hull with two award-winning films from Palestine and Sudan exploring family and friendship, exile, memory and the realities of daily life under war and occupation. Goodbye Julia (18 June, 19:30) Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, KSA, Sweden | 2023 | 120’ Arabic Set in […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema screens at Midlands Arts Centre, presenting fiction and documentaries from North Africa and Palestine, plus two special live events. Hounds (21 June, 19:45) Kamal Lazraq | Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | 2022 | 94’ | Darija, Berber and French Feature fiction Kamal Lazraq‘s first feature is […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema screens at Chapter Arts Centre with new and classic films from Palestine, Yemen and Sudan. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL + Q&A (20 June, 18:00) Mohamed Jabaly | Norway, Palestine, Qatar | 2023 | 93’ | English, Norwegian, Arabic | Feature Documentary The young Palestinian director is visiting a film […]
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema screens at Glasgow Film Theatre. Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A (22 June, 20:00) Lina Soualem France, Palestine , Belgium, Qatar | 2023 | 82’ | French, Palestinian Arabic Closed captions and Audio Description available Feature documentary In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to […]
The best science fiction says more about the time in which it’s written than the future it’s claiming to predict… Comma Press’ Futures Past series features stories set 100 years after a seismic national event, whether the Nakba in Palestine (1948) or the 2011 Revolution in Egypt. At this event, you’ll hear from contributors to […]
This workshop will explore some of the key concepts of artistic movement and explore participants’ own experiences in movement. Firstly we will explore participants’ own experiences in movement, these might be positive, negative or both. Dr Shrehan Lynch will then give a summary of her research and share the art of movement for life. She will […]