The Showroom presents a spring screening series curated by The Arab Film Club and Ifriqiya Cinema. In dialogue with Mandy El Sayegh’s Mural: This is a Sign: Notes on Assembly, the programme brings together films by Arab artists and filmmakers working across geographies and diasporas.

In this first event in the series, The Arab Film Club curates a programme of short films written and starring its own members, with themes including gender inequality, challenges of working in the Arab film industry, social media and Palestine, and the war in Gaza.

After the four films, there will be a Q&A on stage with actress/writer Ibbi El Hani (Hysteria), actress/writer Nadia Nadif (Notification), writer Khalil Hefaf (Aksil) and actress Sofia Asir (Hind Under Siege).

About the programme
Spanning four events in the Church Street neighbourhood, the series invites audiences to engage with questions of representation, displacement, political witnessing, and the politics of visibility through shared viewing and discussion.