ARAB FILM FESTIVAL - 2 - 5 JULY
July 3rd 2009 02:59
presented by the International and Cultural Exchange.
2 - 5 July at Riverside Theatres Parramatta.
Opening night sets the tone with a screening of the acclaimed Captain Abu Raed.
Last night saw the opening of the first Arab Film Festival in Australia. With overseas film festivals usually concentrating on languages and varying from culture to culture, this festival concentrates specifically on one culture. Hopefully the festival will help to dismiss some of the stereotypes in modern society and break down some o the barriers that lead to the violence and misunderstanding not just on the other side of the world, but in our own backyards.
Screening until Monday the 5th of July, you should try to make it out to the Riverside at least once over the weekend.
Last nights opening film screening was ‘Captain Abu Raed’ is the first Jordanian feature film to be screened in Australia. After picking up a multitude of awards across the world, including the 2008 Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the festival continued to delight at the opening nights audience. It tells the story of a storyteller, Abu Raed, the janitor at Amman airport. Local kids mistaken him for an airline captain and as he takes to the role, he gets further involved in the lives of the children and their families, and recognises that each and every one of them is desperately curious about the outside world.
With films from Australia, Denmark, Lebanon, Egypt, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, the stories cover every facet of life seen from a uniquely Arabic perspective.
TONIGHTS FILM
BEIRUT OPEN CITY / DOUKHAN BILA NARCountry: Lebanon
An American flag flies at the head of five identical jeeps heading straight for the city of Beirut. A man sits on the rear brandishing a heavy machine gun. Khaled’s camera captures this moment, and many moments after that, and thus the stories of fear, violence, repression and corruption begin. A feature action-drama set at the height of the Syrian presence in Lebanon - and an insight into Beirut’s underbelly.
Session: Friday 3 July, 8pm
Marathon Packages for the festival are available for $99 / $69 Conditions apply.
To book phone 8839 3399 or book online at The Riverside Theatre website.
For full program details visit the Arab Film Festival website.
www.arabfilmfestival.com.au
Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) receives core funding from the FTO through the Industry & Audience Development Grants program.
2 - 5 July at Riverside Theatres Parramatta.
Opening night sets the tone with a screening of the acclaimed Captain Abu Raed.
Last night saw the opening of the first Arab Film Festival in Australia. With overseas film festivals usually concentrating on languages and varying from culture to culture, this festival concentrates specifically on one culture. Hopefully the festival will help to dismiss some of the stereotypes in modern society and break down some o the barriers that lead to the violence and misunderstanding not just on the other side of the world, but in our own backyards.
Screening until Monday the 5th of July, you should try to make it out to the Riverside at least once over the weekend.
Last nights opening film screening was ‘Captain Abu Raed’ is the first Jordanian feature film to be screened in Australia. After picking up a multitude of awards across the world, including the 2008 Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the festival continued to delight at the opening nights audience. It tells the story of a storyteller, Abu Raed, the janitor at Amman airport. Local kids mistaken him for an airline captain and as he takes to the role, he gets further involved in the lives of the children and their families, and recognises that each and every one of them is desperately curious about the outside world.
With films from Australia, Denmark, Lebanon, Egypt, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, the stories cover every facet of life seen from a uniquely Arabic perspective.
TONIGHTS FILM
BEIRUT OPEN CITY / DOUKHAN BILA NARCountry: Lebanon
An American flag flies at the head of five identical jeeps heading straight for the city of Beirut. A man sits on the rear brandishing a heavy machine gun. Khaled’s camera captures this moment, and many moments after that, and thus the stories of fear, violence, repression and corruption begin. A feature action-drama set at the height of the Syrian presence in Lebanon - and an insight into Beirut’s underbelly.
Session: Friday 3 July, 8pm
Marathon Packages for the festival are available for $99 / $69 Conditions apply.
To book phone 8839 3399 or book online at The Riverside Theatre website.
For full program details visit the Arab Film Festival website.
www.arabfilmfestival.com.au
Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) receives core funding from the FTO through the Industry & Audience Development Grants program.
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