Gutsy Film Festival Finale This Weekend
Sydney Arab Film Festival is strong on the action this weekend, with two strong finale events.
UNDER SIEGE
Today, yesterday and likely tomorrow, we are under siege.
1-5pm, Saturday 17 March
Liverpool TAFE Education and Training Centre,
140 Bigge Street (Cnr Moore St) Liverpool
Under Siege screens work made by Arab artists & filmmakers ‘under siege’ – from the shores of our Cronulla to the tortured coasts of Gaza, Baghdad and Beirut. Artists will speak back to the screenings of work made under siege in a very special forum featuring international guests Nizar Hassan, Palestinian Filmmaker, and Eliane Raheb, Lebanese filmmaker and Festival Director of Ayam Beirut al-Cinemaiya (Cinema Days of Beirut).
Under Siege video screening program includes work by local artists Fatima Mawas and Fadle El-Harris, as well as works from Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.
Under Siege is a Free Event. For bookings contact Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on 9824 1121 or reception@casulapowerhouse.com
A THRILLING SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MAGHREB
Bedwin Hacker. A genius, spirited techie on the run from Fench intelligence in the mountains of Tunisia in this nailbiting and often humorous thriller that offers us a glimpse into the lives of north African women. Screening with a short film The Deceased from Morocco.
Sunday 17 March, 2pm
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
Cnr Church & Market Sts Parramatta
$15 / $10 / $5
Bookings: contact Riverside on 8839 3399
THROUGH MY EYES
Eliane Raheb, filmmaker and Festival Director of Ayam Beirut al-Cinemaiya (Cinema Days of Beirut) introduces three of her films in a moving program that visits Palestine, Baghdad and Beirut.
Sunday 17 March, 7pm
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
Cnr Church & Market Sts Parramatta
$15 / $10 / $5
Bookings: contact Riverside on 8839 3399
Visit Sydney Arab Film Festival online for more details about visiting guests, the program, events and films.
FESTIVAL WEDNESAY MATINEE SESSION
Screening this Wednesday 14 March – 11am to 2pm. A brief but beautiful selection of shorts from Lebanon and Palestine, followed by the 2005 feature comedy Jammin in the Middle E – set and filmed in South Western Sydney. A comedy about families, fast cars, rap and rosewater. (Contact Riverside Theatres for bookings 8839 3399).
FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
TONE: AUDIO-VISUAL WORKS BY ARAB ARTISTS
10am-4pm
3-24 March
Monday-Saturday
Liverpool Regional Museum (Cnr Hume Highway & Congressional Drive, Liverpool).
TONE is an exhibition presented by Casula Powerhouse in partnership with ICE as a parallel program to Sydney Arab Film Festival.
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