São Paulo – Arab film directors will participate in online meetings organized by this year’s Arab World Film Festival, which opened this week in São Paulo. The events will be broadcast in the original language on the ICArabe YouTube channel and have interpretation into Portuguese on Zoom. Pictured above, Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam.
The meetings kick-off on Sunday (4), with ‘The Stanger’ in the Golan Heights, at 12:00 pm BRT. The debate will feature Syrian director Ameer Fakhr al Din. In addition to the director, Salem Nasser, professor of International Law at Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) law school; Ivonete Pinto, film critic; and screenwriter Gil Rodrigues will also participate.
On Monday (5), at 9:00 pm, the debates will be on ‘Farha’ and the 1948 Nakba. In this event, Jordanian Darin J. Sallam, director of ‘Farha,’ will participate. The discussion will also receive Soraya Misleh, Palestinian-Brazilian journalist and author of the book ‘Al Nakba – A Study on the Palestinian Catastrophe.’ Diogo Bercito, journalist and author Folha de São Paulo’s newspaper blog Orientalíssimo will moderate the session.
Debates:
‘The Stranger’ in the Golan Heights
September 4 at 12:00 pm BRT
Zoom / YouTube
‘Farha’ and the 1948 Nakba
September 5 at 9:00 pm
Zoom / YouTube
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
