The 18th Arab World Film Festival opened this Thursday (31) at Cinesesc in São Paulo. The first screening was ‘Mother Valley,’ in which women in a Lebanese village endure the reality of the local patriarchy, the 1958 conflict, and the desire for freedom.
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After two years solely in an online format, film screenings are also taking place in person again in the capital of São Paulo. Festival organizers and supporters spoke at the opening this Wednesday (31).
The screenings will occur at CineSesc, in São Paulo, on the festival’s return to the in-person format, from August 31 to September 7. Three films will be available on the Sesc Digital platform.
Starting this Friday (27), the Arab World Film Festival at Home will hold discussions with directors of some of the films on its program.
Executives from SESC, ICArabe and the Arab Brazilian Chamber spoke at this year’s festival opening. The event is online, and the screenings start this Friday (20).
The event is taking place online in two different platforms this year. It will continue until September 27.
Documentary film ‘Beirut – La Vie en Rose’ sheds light on a part of the Lebanese high-society that’s unlike what is usually shown in mainstream media. In an online talk on Friday (4), the author said there’s a provocative streak to his piece.
In a meeting hosted by the Arab Film Festival at Home, filmmaker Soudade Kaadan talked about how she developed the female characters in her film ‘The Day I Lost My Shadow.’ The movie merges fiction and reality in a story set in Syria.
In virtual event, representatives of Icarabe, ABCC and SESC-SP talked about the films of the festival that is taking place online this year, the pandemic and Lebanon’s tragedy.
Online event will screen ‘Gaza’ at 6pm on August 28. The festival runs until September 21 on digital platforms.
The Arab world Film Festival at Home will be up on digital platforms from August 28 to September 21, featuring four premieres. The event is designed to celebrate the diversity of cinema in Arab countries and solidarity among peoples.
Tunisian filmmaker Lofti Achour is in São Paulo to promote his first feature film ‘Burning Hope’ and participate in a debate at the Arab World Film Festival at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.
Seven out of the 12 movies screened were directed by women. The 14th edition of the festival kicked off on Wednesday in São Paulo.
The event’s 14th edition will run from August 7 to 14 featuring 12 Arab productions, seven of which were directed by women. The event will take place at Cinesesc, in São Paulo.
