{"id":199009,"date":"2018-08-09T18:32:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=199009"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:33:11","slug":"arab-world-film-festival-kicks-off-full-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-world-film-festival-kicks-off-full-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab World Film Festival kicks off with a full crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The 13th<\/sup> Arab World Film Festival kicked-off this Wednesday (08) evening with the screening of Wajib<\/em>, by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir, at Cinesesc, S\u00e3o Paulo. The festival runs until August 27 and will screen 23 productions. The Institute of Arab Culture (ICARABE<\/a>) organized the film festival and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> is a co-sponsor.<\/p>\n

\u201cCulture really brings peoples closer together and the spread of culture helps business. The Arab Chamber believes in this,\u201d said the organization\u2019s president, Rubens Hannun, in an interview before the festival\u2019s opening ceremony. \u201cMore and more, the festival\u2019s screenings are always to full capacity, and the Arab Chamber, if it\u2019s able, will continue to support it,\u201d he added. The organization supports the festival since its first edition, 13 years ago.<\/p>\n

In a speech at the opening ceremony of the Arab World Film Festival (picture above)<\/em>, Hannun said that the Arab Chamber \u201cis very proud of participating and supporting\u201d the festival. \u201cThe Arab Chamber firmly believes in the importance of culture for integration and \u2013 why not \u2013 for trade,\u201d he remarked. To him, from the cultural exchange results the lasting relations in other sectors, such as the economic and social.<\/p>\n

ICARABE\u2019s president, Mohamed Habib, said that the institute\u2019s mission is the spread of the Arab culture and the promotion of the cultural dialogue between the Arab world and Brazil. \u201cThis year we have 23 movies that portrait the present reality of the Arab world, which has everything to do with the present reality of Brazil and Latin America,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

\u201cCultural integration between peoples has never been so important as of today, in our current scenario. Cultural dialogue is the only door still open to save cultural harmony and humanism between the peoples,\u201d said Habib. \u201cThis festival aims to reestablish a culture of peace,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

The Rio Grande do Sul director of the documentary A Palestina Brasileira<\/em><\/a> (The Brazilian Palestine), one of the films of the festival, Omar Barros Filho, said to ANBA that \u201cthe festival is crucial for people in Brazil to get a clearer picture of this culture, which is different from ours.\u201d He added that cinema opens a door that helps the viewer in getting to know the Arab world, and Palestine in particular, and that the movies from the region present \u201can ever-increasing quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barros \u2013 who doesn\u2019t have Arab origins, despite of his name Omar \u2013 told that the idea to shoot the documentary came from a trip that he took to Andalusia, Spain. \u201cI understood the importance of the Arab legacy to our lives and came back to Brazil determined to find a theme to shoot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He recalled that the found the theme to his documentary when reading, in ANBA, a news story that showed that Rio Grande do Sul gathers the largest community of Palestinians and descendants in Brazil.<\/a> The production was shot in Brazil and Palestine and is centered around this community. This Thursday (09), the director will talk with the audience at Cinesesc, at 7 pm.<\/p>\n

The Arab World Film Festival\u2019s opening ceremony also had a tribute to business owner and political scientist Jos\u00e9 Farhat, a director at ICARABE and member of the Arab Chamber\u2019s Management Council who passed away in May at 91 years old. The tribute was paid to his daughter, Sabrina Farhat, and one of his grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Wajib<\/strong><\/p>\n

The film that opened the festival was Wajib<\/em>, a story of a father and son that leave Nazareth, a mostly Arab city, to personally hand out hundreds of invitations to the wedding of their daughter\/sister Amal, a local tradition. It reminds a little of Brazil, but here those delivering the wedding invitations are the bride and groom themselves.<\/p>\n

In the backdrop, the movie shows Israel\u2019s largest Arab city \u2013 for centuries the center of massive Christian pilgrimage \u2013, the strongly entrenched habits of the local society in contrast to a more cosmopolitan lifestyle \u2013 the son lives in Italy \u2013, the Palestine\u2019s occupation, the political activism, family relations and the day-to-day of a crowded city in the Middle East. All this shows that life over there is not that different from life here, as it may seem.<\/p>\n

But the movie focus on the relations between father and son, which is something universal. The two of them disagree in nearly everything, resulting in comic, nostalgic and sad situations. It\u2019s impossible not to feel a d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu sensation. The movie will be screened again on Saturday (11), at 7 pm, at Cinesesc. Watch below the trailer of Wajib<\/em> (the text continues after the trailer).<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/DXpZ4CyeYrw<\/a><\/p>\n

All the films in the Arab World Film Festival\u2019s programme will be screened at Cinesesc (until August 15) and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (during the entire festival), except for one single screening of the movie Good Luck Algeria<\/em>, scheduled for August 26, at 9:30 am at Reserva Cultural, in Avenida Paulista.<\/p>\n

Quick info <\/strong><\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> Arab World Film Festival
\nDaily, until August 27<\/p>\n

Click here for the full programme and further information<\/a><\/p>\n

Cinesesc
\nUntil August 15
\nTickets: BRL 12 (full), BRL 6 (half) and BRL 3.5 (workers of the goods, services and tourism retail industry members of SESC and direct family)
\nAddress: Rua Augusta, 2,075, Cerqueira C\u00e9sar, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP
\nPhone: 55 11 3087-0500
\nWebsite:\u00a0www.sescsp.org.br<\/a><\/p>\n

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
\nFrom August 9 to 27
\nTickets: BRL 10 (full) and BRL 5 (half)
\nAddress: Rua \u00c1lvares Penteado, 112, Centro, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP
\nPhone: 55 11 3113-3651 and 3113-3652
\nWebsite:\u00a0www.bb.com.br\/cultura<\/a><\/p>\n

Reserva Cultural
\nDate: August 26
\nTickets: BRL 8 (full), advance purchase
\nAddress: Av. Paulista, 900, Bela Vista, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP
\nPhone: 55 11 3287-3529
\nWebsite:\u00a0www.reservacultural.com.br<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani <\/strong><\/p>\n

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T\u00e2mara Machado\/Arab Chamber<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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