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S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Over forty Arab film productions by women are featured at the second edition of the Arab Women\u2019s Film Festival, which is taking place online this year, with sessions free of charge. Hosted by Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, the festival kicked off last Wednesday (19) and will run until June 27. Pictured at top of this article, a still of the film In the Future They Ate the from Finest Porcelain by Larissa Sansour.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Still of the film Best Day Ever by Anissa Daoud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The selection features several film formats and genres, including short and feature, fictional and documentary films. The idea is bringing up the multiplicity of these cinemas through films made by women in countries such as Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, and others.<\/p>\n

The festival is free of charge, ad the movies are screened online on the Festival\u2019s website<\/a>. The project is supported by Banco do Brasil through the Federal Cultural Incentive Law.<\/p>\n

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The Festival\u2019s poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The program features debates, panels and an open class by Palestinian filmmaker Larissa Sansour<\/strong>, who\u2019s known for her sci-fi works. It\u2019ll also feature a tribute to Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab<\/strong> (1948-2019), a former war reporter that made dozens of films throughout her career, and a homage to Tunisian filmmaker Moufida Tlatli<\/strong> (1947-2021), the first Arab woman to direct a feature film, who passed away earlier this year from COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Curated by Brazil\u2019s Analu Bambirra<\/strong> and Carol Almeida <\/strong>and Egypt\u2019s Alia Ayman<\/strong>, the festival includes films that touch political and social issues, family conflicts, utopias, friendships, and masculinity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe festival gives an overview of the Arab production and brings together fiction, experimental, documentary, and performance works. The films address different issues, and some of the recurrent topics are possible futures and the expanded universe, how to live in today\u2019s world,\u201d says curator Bambirra.<\/p>\n

Some of the 27 premi\u00e8res are Standy-By Office<\/strong>, Barb\u00e8s<\/strong> and Ceuta’s Gate<\/strong> by Morocco\u2019s Randa Maroufi, who\u2019ll participate in a debate on the productions; When Things Occur <\/strong>(Palestine\/United Kingdom) by Oraib Toukan; The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929<\/strong> (Palestine) by Randa Maroufi; and Have You Ever Killed a Bear? or Becoming Jamila <\/strong>(Lebanon) by Marwa Arsanios.<\/p>\n

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Still of the film In Vitro by Larissa Sansour with Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (L)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To get in the mood, the Festival created a playlist on Spotify<\/a> with songs featured in the movies. Check out the full program of movies, panels, debates and classes on the Festival\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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