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Man Without A Cell Phone (Bidoun Mobile)

Palestine, France, Belgium, Qatar - 2010 (80 minutes)

Twenty-something Palestinian-Israeli slacker Jawdat just wants to have fun with his friends, talk on his cell phone and find love. Instead, he navigates...

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Shout

Syria, Netherlands - 2011 (85 minutes)

Being born in the borderlands between two mortal enemies, they are literally trapped between two worlds: Syria, the country their more traditional...

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Malaki - Scent of an Angel

Lebanon - 2011 (80 minutes)

MALAKI - Scent of an Angel revolves around the families of abducted persons during and in the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war. It sheds the light on...

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Cairo Exit

Egypt - 2010 (96 minutes)

18 year old Coptic girl, Amal, finds herself pregnant from her Muslim boyfriend, Tarek. Tarek is planning to leave Egypt on an illegal boat-crossing to Italy and...

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Mona Eltahawy

Guest Speaker

Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian-born, New York based, award-winning columnist and an international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues. Her opinion pieces...

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War, Love, God, & Madness

Iraq - 2011 (83 minutes)

While visiting Iraq in 2007 for the premiere of his first feature film, Ahlaam, director Mohamed Al-Daradji summons the courage to look back over the...

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Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra)

Lebanon, UAE, Qatar - 2010 (50 minutes)

"Grandma, A Thousand Times" puts a feisty Beiruti grandmother at the center of brave film exercises concocted by her grandson to commemorate her many...

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18 Days

Egypt - 2011 (125 minutes)

A group of ten directors, twenty or so actors, six writers, eight directors of photography, eight sound engineers, five set designers, three costume...

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Film Schedule 2011

Friday October 21

Saturday October 22

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