The Arab Film Club is delighted to present an evening of short films, made by their own members.

The Club is a vibrant network of filmmakers and film enthusiasts dedicated to discovering cinema from the Arab world. Members have watched and discussed films from Algeria, Egypt, the occupied Golan Heights, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia.

This August, to celebrate their third year, they will be screening shorts at The Garden Cinema, followed by a chance to mingle and chat in the bar. 

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

You can follow or request to join the club on Instagram @thearabfilmclub.
You don't need to identify as Arab, anyone can join!

Nadia Emam directs Nikki Mailer’s powerful play, The Tremors in Manchester this summer:

“Think about your whole collection, all of your books. Just let yourself think about that for a moment. What if someone took them from you?”

Set in a Bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Tremors is about an unequal relationship between two women. It explores the magic of books, erasure of history & the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The play runs for five nights from the 18th July. Tickets available here.

WARNINGS: The play does include themes of trauma, war, ethnic cleansing, occupation and violence that some audience members could find distressing.

Nadia Emam directs Nikki Mailer’s powerful play, The Tremors in Manchester this summer:

“Think about your whole collection, all of your books. Just let yourself think about that for a moment. What if someone took them from you?”

Set in a Bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Tremors is about an unequal relationship between two women. It explores the magic of books, erasure of history & the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The play runs for five nights from the 18th July. Tickets available here.

WARNINGS: The play does include themes of trauma, war, ethnic cleansing, occupation and violence that some audience members could find distressing.

Nadia Emam directs Nikki Mailer’s powerful play, The Tremors in Manchester this summer:

“Think about your whole collection, all of your books. Just let yourself think about that for a moment. What if someone took them from you?”

Set in a Bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Tremors is about an unequal relationship between two women. It explores the magic of books, erasure of history & the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The play runs for five nights from the 18th July. Tickets available here.

WARNINGS: The play does include themes of trauma, war, ethnic cleansing, occupation and violence that some audience members could find distressing.

Nadia Emam directs Nikki Mailer’s powerful play, The Tremors in Manchester this summer:

“Think about your whole collection, all of your books. Just let yourself think about that for a moment. What if someone took them from you?”

Set in a Bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Tremors is about an unequal relationship between two women. It explores the magic of books, erasure of history & the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The play runs for five nights from the 18th July. Tickets available here.

WARNINGS: The play does include themes of trauma, war, ethnic cleansing, occupation and violence that some audience members could find distressing.

Nadia Emam directs Nikki Mailer’s powerful play, The Tremors in Manchester this summer:

“Think about your whole collection, all of your books. Just let yourself think about that for a moment. What if someone took them from you?”

Set in a Bookshop, under threat of demolition, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Tremors is about an unequal relationship between two women. It explores the magic of books, erasure of history & the Palestinian struggle against occupation.

The play runs for five nights from the 18th July. Tickets available here.

WARNINGS: The play does include themes of trauma, war, ethnic cleansing, occupation and violence that some audience members could find distressing.

Four women confront love, desire and memory in stories spanning East and West in this staged reading of Chambers of the Heart.

Newly divorced and adjusting to living alone in lockdown, 30-something Yasmine turns to online dating but there is something oddly familiar about who she meets. 

Reem is a Syrian refugee in her early 40s fleeing her country but unable to let go of the memory of an unrequited love. 

Warda, recently widowed in her 50s, is hosting a university friend who ignites suppressed emotions. 

Mother is in her early 70s and reluctant to be on stage as she is interrogated by her son who is trying to unlock the past. 

Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak, directed by Sepy Baghaei and performed by Laila Alj.

Tickets available here.

THE UK’S LARGEST FESTIVAL OF ARAB FILM IS BACK IN CINEMAS SOON!

SAVE THE DATES: 29 JUNE – 9 JULY 2023

https://www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk/

In celebration of Refugee Week, BAFTA and Counterpoints Arts today announce a public screening of Syrian documentary filmmaker and activist Hassan Akkad’s short film Matar on Friday 23 June at 19:00.

The screening will be followed by a lecture from Akkad on his experiences fleeing his country in 2015 and working in the UK film and TV industry. His short follows the story of a Syrian asylum seeker in England, forced to live on the fringes of society, and is released by WaterBear and produced by Deadbeat Film.

This event marks the beginning of a collaboration between BAFTA and Counterpoints Arts. It will be the first in a series of public events exploring the importance of authentic storytelling of refugees onscreen, and the positive impact of collaboration with creatives who have lived experience of migration, in order to build narrative power and create social change.

Tickets available here.

Neo Nahda screening, conversation, poetry & music

The evening will feature a screening of the short film Neo Nahda, followed by a discussion between the film's director, May Ziadé and Sabiha Allouche. Moderated by Eman Alali. 

Film Synopsis: 

Mona, a young woman in London, finds archived photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering lost histories and her own identity.

Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023 - World premiere.

Poetry by: Gamze Sanli, Riwa Saab, Eman Alali

*Please be advised that the screening will start promptly at 19:20

Ticket link here.

London Screening of Farha at the Prince Charles Cinema, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Darin J. Sallam. Thursday 18th May at 6pm.

More details on website.

Tickets available here.