A month of Sundays… Local and international Arab films reflecting the complexity and diversity of Arab culture. With international guests from Palestine and Lebanon. Sunday Sessions: 2pm and 7pm/ 25 February, 4 March, 11 March, 18 March Wednesday Matinee Sessions: 11am-2pm / 28 Feb, 7 March, 14 March (includes 1hr intermission)
Bedwin Hacker
In the remote mountains of Tunisia, Kalt, a genius female computer hacker is on the run from French Intelligence.
Children of Ibdaa
To create something out of nothing is about the lives of several adolescents in a Palestinian children's dance troupe from Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank.
Dam el Ghazal/Blood of the Deer
Starring: Youssra, Nour El Sherif, Mona Zaki, Amr Waked, Mahmoud Abd El Moghny In a poor Cairo alley a young orphan, Hanan, whose wedding was interrupted when the police authorities arrest her groom.
Ejteyah/Invasion
An Israeli Soldier views a documentary about the aftermath of the Israeli invasion in Jenin camp. He was one of the drivers of the bulldozers.
I Had a Dream Mom
One day, one night, rather, I had a dream; I recount it to my mother; she understands.
Jammin in the Middle E
A comedy about families, fast cars, rap and rosewater. A story of siblings Naima and Ishak growing up Arab in Western Sydney. Starring local hip hop artist Nomise.
Knowledge Does Not Precede Effort
A pleasant young woman going quietly mad one nightless Baltic summer at an old seaside cottage in a forest. She tells of the difficulty she's having in maintaining boundaries between her interior life and objective reality.
