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)
Leila Khaled: Hijacker
In 1969 a 24-year old Palestinian refugee, Leila Khaled, became the first woman to hijack a plane. It caught the world's attention and for the first time placed the question of Palestine on a political and international agenda.
Lili
Abdel'al's new position as the Imam of a neighbourhood full of drug-takers is going to be a challenge, but so is the temptation of Lili. A film from the acclaimed director of The Yacoubian Building.
On a Monday
An ordinary couple... A different day... A story about finding love... again. A married couple rediscover one another on a Monday.
Ostura/Fable
Ostura means legend, myth or fable. Three generations of the Khalil family lived in the same house in Palestine until the summer of 1948.
Shadi in the Beautiful Well
Shadi is an autistic boy living in the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Shadi's neighbour taunts him with the theft of his pet dove. How will he get it back?
So Near, Yet So Far
October 2000. Mohamad al Durra dies in the arms of his father in Palestine and the image is broadcast around the world.
Suicide/Intihar
The fall of the Iraqi regime. A reality epitomised by the plummet of Saddam Hussein's statue in the centre of Baghdad. Upon these scenes, the filmmaker stands shocked...
The Last Man
Each morning, Beirut awakens to a new victim of what seems to be a serial killer. Victims are found drained of their blood. A forty-year-old doctor, Khalil, begins to experience strange symptoms that will destabilize him and transform his life.