Festival Coming Soon, July 2-5
In 2009 the festival will bring you a strong and exciting program of Arab films from around the world - features, docos, shorts, animations and music video clips. Keep your eye on this space for further updates on our program. Yallah! We’ll see you at the Movies.
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Filmmakers
Saad Hendawy»
Saad Hendawy is an Egyptian filmmaker who has directed seven short films, six documentaries and most recently, his first feature. He has been making films for over fours years. He studied film directing at Higher Institute of Cinema, Egypt and holds a Bachelor degree (1994) and a Graduate Diploma (1996). Hendawy’s love for films is inspired [...]
Nadine Labaki»
born in Lebanon in 1974, Labaki studied Media at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut, graduating in 1997. 11 Rue Pasteur, her university film project was awarded First Prize for Short Films at IMA’s Biennale du Cinéma Arabe, Paris in 1998.She has since directed commercials and music videos for well known Middle-Eastern entertainers. In 2004, Labaki attended [...]
Samer Najari»
Samer Najari, the son of a Syrian father and Lebanese mother, was born in Moscow in 1976. Shortly after commencing studies in architecture at the University of Damascus, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, with his family in 1994. Since then, he has obtained a Bachelor of .Fine Arts in film production from Concordia University, 2001, [...]