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
Moncef Dhouib»
Moncef Dhouib Born in 1952 in Sfax, Tunisia, Dhouib graduated from the University Paris III returning to Tunisia to work in street puppet theatre. Beginning in the 1980s, he directed a series of short films: Hammam D’Hab (1985), The Trance (El-Hadhrah, 1989) and Earth (Tourba, 1996). His first feature, The Sultan of the Medina (Soltane [...]
Mohsen Safieddin»
Mohsen Safieddin has lived and worked in Adelaide, South Australia for over 13 years. He is a business owner, husband and father. Mohsen’s parents and most of his family still reside in Lebanon and were gravely affected by the 2006 war, which compelled him to produce his first documentary, Lebanon Burning. Producer LEBANON BURNING
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 [...]