Contemporary Arab Cinema

Adios Carmen

2013. 103m. Mohamed Amin Benamraoui. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

10 Days Before the Wedding

2018. 122m. Amr Gamal. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Beirut 6:07

2020. 127m. Various Directors. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

The Blessed

2017. 102m. Sofia Djama. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Cairo 678

2010. 100m. Mohamed Diab. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

El Gusto

2011. 88m. Safinez Bousbia. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Halal Love

2016. 94m. Assad Fouladkar. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Hedi

2016. 88m. Mohamed Ben Attia. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Horses of God

2012. 115m. Nabil Ayouch. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

The Nile Hilton Incident

2017. 106m. Tarik Saleh. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Omar

2013. 93m. Hany Abu-Assad. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem

2018. 127m. Muayad Alayan. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Zero

2012. 120m. Nour-Eddine Lakhmari. Screened at the JBFC on 03/03/2021

Tel Aviv on Fire

2018. 100m. Sameh Zoabi. Screened at the JBFC on 09/25/2019

Q&A filmmaker Sameh Zoabi

Capernaum

2018. 126m. Nadine Labaki . Screened at the JBFC on 09/23/2019

The Swing

2018. 74m. Cyril Aris. Screened at the JBFC on 09/23/2019

Q&A filmmaker Cyril Aris via Skype

aKasha

2018. 78m. Hajooj Kuka. Screened at the JBFC on 09/22/2019

Of Fathers and Sons

2018. 99m. Talal Derki. Screened at the JBFC on 09/22/2019

Q&A journalist Sam Dagher

EXT. Night

2018. 95m. Ahmad Abdallah. Screened at the JBFC on 09/21/2019

Q&A filmmaker Ahmad Abdallah

For Sama

2019. 95m. Waad al-Kateab/Edward Watts. Screened at the JBFC on 09/20/2019

w/ Abeer Pamuk

When Arabs Danced

2018. 90m. Jawad Rhalib. Screened at the JBFC on 09/20/2019

Rashid & Rajab

2019. 105m. Mohammed Saeed Harib. Screened at the JBFC on 09/19/2019

Q&A filmmaker Mohammed Saeed Harib

Fatwa

2018. 102m. Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. Screened at the JBFC on 09/19/2019

Yomeddine

2018. 97m. A.B. Shawky. Screened at the JBFC on 09/18/2019

Listen

2017. 109m. Philippe Aractingi. Screened at the JBFC on 09/27/2018

Q&A filmmaker Philippe Aractingi

Induced Labour

2017. 90m. Khaled Diab. Screened at the JBFC on 09/27/2018

Zagros

2017. 102m. Sahim Omar Kalifa. Screened at the JBFC on 09/26/2018

Q&A filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa

The Journey

2017. 82m. Mohamed Al-Daradji. Screened at the JBFC on 09/25/2018

Q&A filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji via Skype

Investigating Paradise

2017. 135m. Merzak Allouache. Screened at the JBFC on 09/24/2018

Heaven Without People

2017. 91m. Lucien Bourjeily. Screened at the JBFC on 09/23/2018

Q&A filmmaker Lucien Bourjeily via Skype

Beauty and the Dogs

2017. 100m. Kaouther Ben Hania. Screened at the JBFC on 09/22/2018

The Man Behind the Microphone

2017. 86m. Claire Belhassine. Screened at the JBFC on 09/22/2018

Q&A writer/director/producer Claire Belhassine via Skype

Les Petits Chats

2015. 80m. Sherif Nakhla. Screened at the JBFC on 09/21/2018

Wajib

2017. 96m. Annemarie Jacir. Screened at the JBFC on 09/20/2018

Q&A filmmaker Annemarie Jacir via Skype, followed by a reception

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