New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival The festival showcases features, docs, & shorts from North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and their diasporas at venues such as Tribeca Cinemas, Columbia University, Art in General, and NYU. Festival takes place in March. Organized by Alwan for the Arts, 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA
Arab Film Festival Takes place in October, in San Francisco Bay Area & Los Angeles. Showcases features, documentaries, experimental works, short films, animations and beyond. The mission of the Arab Film Festival (AFF) is to enhance public understanding of Arab culture and to provide alternative representations of Arabs that contradict the stereotypical images frequently encountered in the American mass media. The Arab Film Festival screens films from and about the Arab World that provide realistic perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics.
Toronto Palestine Film Festival Call For Entries 2008
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) highlights the work of Palestinian filmmakers while showcasing the diverse and creative work of all filmmakers (any nationality) exploring both historic and contemporary themes related to Palestinian culture, experience, and narrative. Categories: * Feature Films * Documentaries * Shorts (including animated or experimental works) * Youth Work (created by filmmakers under the age of 18)
Al Jazeera Documentary International Film Festival Takes place in April in Doha, Qatar. Includes 3 competitions for film up to 30 minutes, 60 min. and above 60 min. A forth competition, New Horizons, is for students and begginners. 6 different prizes are awarded in the festival: The Golden Award and the Jury Award, for each one of the winning films in the 3 categories. In the framework of the festival, 10 projects in development will receive sponsorship and support from the Aljazeera Network. A film market, "Souq", is held in parallel.
Director: Mr. Abbas Arnaout PO Box 24123 JSC - Aljazeera Festival Doha, Qatar
Festival des Cinemas Arabs de Geneve (Arab Cinema Festival of Geneva)
Takes place in October in Geneva, Switzerland. Organized by the Swiss algerian Association - Harmonie in association with the Biennale des Cinemas Arabes de Paris and the CAC Voltaire, Geneva.
Aflam A Marseille, France based distibution company, organizes events such as the Cinéma(s) du Maroc, Cinéma(s) de Palestine and Les Nuits de la Caravane du Cinéma Euro-Arabe.
The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund The Gucci Tribecca Documentary Fund offers finishing funds to feature length documentaries promoting social change and highlight critical issues absent from mainstream media. Eligible films include those examining or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; people fighting for social or political change; or broad social movements. The fund is looking for films, which challenge the status quo not just as pertains to subject matter but also in form. Films should be able to sustain a festival and/or theatrical run and should resonate with a mainstream U.S. audience. Favor will be given to films with a dynamic and creative approach to the use of source material.
Film Festivals
New York Arab and South Asian Film Festival
