2005 Program!

WEDNESDAY July 20
Opening Night!

~NFB~
WEDNESDAY July 7PM

Viva Laldjerie
Director: Nadir Mokneche
Country: Algeria/France
Feature Film
Year: 2003
Running Time: 113 min
nudity, sexual content

Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf
Director: Susan Youssef
Country: USA/Palestine
Narrative
Year: 2005
Running Time: 10 min

Arabs A Go-Go
Director: Jaqueline Salloum
Country: USA
Experimental
Year: 2004
Running Time: 2 min

Opening night party immediately following the films at the NFB

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THURSDAY July 21
Spotlight on Arabs in the Diaspora

~NFB~
THURSDAY 3:30PM
cut us up, cut us down. arab experiences in the diaspora.

BBQ Muslims
Director: Zarqa Nawaz
Country: Canada
Narrative
Year: 1995
Running Time: 5 min

Not From Here
Director: Mireille Astore
Country: Australia/Lebanon
Experimental
Year: 2005
Running Time: 2 min

The Sign is Said to be Put in the Place of the Thing Itself
Director: Vicky Moufawad-Paul
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2004
Running Time: 9 min

Aadan
Director: Ruba Nadda
Country: Canada
Narrative
Year: 2004
Running Time: 10 min

Planet of the Arabs
Director: Jaqueline Salloum
Country: USA
Experimental
Year: 2004
Running Time: 10 min

Olives for Peace
Director: Jamelie Hassan
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min

At the Window (A La Fenetre)
Director: Majdi El-Omari
Country: Canada
Narrative
Year: 2004
Running Time: 30 min

Arab Terrorist Management Camp
Director: Dalia Al Kury
Country: Canada/Jordan
Mockumentary
Year: 2004
Running Time: 9 min


~NFB~
THURSDAY 9PM

Tar Angel
Director: Denis Chouinard
Country: Canada
Feature Film
Year: 2002
Running Time: 99 min

~NFB~
THURSDAY Midnight

Saved by the Belles
Director: Ziad Touma
Country: Canada
Feature Film
Year: 2003
Running Time: 90 min

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FRIDAY July 22

~NFB~
FRIDAY 3:30PM

Souha Surviving Hell
Director: Randa Chahal Sabbag
Country: Lebanon
Documentary
Year: 2001
Running Time: 57 min

Hostage: The Bachar Tapes
Director: Walid Ra’ad
Experimental
Year: 2000
Running Time: 18 min

I See the Stars at Noon
Director: Saeed Taji Farouky
Country: Morocco
Documentary
Year: 2004
Running Time: 57 min


~NFB~
FRIDAY 7PM

In the Shadows of the City
Director: Jean Khalil Chamoun
Country: Lebanon
Feature Film
Year: 2000
Running Time: 102 min


~NFB~
FRIDAY 9PM

A Thousand Months (Mille Mois)
Director: Faouzi Bensaidi
Country: Morocco
Feature Film
Year: 2003
Running Time: 120 min

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SATURDAY July 23
Spotlight on Palestine

~NFB~
SATURDAY 3:30PM

Naji Al-Ali: An Artist With Vision
Director: Kasim Abid
Country: Palestine
Documentary
Year: 1999
Running Time: 52 min

Forbidden to Wander
Director: Susan Youssef
Country: Palestine/USA
Documentary
Year: 2005
Running Time: 35 min

Chic Point
Director: Sharif Waked
Country: Palestine
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 7 min

Oliveland
Director: Video 48 Meisler/ Hard Pressed Collective
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min

Fruition
Director: Jennifer Jajeh / Hard Pressed Collective
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min

To Kill An Olive
Director: Omid Arabian / Hard Pressed Collective
Country: USA
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min

Akoub the Challenge
Director: Balata Film Collective
Country: Palestine (Balata Refugee Camp)
Documentary
Year: 2005
Running Time: 6 min

Kan Ya Makan
Director: Kathy Wazana / Hard Pressed Collective
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min


~BLOOR CINEMA~
SATURDAY 7PM

untitled part 3: (as if) Beauty Never Ends
Director: Jayce Salloum
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2002
Running Time: 11 min

Door to the Sun (Bab El-Shams)
Director: Yousery Nasrallah
Country: Palestine/Egypt
Feature Film
Year: 2004
Running Time: 278 min


~NFB~
SATURDAY Midnight

Pacts
Director: b.h. Yael / Hard Pressed Collective
Country: Canada
Experimental
Year: 2003
Running Time: 2 min

Rana's Wedding
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Country: Palestine
Feature Film
Year: 2002
Running Time: 90 min

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SUNDAY July 24

~NFB~
SUNDAY 3:30PM

Exile & Empire: 20 Shorts on Iraq
Director: Duraid Munajim
Country: Canada/Iraq
Documentary
Year: 2004
Running Time: 90 min

The Singing Sheikh
Director: Heiny Srour
Country: Egypt
Documentary
Year: 1991
Running Time: 10 min

Allahu Akbar
Director: Usama Alshaibi
Country: USA
Experimental
Year: 2004
Running Time: 5 min

~NFB~
SUNDAY 6pm

A Man in Our House
Director: Henri Barakat
Country: Egypt
Feature Film
Year: 1961
Running Time: 159 min


~BLOOR CINEMA~
SUNDAY 9PM

Alexandria... New York
Director: Youssef Chahine
Country: Egypt
Feature Film
Year: 2004
Running Time: 128 min

Closing night party at blur on Bloor St immediately following the film.