CALL FOR ENTRIES EVENTS ARAB FILM NEWS SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL MAILING LIST ARCHIVE ABOUT AFF AFF San Francisco 300 Brannan Street Suite 508 San Francisco, CA 94107 AFF San Jose 416 Park Ave San Jose, CA 95110 AFF Los Angeles 5850 W. 3rd Street #295 Los Angeles, CA 90036-2860 Email: info@aff.org Phone: (415) 564-1100 Fax: (866) 810-2619 12th Annual Arab Film Festival Festival Dates: October 16-31 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area & Los Angeles In collaboration with Jordan's Honorary Consul, Mr. Kamel Ayoub A Benefit Screening for the 12th Annual Arab Film Festival Captain Abu Raed Dir. Amin Matalqa | 2007, Jordan, 95 min Thursday, May 8th, 7pm AMC Metreon 16 Theater 101 4th St. (@ Mission St.) San Francisco $25 General Admission, $15 Students Buy Tickets For more information, see our events page. Planning for the 12th annual Arab Film Festival is well underway. If you are interested in participating as a volunteer please email volunteers@aff.org. The 11th Annual Arab Film Festival took place in the Bay Area October 18th - 28th and in Los Angeles October 31st - November 4th, 2007. The festival screened over 80 films from the Arab World and other countries. 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.