Thursday, November 1st
Boardner's Club, Hollywood
1652 North Cherokee Ave.
9:30pm Kick-Off Party
$30 at door, $20 pre-purchased, Free for Festival Pass holders
Come kick off LA's inaugural Arab Film Festival at Boardner's Club in Hollywood! Join featured filmmakers, staff, volunteers and members as they show their support, and enjoy special guest DJ Nader.
Co-Sponsored by Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP-LA)
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Friday, November 2nd
Writer's Guild Theater
6:00pm Centerpiece Reception
7:30pm Falafel / Kemo Sabe
$20 Screening and Reception
Don't miss the Los Angeles Premiere of the Lebanese film Falafel. Come early to enjoy delectable Arabic mezzas and mingle with visiting filmmakers, community dignitaries, and the AFF Advisory Board members and staff. Filmmaker, Michel Kammoun, will be present for a Q&A following the screening.
Co-Sponsored by Wells Fargo, The LA Weekly, and Victory Bakery
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A festive celebration to kick off another amazing Arab Film Festival
Wednesday October 17th, 2007
Vanguard Properties
2501 Mission Street, San Francisco
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Valet Parking Available
$125 per person / $200 per couple
In its 11th year, the AFF will host a Preview VIP Reception at the beautiful Beaux Arts Vanguard Properties building to showcase this year's film lineup. Please join us for Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and live Arabic music.
 Thursday, October 18th
Clay Theatre
7:00pm Making Of
10:00pm Party at Medjool (Parking available)
$25 Screening and Party
$10 Party only
Join our Opening Night celebration with volunteers, staff, and board members of the Arab Film Festival! Don't miss the West Coast premiere of Making Of by renowned director Nouri Bouzid winner of the Golden Tanit Award at the Carthage Film Festival. Honored guest, actor Lotfi Abdelli will be present for the occasion.
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Castro Theater
6:15pm Noor Awards Reception & Ceremony
8:00pm Centerpiece Film Cut and Paste by director Hala Khalil
$25 Reception and Screeing
$15 Screening only
Join us for a very special evening at the historic Castro Theater for the first annual Noor Awards Ceremony and a screening of Cut and Paste.
From the Arabic word for "light," the Noor Awards will celebrate filmmakers whose enlightened and original works outshine others in their category. The Noor Awards will be given for the following three categories: Outstanding Feature, Outstanding Documentary and Outstanding Short. Our emcee and special guest for the ceremony is Egyptian-born director, actor and performer Asaad Kelada.
Centerpiece Film: Cut and Paste
Following the ceremony, AFF presents the USA premiere of Cut and Paste, the latest romantic comedy by Egyptian director Hala Khalil, starring Hanan Turk and Sherif Mounir as two wanderlust young Egyptians, at odds with old friends and entrenched in less-than-ideal jobs, who decide to expatriate from Egypt to New Zealand by (what else?) getting hitched. Khalil exploits the hilarity of a marriage of convenience that unexpectedly turns into something more.
Producing a Film in the Arab World
Monday, October 22, 7pm
Film Arts Foundation
Free for AFF / Film Arts members, others $5
Over the past 10 years, local production of narrative and documentary film has increased significantly in the Arab world. Despite this fact, producing film in this part of the world is not without its challenges. Join a discussion addressing these issues with a panel of visiting filmmakers moderated by Samera Esmeir, Assistant Professor in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley.
Co-presented with Film Arts Foundation
Film Screening of Leila Khaled: Hijacker and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 23, 7pm
10 Evans Hall, UC Berkeley
Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change invites you to a film screening of Leila Khaled Hijacker by Lina Makboul. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion of women, resistance, and political participation in the context of liberation struggles. The panel will include Professor Nada Elia, Katrina Socco, Bay Area Coordinator of the Gabriela Network and Lena Meari. Sunbula is a Bay Area grassroots organization of radical Arab feminists working for equality, social change and gender justice. Affirming the diverse experiences of Arab and Arab-American women, the members of Sunbula seek to dismantle all forms of oppression by promoting awareness of women's issues. Visit www.sunbulawomen.org.
Co-presented with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California, Berkeley and the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).
Birth of Arab Cinematic Kitsch?
Friday, October 26, 7pm
Film Arts Foundation
$5 for AFF / Film Arts members, other $10
Award winning director Nejib Belkhadi focuses on the grassroots filmmaking efforts of a small town movie director/house painter, Mouncef Kahloucha. Reminiscent of the indie classic "American Movie", Belkhadi stays true to local Tunisian comedic sensibilities while winning over audiences internationally.
Join us for a screening of the documentary and a conversation with the filmmaker moderated by Samera Esmeir, Assistant Professor in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley.
Co-presented with Film Arts Foundation
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