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Opening film: Clash

The opening film of Arab Film Days this year will be Mohamed Diab's latest film: Clash!

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Meet the director of Hedi

The award-winning director Mohamed Ben Attia will attend Arab Film Days with his feature film debut.

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The Jon Stewart of the Middle East

Meet Bassem Youssef, a talk-show host from Egypt, in a documentary about using humour as a weapon.

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Nowhere to Hide

We are happy to announce that we will be screening the award winning documentary Nowhere to Hide at this year’s festival.

2016: Panel conversations, debates and events

Arab film days is much more than just film. In addition to a program consisting of Arab films of outstanding quality, an Arabian nights party and…

2016: French focus during Arab film days

Did you know that France is perhaps the most important country for Arab cinema, outside the Arab world itself? Without France, many of the best Arab…

2016: Tunisian award winning film to open Arab film days

We are ready to start off Arab film days 2016 in the best way possible. As I Open My Eyes is directed by Leyla Bouzid, and she perfectly describes…

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2016: Arab film days program release 2016

Get ready for a weekend of films that will touch all of your emotions. Tears will fall from both laughing and crying, you might feel frustration when…

2016: Silent Film Concert: Views of the Ottoman Empire

What did the Middle East look like one hundred years ago? Arab Film Days repeat the success from last year. On April 13th, in collaboration with…

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Overview of genres

To make it even easier to find the movies you are really going to love we have created this insanely simple genre overview. Are you in the mood for a…