About Arab Film Days
Arab Film Days brings you the best films from and about the Arab world, whether they're big movies that have won prestigious film awards, or small gems that deserve to be brought to light.
Get ready for everything from grippingly beautiful and deeply moving to delightfully funny stories that hit you right in the heart. With a variety of films, you're in for exciting events and engaging conversations throughout the festival.
Come to cry, laugh, learn, feel a sense of community and strength.
Welcome to Arab Film Days at Vika Kino, March 19 - 22, 2026.
The Oslo Festival Agency (Stiftelsen Festivalkontoret) organises Arab Film Days, in addition to the film festivals Films from the South and Oslo Pix Film Festival.
The festival’s main funding partners are the Norwegian Film Institute and the City of Oslo. The festival is run by the Festivalkontoret Foundation, which also organises the film festivals Films from the South and Oslo Pix.
Arab Film Days aim to:
- Contribute to diversity in cinema by presenting the best and most interesting Arab feature films and documentaries from the past year, as well as the region's classic film heritage.
- To highlight current social and political issues in the region, combining film screenings with talks and debates.
- Fill a gap in the programming of Norwegian cinemas and the larger cultural scene, by screening films that do not get ordinary cinema distribution, putting them into a larger context and presenting them in a frame that the audience appreciates.