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Alwan presents
The New York City
Arab and Iranian Film Festival
Date: February 23-25
2001
Place: NYU's
Cantor Film Center,
36 East 8th St. between Broadway & University Place
Subway: Astor 6, 8th St. NR, West 4th ABCDEFQ
Admission: $10 per
show, tickets will be sold on the day of the show for those shows screening
that day only.
Panel attendance
is free.
Friday, February
23
18:00 * The Place Azza Al-Hassan, Palestine, 1999; 5'
* Cactus Patrick Bürge, Switzerland, 2000; 97'
* Panel Discussion: Alia Arasoughly, Patrick Bürge, Joseph Massad
Saturday, February 24
10:00 * Mahmoud Darwich: As the Land Is the Language
Simone Bitton & Elias Sanbar, France/Palestine, 1997; 60'
* Tornado Samir Habchi, Lebanon, 1992; 90'
* Discussion with Samir Habchy
14:00 * Red Chewing Gum Akram Zaatari, Lebanon, 2000; 10'
* The Circle Jafar Panahi, Iran/Italy, 2000; 90'
16:00 * Profane Hunger Mohammed Bayoumi, Egypt, 1923; 10'
* Closed Doors Atef Hatata, Egypt/France, 1999; 105'
* Panel Discussion: Mustapha Darwich, Caroleen Khalil,
Magda Wassef
19:15 * Season of Men Moufida Tlatli, Tunisia/France, 1999; 122'
Discussion with Moufida Tlatli
Sunday, February 25
10:00 * Cyber Palestine Elia Suleiman, Palestine, 1999; 10'
* Living in Paradise Bourlem Guerdjou, Alg/Fr/Be/No 1998 105'
12:15 * Upside Down Rachid Mashharawi, Palestine, 1999; 10'
* Mabrouk Deriss Chouika, Maroc, 1999; 105¹
* Discussion with Deriss Chouika
16:00 * Panel Discussion:
Suzanne Fedak, Rodney Hill,
Richard Peña and Magda Wassef
17:45 * Ali and His
Friends Subhi Zbeidi, Palestine, 1999; 10'
* On Iranian Cinema by Hamid Dabashi
* Willow and Wind Mohammed Ali Talebi, Iran/Japan, 1999; 88'
20:15 * One More Day
Babak Payami, Iran, 1999; 75'
Speakers
- Alia Arasoughly,
film scholar (Palestine)
- Deriss Chouika,
director (Morocco)
- Hamid Dabashi,
professor (Columbia University)
- Mustapha Darwish,
film scholar (Egypt)
- Samir Habchi, director
(Lebanon)
- Rodney Hill, movie
distribution (Winstar)
- Suzanne Fedak,
movie distribution (Winstar)
- Caroleen Khalil,
actress (Egypt)
- Joseph Massad,
professor (Columbia University)
- Richard Peña,
film scholar (Columbia University)
- Amy Taubin, film
critic (Village Voice)
- Moufida Tlatli,
director (Tunisia)
- Magda Wassef, Institut
du Monde Arabe (France)
This event is made
possible in part by the Fund for Creative Communities (NYSCA) and administered
by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).
This event is made
possible with the support of the French Cultural Services, New York.
Sponsors
LMCC: www.lmcc.net
Columbia University: www.columbia.edu
New York University: www.nyu.edu
Bethlehem 2000: www.bethlehem2000.org
Egyptian American Professionals Society: www.go.to/eaps
Royal Air Maroc: www.royalairmaroc.com
This event is organized
by Alwan
Hotline at 212-691-4267
Email: nyc@alwan.org
Web: http://alwan.org
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