Screening
SAFAR Film Festival: Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema @ Barbican Centre
01 Jul 2021 – 06 Jul 2021
Barbican Centre
London, United Kingdom
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Still from My English Cousin
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Cast and crew of Suzannah Mirghani's Al-Sit, shot in Sudan. Suzannah is joining our panel on Sudanese Cinema.
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Karim Sayad
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Still from Sugar Cage
Screening
SAFAR Film Festival: Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema @ Online Programme
11 Jul 2021 – 17 Jul 2021
Register for the screenings and online talks via the SAFAR Film Festival website. Screenings will be available to view in the UK from 11 - 17 July, with registrants receiving the logins and passwords on the 11 or when they book if after that date.
Registrants for online talks will receive the Zoom link to join upon signing up.
- Language: English
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The SAFAR Film Festival is the only festival in the UK dedicated to cinema from the Arab world. SAFAR offers a unique space for audiences to explore and celebrate the diversity of Arab cinema past, present, and future.
About
The 2021 edition of SAFAR is curated by Rabih El-Khoury around the theme of Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema, showcasing contemporary and classic films with emergent youth, familial disparities and societal tensions at their centre.
SAFAR will run in cinemas from 1 – 10 July with screenings at the Barbican, the Ciné Lumière, and the ICA, and online from 11 – 17 July with a programme of donation-based screenings to enjoy at home (available in the UK). A selection of online events will further illuminate the theme, inviting directors, industry leaders, and other creatives for Q&As and panel discussions accessible globally.
Check out the full programme on www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk
Online Screenings include 4 recently released documentaries and 1 classic feature:
* Sugar Cage, directed by Zeina Alqawaji (Syria)
* My English Cousin, directed by Karim Sayad (Algeria)
* The Swing, directed by Cyril Aris (Lebanon)
* Room For a Man, directed by Anthony Chidiac (Lebanon)
* Little Wars, directed by Maroun Bagdadi
As well as a number of online talks:
* Focus on Sudanese Cinema, featuring filmmakers and changemakers in Sudan's film industry
* There's No Place Like Home, inviting 3 of the directors from the online programme to discuss their documentaries, all set in the family home
* Chronicle of an Exile, a talk with Karim Sayad about his documentary My English Cousin
+ more to be announced!
All online events are free with the option to donate to support the Festival.
