From North Africa through West Asia to the Gulf States
The Arab Film Festival is committed to showing not only the politics, daily life and views, but also the beauty, artistry and humor of the Arab world. The Arab Film Festival presents the Arab world from within through its annual film festival in Rotterdam and various other events throughout the year.
21 Sep
Screening @ CineNoord
01 Oct
Screening @ KINO
11 Oct
Arab Film Festival 2017
Grant for screenwriting lab participant
Last year Kristijan Krajncan participated in our Cinephilia Screenwriting Lab for Shorts. He received the Best Screenplay Award at our lab. Good news: now he has been awarded a grant of 50.000 euros from the RTV Slovenian Film Commission to produce his film. We congratulate Kristijan on this great achievement and wish him the best of luck!
Screenwriting lab #2
After a successful first edition, we organize the screenwriting lab for shorts for the second time this year. Beginning filmmakers that would like to improve their screenwriting skills are invited to apply! We select both participants from the Netherlands and the MENA region. Click the screenwriting lab button above for more information.
Woman power
On 30 March the Arab Film Festival screens, in cooperation with CineNoord, ‘Rafea: Solar Mama’ (English subtitled). This documentary tells the story of the illiterate Bedouin Rafea who is offered the chance to follow a training to become a solar engineer. Vegan Bedouin bites will be served as a prelude to the film screening. CineNoord, Bergweg 283 Tickets
Virtual Dinner Project
Arab Film Festival partners with the Virtual Dinner Project. Two groups of people from different countries get to know each other during a shared Skype dinner. Basic premise: it is harder to ignore or harm those we have broken bread with. Even people from countries in conflict with each other are brought together this way.
Call for entries 2017
The Arab Film Festival is now accepting entries for the upcoming festival edition. The Arab Film Festival will take place from 11 until 15 October. Filmmakers wishing to submit their film for the festival are requested to apply via the ‘Entry 2017’ button above. Please read the entry conditions before submission.
The Idol @ Erasmus University 29/3
In March 2017 the Arab Film Festival will organize a screening of the film ‘The Idol’ in cooperation with Erasmus University. Check the upcoming events below for more information.
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