Partner in de spotlight: Middle East Film Festival Assen
The program offers a varied selection of films like “Habib, La Grande Aventure”, “The Teacher”, “2 Days” & more
RAFF 2024 Awards
Feature Film Awards
Documentary Film Awards
Short Film Award
Audience Award
Masterclass with the Egyptian star Ahmed Helmy
Discover the secrets of acting success!
Animalia
Sofia Alaoui – Morocco – 2023 – 90 min
Amazigh, Arabic & French spoken with English subtitles
From Abdul to Leila
Best Documentary Award
Leila Al Bayaty – Belgium, Germany, Saudi Arabia
2024 – 92 min – documentary
Arabic, French & English spoken with English subtitles
Déserts
Faouzi Bensaïdi – Morocco – 2023 – 125 min
Arabic spoken with English subtitles
The Teacher
Audience Award
Best Screenplay Award
Farah Nabulsi – Palestine & UK
2023 – 115 min
English & Arabic spoken with
English subtitles
Rotterdam Arab Film Festival developed from the port city of Rotterdam into an annual International festival devoted for Middle Eastern & North African films and related activities.
When?
May 29 through 01 June, 2025
Where?
LantarenVenster
Otto Reuchlinweg 996
3072 MD Rotterdam
Verhalenhuis Belvédère
Rechthuislaan 1
3072 LB Rotterdam
The Arab Film Festival takes you on a cinematic journey through the cultural, political, social
and artistic alleys of the Arab world in more than thirty films.
but above all the beauty, art, culture and zest for life of the people who live there.
you will get to know the Arab world (even) better.
But film, one of the most beautiful art forms in the world if you ask me, prospers:
mystery, social issues and complex love stories produce the most beautiful films.