March 2023
Rijin Sahakian, Dina Ramadan, Ali Hussein Al-Adawy
Curated and introduced by Ali Hussein Film screening and discussion: March 16, 2023, 7 pm Address: e-flux Screening Room 172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 US Admission starts at $5 Get tickets here Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, March 16 at 7pm for “Twenty Years After the Invasion of Iraq: Sada in Context,” an evening…
Eliane Raheb
, 2021
, 128 min
MIGUEL’S WAR With Director Eliane Raheb in-person Screenings: Sunday, March 5 at 7 PM at Spectacle Theatre, followed Q&A with director Eliane Raheb moderated by Ginou Choueiri (Director of Film Programs, ArteEast) Wednesday March 9 at 7:30 PMSunday March 12 at 5 PMTuesday March 21 at 7:30 PM Address: Spectacle Theatre, 124 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn,…
February 2023
Norah Shapiro
Arab Film Series online The Arab Film Series online is a monthly program of films and discussions with artists and filmmakers from the SWANA region and its diasporas, presented by ArteEast in partnership with the Arab American National Museum and Arab Film and Media Institute.
Sepideh Salarvand, Sahra Mani, Yalda Afsah, Ginan Seidl, Lida Abdul, Aidin Halalzadeh, Shahrbanoo Sadat
Maryam Touzani, Lila Nazemian
THE BLUE CAFTAN Screening of The Blue Caftan with an introduction by Lila Nazemian (ArteEast) Saturday, February 11, at 2:45pm Film Forum, 209 West Houston St. west of 6th Ave RSVP here The Blue Caftan, Maryam Touzan, Morocco, 2022, 118 mins “A film of exquisite sensuality… transfixing delicacy and restraint… its supple rhythms hypnotic, its atmosphere potent and…
November 2022
Shadi Harouni, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian, Elham Hosseinzadeh, Saeed Dehghani
AT THE DISPOSAL OF HUMANITY Curated by Lila Nazemian, ArteEast Special Projects Curator Featuring works by Shadi Harouni, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Farnaz and Mohammadreza Jurabchian, Elham Hosseinzadeh, and Saeed Dehghani. AT THE DISPOSAL OF HUMANITY presents films made in the past two decades that share perspectives from communities on the periphery of contemporary Iranian society. With…
October 2022
Mohammed Shebi
This month on Arab Film Series: Mohammed Shebl’s 1981 film Fangs (Anyab) “Weaved into its camp aesthetics, horror genre tropes and 80s disco numbers, Anyab provides a running commentary on the social situation in Egypt, from youth unemployment to class struggle, while intersecting sexual politics into the mix. ” (Gasworks) A girl and her fiancé are…
Meyar Al Roumi, Hisham Bizri, Akram Zaatari, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
WHAT EXISTED YESTERDAY MIGHT DISAPPEAR TOMORROW Curated by Hind Mezaina The past haunts the present in this film program about photography and cinema, featuring four short films by Hisham Bizri, Akram Zaatari, Meyar Al Roumi, and Joana Hadjithomas/Khalil Joriege. These films delve into a distant or recent past and their consequences today on what was and what could…
September 2022
Maher Abi Samra, Marwa Arsanios, Jumana Manna, Christian Ghazi
SOCIAL STUDIES features works by Maher Abi Samra, Marwa Arsanios, Christian Ghazi & Jumana Manna. This program presents Christian Ghazi’s 1969 film A Hundred Faces for a Single Day in conversation with three films from Lebanon and Palestine made between 2008 and 2016. Ghazi’s avant-garde cinematic manifesto captures a society at the cusp between Lebanon’s so-called Golden Age and…
August 2022
Kaya Behkalam, Azin Feizabadi, Arvand Dashtaray
REHEARSING REALITY showcases a selection of films that blend fact and fiction, blurring the line between the staged and the improvised. Featuring works by Azin Feizabadi /Kaya Behkalam, and Arvand Dashtaray. This program is co-presented by ArteEast and Rooftop Films. This series is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents over 17 years of film and video programming by ArteEast. In…
