January 2024
Ardıl Yalınkılıç, Nadir Sönmez, Akram Zaatari, İz Öztat, Ra, Şükran Moral, Deniz Pasha
SELF-ORIENTATIONS Online Screening: January 11-21, 2024RSVP at artearchive.orgFree / $5 suggested donation In-person Screening: Saturday, January 13 at 3:00pmKatarina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts615 West 129th Street, NY NY 10027 To register for the in-person screening please use the link:https://www.showclix.com/event/self-orientations SELF-ORIENTATIONS brings together artists from Turkey and Lebanon whose moving image works incorporate queer & feminist…
December 2023
Julia Bacha
As the longest-running cultural institution in New York, dedicated to showcasing film, arts, and culture from the Middle East and North Africa, ArteEast is committed to providing a platform for voices from our region. We aim to foster a deeper understanding of the complex and pressing realities related to the Middle East/SWANA through the arts….
This month’s Arab Film Series online program FREEDOM IN FRAMES looks at nonviolent resistance movements against the Israeli occupation by both Palestinian and Israeli activists, shedding light on real life stories that symbolise courage, determination and hope. Online Screening: Dec 14- 31 RSVP: arabfilmseries.org Free / $5 Suggested Donation Available Worldwide The program unfolds with Naila and…
Mohamed Abdelkarim, Assem Hendawi, Ateyyat El Abnoudy, Maged Nader
EGYPT: DREAM AND NIGHTMARES is a film program investigating questions of utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares in modern and contemporary Egypt following the army officers movement in 1952. This survey features works by filmmakers and artists from different generations who work across various film styles and narrative frameworks. The first three films – Permissible Dreams, Rawya, and Girls Still…
TANFIS Time & Location: Dec 01, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Funoon, Brooklyn, 100 Sutton St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA Get your tickets here About the event: ArteEast is proud to co-present Remix ⟷ Culture’s TANFIS 2023. After the success of last year’s event, Remix ⟷ Culture returns with a new exploration of community-rooted music and stories,…
November 2023
Join us for a special post-show Conversation with ArteEast’s Lila Nazemian and Founder of Waterwell’s Arian Moayed A GOOD DAY TO ME NOT TO YOU WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY: Lameece IssaqDIRECTED BY: Lee Sunday EvansDATE: November 16, 2023TIME: 7 pmLOCATION: The Connelly Theater, 220 East 4th Street in ManhattanSLIDING SCALE TICKETS Writer and actor Lameece Issaq teams up with two-time Obie…
September 2023
Larissa Sansour, Marwa Benhalim, Alia Yunis
Screening Online: Sept 27-Oct 1RSVP: arabfilmseries.org Free with RSVP / $5 suggested donationAvailable Worldwide THERE IS SALT AND BREAD BETWEEN US presents a selection of films by Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala, Alia Yunis, Andrea Nones-Kobiakov, and Marwa Benhalim. The films are centered around the theme of food, which is employed as a vehicle to explore political and cultural narratives. Trespass…
Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri
EVERYWHERE WAS THE SAMEFeaturing Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri, and Mirene Arsanios In-person Sep 12, 2023 screening:at e-flux Screening Room at 7 pm ETScreening will be followed by a conversation with filmmakers Pegah Pasalar and Suneil Sanzgiri moderated by writer Mirene Arsanios.Address: 172 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205Get Tickets here Online Screening:…
August 2023
Latifa Said, Moumen Smihi, Dina Amer
UN/BELONGING Featuring works by Dina Amer, Latifa Said and Moumen Smihi Screening Online: August 12 – 20, 2023 RSVP: artearchive.orgFree / $5 suggested donationAvailable in the Middle East, North Africa, United States and Canada In person screening: Sunday, August 13, 2023UnionDocs: 352 Onderdonk Ave, Queens, NY 11385Buy tickets here UN/BELONGING presents films that share intimate stories from the North African immigrant experience in…
July 2023
Shayma Aziz, Darine Hotait, Randa Ali, Reem Jubran, Lily Ekimian Ragheb and Ahmed T. Ragheb, Zayn Alexander, Jenna Mahmoud-Bosco
PRAYER OF THE WANDERER is a short film program that explores the complex and multifaceted experiences of Arab American immigrants in their pursuit of identity within the context of living in the United States. By delving into their narratives, this event seeks to shed light on the richness and diversity of Arab American cultural heritage…
