Basma al-Sharif
, 2022
, 17 min
As Egypt sinks further into poverty, new cities are being erected across the country and prisons fill with dissenting opinions. Since it is currently not possible to safely speak about this: a ventriloquist, songs, and advertisements describe a seemingly bygone era of fascism.
Kaya Behkalam, Azin Feizabadi
, 2010
, 38 min
The Negotiation examines scenarios of political conflict through a staged negotiation in a UN Security Council-like set. The script presents a group of actors with a three-act drama on an unspecified revolutionary situation. They proceed to rehearse and embody both their real and scripted characters — the boundaries between fictional and factual histories, individual and collective…
Inna Sahakyan
, 78 min
A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian’s odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed, she journeys far to tell the world of the Armenian Genocide.
Ammar Obeid
, 2021
, 20 min
Mudar is a Syrian actor, flew to Germany by a visa from Beirut, he researches refugee’s journeys who came walking on their feet, for his theater play and explores the real experiences that immigrants lived throughout their road. After his meeting with a Syrian filmmaker Ammar Obeid, Mudar wants to stand naked outside in the…
April 2024
Ammar Obeid, Reem Al-Ghazz, Wael Kadlo, Yazan Rabee
REVOLUTION OF THE WIND …
Émilie Serri, Samer Najari, Meyar Al Roumi, Eyas Almokdad, Afraa Batous
Afraa Batous
, 2023
In the summer of 2020, Afraa, the director, and her three counterparts – Rahaf, Rawa, and Sara –set off on their very first road trip through Europe. But this is no ordinary vacation, and neither are these women. Each of them came to Europe by a different route and had to make different choices in…
Moritz Frischkorn
This September, ArteEast’s Artist Spotlight series features interviews with artists who collaborated on PORT FICTION, a web-based audiovisual documentary project dealing with the relation of Beirut and Hamburg. Explore the project at www.portfiction.com. PORT FICTION is the work of Myriam Boulos, Moritz Frischkorn, Robin Hinsch, Ibrahim Nehme, Siska, Nour Sokhon and Kolja Warnecke. This fall, the…
Ibrahim Nehme
Eliane Raheb
, 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,…