Program Summary
Film Screenings
On Boys, Girls and the Veil
EO (2022) Poland/Italy, 86 min (in Polish with Arabic and English subtitles)
Barbie (2023 - R15)
Carnival City (2020 - PG15)
The Girls Who Burned the Night (2020 - PG15)
Microphone (2010 - R15)
Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2007 - PG12)
Green Vinyl (2004 - PG12)
World Cup in Recife (2015- PG12)
Travelogues: Views of West Asia and North Africa (PG)
Opening Ceremony & Keynote
Opening Ceremony
Between Film Criticism and Film Making
losing Ceremony
Silent Cinema Live performance and talk
Panel Discussions
Intolerable Images
Navigating the Media Maze
Workshops
Ethical Dilemmas in Documentary and Archival Films (EN)
How Film Podcasts Work
The Art and Craft of Film Programming (AR)
Talks: Looking Around the Frame
From Colonial Visions to New Geographies of Cinema
Cross-border Journeys of the “First Hindi Film from the Gulf'
Saudi Cinema: Cultural Influence in a Globalized World
Turkish Dizi: A Global Excess Story
Playing with Planetary Change: The Ecological Imagination of Japan Sinks Anime
Manufacturing Excess: Labor in Supply Chain Cinema and the Pull Economy
Vital Dimensions of Cinema
The Uses of Religion in Hindi Cinema
Animistic Apparatus: Artists’ Cinema and the Capacity for Imagining Relations
The Queen of Melodies: Collective Memories in South Asian Archives
The Present Is for the Future
Rethinking Restitution: Artifacts and Films Beyond Materiality
Interactive Cinema and the Spectator’s Freedom to Choose
Story-Time Continuum: Future Past Films
Beyond the Seat: Envisioning the Future of Narrative in Cinema
Masterclass
Criticism: A Vocation and a Skill
The Importance of Criticism in the Age of Social Media: Why Do Film Critics Matter?
Kids Program
Junior Critic Workshop (8-10 years)
Junior Critic Workshop (11-14 years)
Our Partners
