Arab Film Festival Australia
Project partner: Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) in NSW
Location: In 2011, the festival will be held in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide
Timeline: 2009 - 2011
http://arabfilmfestival.com.au/
Update
- Arab Film Festival Australia 2011 opens in Sydney on 30 June 2011
The project
Arab Film Festival Australia includes an Annual Festival (held in Sydney), forums and workshops, and a National Touring Festival.
The festival featured local and international films made by Arabic-speaking filmmakers from a range of backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of identities and experiences within the Arab world and communities within the diaspora.
The Arab Film Festival Australia aims to:
- showcase stories from diverse Arabic-speaking cultures to broad Australian audiences that reflect the complexity and diversity of Arab communities and experiences (including demystifying the concept that ‘Arab’ means the same as ‘Muslim’)
- address the (mis)representations of Arab culture through film by providing critical spaces to dialogue - by presenting alternative representations of Arab cultures, subjects and narratives; and by supporting the development and presentation of new screen-based work by Arab-Australians
- improve and create audiences for domestic Arab-Australian filmmakers and to generate a sense of confidence that there will be a platform for the quality work they produce
- show some films that explore issues about young Arabic identity within diasporas in non-Arabic countries
Previous years
2010 Flier
2009 Flier
