Experience Arab Film Days at Films from the South
As a part of this years festival, you will be able to see 13 of the films that was supposed to be part of the Arab Film Days programme in March.
The 10th edition of Arab Film Days was cancelled in March, but now you’ll be able to catch several of the highlights from the Arab Film Days programme at this year’s Films from the South festival.
The film selection, which will be presented as a separate section, consists of five new feature films and five documentaries, as well as three classics from the Egyptian master of cinema, Youssef Chahine. Each of the films foregrounds different aspects of the culture, politics and history of the Arab world. Be prepared for some heart-warming, powerful and humorous cinematic encounters!
The full festival programme of Films from the South will be released on November 5th.
Films in the section
The Cave
Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA, Qatar, Syria 2019, Feras Fayyad, 1h 47m
A Son
Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar 2019, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, 1h 36m
Tiny Souls
Jordan 2019, Dina Naser, 1h 25m
Advocate
Switzerland, Israel, Canada 2019, Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones, 1h 54m
143 Sahara Street
Algeria, France, Qatar 2019, Hassen Ferhani, 1h 43m
Let's Talk
Egypt 2019, Marianne Khoury, 1h 35m
Adam
Morocco, France, Belgium 2019, Maryam Touzani, 1h 38m
With Abu Jamal
Norway 2019, Siri Nerbø, 36m
Films in the Youssef Chahine series
You can read more about the Egyptian Master Youssef Chahine here.