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, […]
ArteEast’s ArteArchive consists of over 2500+ films and videos by artists from the MENA region, collected over the course of the organization’s 15+ years of film programming. A number of these programs showcased films that are rarely seen outside of the Arab world, including works that were especially restored, re-mastered and digitized by ArteEast. ArteEast seeks to preserve and make publicly available these important works.
Announcing the initial Lineup for ArteEast’s first Hikayat program! Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year Join us for a magical night of storytelling, poetry, performance, music, and art as we celebrate our first Hikayat event: Yaldā Night, an ancient winter solstice festival that honors the longest and darkest night of the year […]
Retrospective: THE FILMS OF JOCELYNE SAAB December 6-12, 2024 at Anthology Film Archives Program Details and Tickets Here The filmmaker Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) was born in Lebanon and trained as a war reporter for French television, becoming one of the few women producing politically-committed documentaries across the Middle East and North Africa. This retrospective traces […]
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