THE SECOND INTIFADA – TWENTY YEARS ON Screening Online June 9- 12 RSVP at ArteArchive.org The Second Intifada heralded a particularly fresh, urgent and experimental approach to filmmaking, in tune with the uprisings to which they contributed. Working at a distance from both the main political organizations and, often, the aesthetic insistences of Global Northern […]
MONUMENTS & FLOWERS Online Screening: April 29- May 7 RSVP: artearchive.org Monuments & Flowers brings together a selection of seminal video work by women artists culled from the archives of ArteEast with the work of contemporary voices including Yto Barrada, Lara Baladi, Marianne Fahmy, Malak Helmy, Maha Maamoun and Setareh Shahbazi with Mirene Arsanios. How do we reflect upon […]
Join ArteEast for a tour of Protocinema’s exhibition, “Now That We Have Established A Common Ground,” led by ArteEast Special Projects curator and Protocinema’s Emerging Curator 2022, Lila Nazemian, followed by a screening of “Surviving Fortress,” directed by Farshad Fadaian. Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 5 pm: Exhibition walkthrough with Lila Nazemian, curator 6 pm: Screening, Surviving […]
ArteEast is excited to announce that the Arab Film Fest Collab program and festival passes are now live! Check out the variety of films and purchase your pass to reserve your “seat!” Genres include drama, science-fiction, comedy and documentary, in both short-form and feature lengths. Online Festival: April 7-17 Get your passes at arabfilmfestcollab.org Passes […]
SPACES OF EXCEPTION + Talkback Online Screening: March 24-27 RSVP at arabfilmseries.org Marking the 46th commemoration of Land Day this March, the Arab Film Series is proud to present Spaces of Exception, directed by Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny. Profiling the American Indian reservation alongside the Palestinian refugee camp, this work is an attempt to understand the significance of the land – its […]
MOHAMAD SOUEID RETROSPECTIVE Screening Online: March 3-13 RSVP at artearchive.org Free/ Suggested donation $5 Video pioneer, cinema auteur, and television producer Mohamed Soueid has collected stories from his compatriots for most of his adult life. Widely regarded as Beirut’s first video artist, Soueid films defy categorization. Soueid has also worked as a film critic and […]
LIFE WITHOUT BASKETBALL + Panel Discussion Online Screening: Feb 17–20 Synopsis: Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir broke records and barriers on her way to become the first Division I athlete to play basketball while wearing hijab. When a controversial ruling ends her chances at playing professionally, she re-examines her faith and identity as a Muslim American. The Arab Film […]
Coming to ArteEast’s Unpacking the ArteArchive platform in February! ARCHIVE FEVER: Women’s Cinema from South West Asia & North Africa Online Screening: Feb 4-13 Tkts: Free/ $5 Suggested Donation RSVP at artearchive.org “South West Asia and North Africa, there are historical records of women’s cinema since the 1920s. However, a lack of state […]
Ib’atli Gawab / Signed, Sealed, Delivered: On longing and political resistance through epistolary forms in four essay-films. Curated by Line Ajan Online Screening: Nov. 18-21 RSVP at artearchive.org Tickets Free / 5$ suggested donation Featuring works by Mona Benyamin, Emily Jacir, Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Siav Bedirxan, and Akram Zaatari Inspired by two love […]
ArteEast is pleased to co-present a special Arab Film Series program as part of AANM’s JAM3A Festival – a free virtual music and arts festival taking place Sept. 23-26, 2021. Films and musical performances are all free with registration! RSVP for films at: arabfilmseries.org For more info on the festival go to www.jam3a.org “ART WAR,” […]
