Toronto Palestine Film Festival: Resisting Borders Short Film Program Available starting 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 $5 (Canadian dollars) More info + Tickets ArteEast is pleased to co-present the short film program Resisting Borders with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (happening online Sept. 23-29, 2020). Audiences around the world can enjoy this program with on-demand availability for […]
ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Take on Hate is pleased to present the latest screening in the Arab Film Series Online Brooklyn Inshallah (2019) Dir. Ahmed Mansour 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 Free; $5 suggested donation RSVP for streaming link The film […]
SAVED FROM THE WATERS: FILMS BY SAFAA FATHY Tamaas/Earth Arts Justice, ArteEast, and Maysles Documentary Center present nine films by Egyptian/French poet and filmmaker Safaa Fathy that offer a window into Fathy’s expansive body of work and practice. Present in her films as both poet and documentarian, Fathy deftly and tenderly brings to light searingly […]
ArteEast seeks a Film Programs Curator/Coordinator on a part-time basis with a high degree of familiarity and interest in film and video of the Middle East, North Africa, and their diasporas. The Curator/Coordinator will work on film programs, ArteEast’s legacy ArteArchive* project, as well as provide administrative support associated with ArteEast’s film programs, and marketing and development associated with film programming. This position will be responsible for curating and managing the ArteArchive collection and preparing for its long-term conservation. The Curator/Coordinator will work under the direction of ArteEast’s Executive Director and report to the ArteEast Board of Directors.
ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Romooz Foundation is pleased to present the latest screening in the Arab Film Series Online: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018) dir. Amr Gamal 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020 Free; $5 suggested donation
ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and the Romooz Foundation is pleased to present the next films in the Arab Film Series online: Yemeni Stories Told by Yemeni Filmmakers 3 PM EDT on Sunday, July 26, 2020 Yemen, United States / Documentary / 60 minutes / Rated PG13 / In Arabic and English with English subtitles Following the screening will be an intimate talkback with several Yemeni filmmakers from across the world. Free. Suggested donation benefits Yemen Aid
ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Cinetopia Festival is pleased to present the next film in the Arab Film Series online: The Bleaching Syndrome (2018) dir. Iman Mirghani 3 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2020 Free; suggested donation benefits Detroit Justice Center RSVP for streaming link Follow the screening will be a virtual talkback with director Eiman Mirghani
Eccomi…Eccoti (Here I am…Here you are) (2017) dir. Raed Rafei 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2020 FREE with suggested $5 donation RSVP for Streaming Link "Eccomi…Eccoti" unfolds as a virtual road trip navigating between Italy and Lebanon. Conditioned to live in a long-distance relationship with his partner because of strict European visa regulations, the director patches together the shared moments in an attempt to create a possible day-to-day reality for the couple. With a lyrical, ambient soundscape set atop a dreamy visual style oscillating between still photography and moving images, the film explores what it means to be gay in contemporary Beirut, and the existential discomfort that blocks one from reaching a sense of completeness. Italy, Lebanon / 68 minutes / Arabic, French, Italian and English with English subtitles Presented by ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Cinetopia Festival as part of the Arab Film Series Online
Cairo Drive(2014) dir. Sherief Elkatsha 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 31, 2020 Free/donation optional RSVP for streaming link Following the film will be a talkback with Egyptian American director Sherief Elkatsha, moderated by ArteEast board member and CEO of Arab Foundations Forum, Naila Farouky. Presented by ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Cinetopia Festival as part of the Arab Film Series Online
ArteEast, is pleased to co-sponsor Taking Shape: New Perspectives on Arab Abstraction, A Zoom Webinar Series Co-organized by NYU's Grey Art Gallery and Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies Session 1: The Barjeel Art Foundation and Taking Shape Thursday, May 28, 12:00 pm EDT Session 2: Arab Abstraction and Arabic Letterforms Thursday, June 4, 6:00 pm EDT Session 3: Modern Art in Algeria and Egypt Thursday, June 18, 6:00 pm EDT
