Arab Film Festival
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| number = 60 short and feature-length films
| date = December 3 to 13, 2020
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The Arab Film Festival (AFF) is the flagship program of the Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) a nonprofit organization that hosts the largest and longest-running independent Arab film festival in the United States.{{r|YgzJ0}} It is held in California each year in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego, and Berkeley.
Overview
The Arab Film and Media Institute was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996 as the Arab Film Festival. It aimed to counter common stereotypes of Arabs shown in the media and provide opportunities for a new generation of Arab filmmakers to showcase their work.{{r|Rlc55}}{{r|Foster2006}}{{r|Inc.2005}}{{r|Allen2007}} In addition to its annual Arab Film Festival, it also hosts individual screenings throughout the year.
Leadership
Several prominent Arab-Americans have been involved with the Festival throughout the years, among them actor Tony Shalhoub and media critic Jack Shaheen. Both serve on its advisory board.{{r|Qrzdd}} The Festival is run by Executive Director Serge Bakalian and a Board of Directors, including Feras Mousilli, Danielle Siragusa, and Hisham Zawil.{{Cite web|url=https://arabfilminstitute.org/team/|title = Who We Are}}{{r|Sv1As}}
Award winners
2012 Arab Film Festival Awards{{r|JxDIg}}
- Outstanding Feature Film: Death for Sale by Faouzi Bensaidi, Morocco
- Outstanding Documentary Film: The Virgin, The Copts and Me by Namir Abdel Messeeh, France, Qatar
- Outstanding Short Documentary: Karama Has No Walls by Sara Ishaq, Yemen
- Outstanding Short Narrative Winner: Farewell Exile by Lamia Alami, Morocco
- Honorable Mention: Yamo by Rami Nihawi, Lebanon
References
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| author = Alan Allen
| title = A Noah's Ark of Recurring Celebration: San Francisco Annual Event History – Winners of the Human Race
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_KfjYe7cFmcC&pg=PA394
| accessdate = 16 August 2013
| date = 10 December 2007
| publisher = Trafford Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-4669-8184-3
| pages = 394–
| quote = The mission of the Arab Film Festival (AFF) is to enhance public understanding of Arab culture 85 to provide alternative representations of Arabs that contradict the stereotypical images frequently encountered in the American mass media.
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| author = Stephen William Foster
| title = Cosmopolitan Desire: Transcultural Dialogues and Antiterrorism in Morocco
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Uxzxuhd9T8AC&pg=PA45
| accessdate = 16 August 2013
| date = 1 January 2006
| publisher = Rowman Altamira
| isbn = 978-0-7591-1024-3
| pages = 45–
| quote = ... It was screened at the 9th Arab Film Festival, San Francisco (2005). On borders and boundaries as a more ...
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| author = TIYM Publishing Company, Inc.
| title = Asian American Yearbook: A Unique Resource and Referral Guide for and About Asian Pacific Americans
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7hkNAQAAMAAJ
| accessdate = 16 August 2013
| year = 2005
| publisher = TIYM Publishing Company, Incorporated
| page = 186
| isbn = 9780965654579
| quote = ARAB FILM FESTIVAL 2 Plz. Ave. San Francisco. CA 94116 Dina Saba, Director/Founder Tel: (415) 564-1100 Email: ...
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| url = http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/film_detail.php?id%3D1375
| title = Arab Film Festival: San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Los Angeles
| accessdate = 2013-08-28
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130829031911/http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/film_detail.php?id=1375
| archivedate = 2013-08-29
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| url = http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/New-generation-of-Arab-filmmakers-probes-2655411.php
| title = New generation of Arab filmmakers probes cross-cultural tensions/Directors rooted in U.S. and Europe are drawing wide attention
| website = Sfgate.com
| date = 15 April 2003
| author = Curiel, Jonathon
| accessdate = 17 August 2017
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| url = http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/directors
| title = AFF staff
| publisher = Arab Film Festival
| date = 2001-09-11
| accessdate = 2013-08-16
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| url = http://www.levantinecenter.org/levantine-review/film/16th-annual-arab-film-festival-comes-la-oct-19
| title = 16th ANNUAL ARAB FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO LA OCT 19 | Levantine Cultural Center
| publisher = Levantinecenter.org
| date = 2012-10-09
| accessdate = 2013-08-16
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131204031524/http://www.levantinecenter.org/levantine-review/film/16th-annual-arab-film-festival-comes-la-oct-19
| archivedate = 2013-12-04
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External links
- [http://www.arabfilmfestival.org/ Official website]