Malmö Arab Film Festival

{{Short description|Swedish film festival}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox Film Festival

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| location = Malmö {{SWE}}

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| founded = 2011

| films = Arab cinema

| founders= Mouhamad Keblawi

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| number = 40 selections
11 countries (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100596/Malmo-Arab-Film-Festival-to-kick-off-on-April-6|last1=Essam|first1=Angy|title=Malmo Arab Film Festival to kick off on April 6|date=April 6, 2021|accessdate=August 10, 2021|work=Egypt Today}}

| website = [https://www.maffswe.com maffswe.com]

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Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) is an Arab film festival based in Malmö, Sweden. MAFF is widely regarded as the most influential and largest Arabic film festival in Europe, and is the only one in Scandinavia.{{cite web |url=http://www.festivalfocus.org/festival/1883/malmo-arab-film-festival |title=Malmo Arab Film Festival - MAFF |accessdate=24 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224185144/http://www.festivalfocus.org/festival/1883/malmo-arab-film-festival |archivedate=24 February 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Sweden's Malmö Arab Film Festival|url=http://destinationtravelinfo.blogspot.se/2014/12/swedens-malmo-arab-film-festival.html|publisher=DestinationTravel|accessdate=9 August 2015}} The first edition was held in 2011 and today the festival presents a broad selection of films made by Arab filmmakers or that in some way connects with questions of the Arab world or culture.{{Cite web |title=Publiken lockas med stjärnor |url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/publiken-lockas-med-stjarnor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428054842/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/publiken-lockas-med-stjarnor/ |archive-date=2015-04-28 |website=sydsvenskan.se}}