BAY AREA, March 17th
Montalvo & Aurora Forum at Stanford University present with the Arab Film Festival:
Filmmaking in Iraq: The Challenge of
Building a Cinematic Voice
Filmmakers Maysoon Pachachi, Kasim Abid, Fady Hadid in
conversation with Stanford Professor Kristine Samuelson
Monday, March 17th, 7:30 PM, FREE ADMISSION
CARRIAGE HOUSE THEATRE @ MONTALVO ARTS CENTER
Pre-Conversation Peek, 6 PM: Kasim Abid screens clips from
his new film After the Fall and fields Q&A. Reception with wine and light appetizers follows.
MAYSOON PACHACHI & KASIM ABID: Founders of the Independent Film & Television College in Baghdad (2004), Pachachi and Abid present student films and discuss the challenges of filmmaking in the current Iraqi climate.
FADY HADID: Producer of Hometown Baghdad, a documentary Web series following the lives of Iraqi 20-somethings trying to survive in Baghdad, he is a member of the Najeen Group, an Iraqi artists’ initiative that supports and produces theater, art and films.
KRISTINE SAMUELSON (moderator): Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford, Samuelson serves as the director of the Film and Media Studies Program and the Documentary Film and Video MFA Program. She has also been an independent film producer for more than 25 years.
This is the final program in a series of five conversations on art and cultural production in Iraq through Montalvo’s collaboration with the Aurora Forum at Stanford University.
IRAQ: REFRAME is funded by David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Montalvo members. For more information, call 408-961-5800 or visit www.montalvoarts.org
