One World, Diverse Culture
The ACCC and AFF Present, One World, Diverse Culture.
A Film Series highlighting Narratives and Images from the Arab World

When: Every last Thursday of the month
What: Film screenings followed by discussion
Where: The ACCC (2 Plaza Street, San Francisco, 94116)
Cost: Suggested Donation of $5

Upcoming Films:
*Thursday, March 25th- Captain Abu Raed at 6:30pm
*Thursday, April 29th- Eye of the Sun

This crowd pleasing Jordanian feature film follows the life of a kind airport janitor who, through a case of mistaken identity, suddenly finds himself with the capacity to change the lives around him. Widower, Abu Raed a man of little means but rich of imagination, spends his days cleaning the Amman airport, and his nights in isolation, reading from his cramped personal library. When Tarek, a neighborhood kid, spots Abu Raed wearing a secondhand pilot’s hat, he is convinced that Abu Raed is an international traveler and begs to hear about his adventures. Initially reluctant, the elderly man recognizes that Tarek and all his friends are desperately curious about the world and Abu Raed begins to weave elaborate stories for the wide-eyed children. As his regular storytelling sessions bring Abu Raed and the children closer, his adventures serve not only as entertainment but as the key to transforming the lives of children, local adults, as well as his personal sense of meaning.

Monthly Arab Movie Night
The Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley and Arab Film Festival invite you to a night of award-winning drama and good company.

Friday March 26, 2010 at 7:00PM

Film: The Yellow House, La Maison Jaune (Algeria: Arabic and French with English Subtitles)

Synopses: This subtle and picturesque tale is as much an ode to the Algerian countryside as it is a simple film about a man’s journey to keep his family in tact. When Mouloud learns his son Belkacem has been killed in a car accident while serving in the army, he leaves his daughter Alya and wife Fatima and embarks on a meditative journey across Eastern Algeria to bring back the body. Traveling through the majestic Aures Mountains, the obstacles he faces on his journey reveals the remarkable kindness and sensitivity of his countrymen in neighboring villages and town. Upon returning home and completing the necessary burial rituals, Mouloud finds that his wife has fallen into a deep depression. Determined to bring her out of it, Mouloud, with a heartwarming naiveté, struggles to remove her grief with simple gestures of his love. A poignant mix of beauty, loss and devotion, Amor Hakkar’s beautifully shot film presents a sun-kissed Algeria filled with daily expressions of a dignified humanity.

* Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qJPw2Gxno

* Suggested donation: $5

* Please feel free to bring snacks to share

*Please arrive at 7:00PM. Movie will start playing at 7:30PM sharp. Running time is about one hour.

* AACCsv is located in building 2 in Houge Park in San Jose. Address is: 3952 Twilight Drive, San Jose, CA 95124

* Invite your friends on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=336627799563&ref=ts

Corner Store at the Victoria Theater
Co-Presented by Arab Film Festival

Run time: 93 min. | USA
Time: 3:00pm and 7:00pm
Date: March 27th
Location: Victoria Theater – Buy Tickets
Street: 2961 16th Street, San Francisco

The Arab Film Festival Presents

Pomegranates and Myrr by Najwa Najjar

Eye of the Sun

The Arab Film Festival & National Geographic Entertainment
PRESENT

AMREEKA
A film by Cherien Dabis
Q&A after the film with Writer and Director Cherien Dabis

Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. Told with heartfelt humor by writer-director Cherien Dabis in her feature film debut, Amreeka is a universal journey into the lives of a Palestinian family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home.

Amreeka recalls Dabis’s Palestinian family’s memories of their lives in rural America during the first Iraq War. The film stars Haifa-trained actress Nisreen Faour as Muna, and Melkar Muallen plays her 16-year-old son, Fadi. Also in the cast are Hiam Abbass (The Visitor, Paradise Now), Alia Shawkat (“Arrested Development”), Yussef Abu-Warda and Joseph Ziegler.

Be sure to buy tickets early! Seating is limited and we recommend you purchase your tickets online.

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Thursday, August 27th @ 7pm
Embarcadero Center Cinema
One Embarcadero Center Cinema, Promenade Level
San Francisco

$20 General / $15 Students

Free four-hour validated parking is available after 5 PM Monday-Friday and after 10 AM Saturday & Sunday at any Embarcadero Center Parking Garage. With validation, reduced rates apply at all other times.

Co-Presented by The Jewish Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Society

“Amreeka” opens in theaters in SF on September 18th

Opening Night Film: Waiting for Pasolini by Daoud Aoulad-Syad

Following the Awards ceremony, AFF presents the Bay Area premiere of Waiting for Pasolini, the latest feature by Moroccan director Daoud Aoulad-Syad.

Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Castro Theater, San Francisco
6:00pm Reception (by invitation only)
8:00pm Awards Ceremony and Opening Film Waiting for Pasolini

Noor Awards on Opening Night

Join us for a very special evening at the historic Castro Theater for the 2nd annual Noor Awards Ceremony to take place Opening Night, October 16th 2008.
All nominated competition films will be judged by our distinguished local jury members. As part of the Noor Award, a cash prize to the director of the winning film will be given as follows:
Best Long Fiction 2000 USD
Best Long Non-Fiction 2000 USD
Best Short Fiction 500 USD
Best Short Non-Fiction 500 USD

The Arab Film Festival will also present a Life Achievement Award honoring the work, talent, and creativity of the late Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.