PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
By Lynden Barber
This is a propitious time to be running an Australian festival devoted to Arab cinema. Not only have two relatively new, well-funded festivals in the neighbouring emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi given a shot in the arm to the region's filmmakers, but the region is undergoing the kind of social and political turmoil that can only nourish dramatic storytelling. Its filmmakers are not just making calling card films to land themselves a gig in Hollywood, as so often occurs in the West, but have local stories they are burning to tell... More
REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS
Need some help deciding what to see?
Find out what our team of critics think of the films in the 2011 Arab Film Festival program.
Son of Babylon (pictured)
Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Kingdom of Women: Ein el Hilweh
Director: Dahna Abourahme
Grandma, a Thousand Times
Director: Mahmoud Kaabour
The Circle
Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi
Cairo Exit
Director: Hesham Issawi
Stray Bullet
Director: Georges Hachem
