Schedule

Thursday, March 29

6PM

Opening reception donated by Holy Land Restaurant

7PM
Heaven’s Doors (160 min, Imad & Swell Noury, Morocco, 2006)

Introduced by guest director Ali Selim (Sweet Land)

Friday, March 30

4PM-6PM
La Pelote de Laine (14 min, Fatma Zamoum, France, 2005)
Sabah El Foll (9 min, Sherif El Bendary, Egypt, 2006)
Ard El-Nissa'a (58 min, Jean Chamoun, Egypt, 2003)
En Attendant Ben Gourion (30 min, Norma Marcos, France, 2006)

Appetizers provided by Mill City

7PM-9PM
Hot House (90 min, Shimon Dotan, Israel, 2006)

9PM
The Devil Came on Horseback (85 min, Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, USA, 2007) SpeciaL Screening

Followed by discussion with Annie Sundberg

Saturday, March 31

10AM-12PM
State Terrorism: Arabs & Terrorism Episode 2 (45 min, Bassam Haddad, USA, 2006)
Leila Khaled, Hijacker (58 min, Lina Makboul, Sweden, 2006)

Shawarma by Yaffa Grill

1PM-3PM
T’sawar (11 min, Nejib Belkadhi, Tunisia, 2005)
My Father (2 min, Pamela Ghanimeh, Jordan, 2006)
Goal Dreams (84 min, Maya Sanbar & Jeffrey Saunders, USA/Palestine ,2005 )

4PM-6PM
I See the Stars at Noon (57 min, Saeed Taji Farouky, Morocco/UK, 2004)

Followed by discussion with Saeed Taji Farouky
Food provided by Punch Pizza

7PM-9PM
Le Thé d'Ania (95 min, Said Ould Khelifa, France/Algeria, 2004)

9PM
Iraq: Song of the Missing Men (55 min, Layth Abdulamir, Iraq/France, 2005)
Ertijal (60 min, Raed Andoni, Palestine/France/Finland, 2005)

Sunday, April 1

10AM-12PM
Ben Barka: The Moroccan Equation (84 min, Simone Bitton, France/Morocco, 2001)

1PM-3PM
Bagdad Rap (75 min, Arturo Cisneros, Spain, 2004)
Heavy Metal Drummer (6 min, Toby MacDonald & Luke Morris, UK, 2005)

4PM-6PM
Away from Home (11 min, Qais il Zobaidi, Syria, 1969)
Palestine Blues (80 min, Nida Sinnokrot, USA/Palestine, 2005)

Followed by discussion with director Nida Sinnokrot

7PM-9PM
Rain is Falling (15 min, Holger Ernst, Germany, 2004)
Littoral (96 min, Wadji Mouawad, Canada/France, 2004)

Dessert reception