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6th Arab Film Festival Zurich

Corine Mauch

Welcome adress

Corine Mauch, Mayor of the City of Zurich.

Gemini Africa

Project Presentation

Adly Thoma

Speaker

Adly Thoma is the Chairman & CEO of Gemini Africa.

A Film School in Mosul

Alfaslia

Youssef Radwan Shakir

Candies

Mustafa Khaled Jamal

Don’t Touch

Ahmed Shamil

The other Face

Tamara Jamal

The Son of the River

Anas Khalil

The Step

Mustafa Dergham Mohamed

Milo Rau

Speaker (via online feed)

Milo Rau is director, author and artistic director of NTGent (Belgium) and will present the film school project via online feed.

Panel: Filmmaking in Jordan

Jasmine Benhaida

Moderator

Jasmine Benhaida began working on her PhD at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Basel in February 2021. Her dissertation project examines the practices of women at the Sharia Courts in Jordan between 1918 and 1928.

Daniele Cantini

Participant

Daniele Cantini is research fellow at Halle University, Germany. He earned his PhD in social anthropology at Modena University in 2006. He conducted research in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon and held positions in Cairo, Modena, Halle, Beirut, and Zurich.

Zaid Abu Hamdan

Participant

Zaid Abu Hamdan's short film Bahiya & Mahmoud qualified for an Oscar nomination in 2012. His feature film Daughters of Abdul-Rahman won audience awards and will be screened at the AFFZ 2022. Zaid’s second feature film Boomah is planned to shoot mid-2023.

Panel: Filmmaking in Lebanon

Mae Anna Chokr

Moderator

Mae Anna Chokr is a researcher/analyst specializing in Middle East politics, identity and political culture. She is currently working at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich in the program "Culture and Religion in Mediation".

Joey Ayoub

Participant

Joey Ayoub is a writer & researcher currently finishing a PhD in cultural studies at the University of Zurich. He previously worked as a MENA editor at Global Voices Online and IFEX and he hosts the podcast The Fire These Times.

Nay Abou Fayad

Participant

Nay Abou Fayad, born in Beirut, is an experienced actress and transdisciplinary artist (theatre, music, psychology and languages). Since 2016, she has appeared in several plays and short films and starred in James Chehab's feature film "The Adventures of a Mother and Her Daughters...".

Symposium: Women Make Films in Saudi Arabia

Mae Anna Chokr

Moderator

Mae Anna Chokr is a researcher/analyst specializing in Middle East politics, identity and political culture. She is currently working at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich in the program "Culture and Religion in Mediation".

Hana Alomair

Speaker (via online feed)

Hana Alomair is a Saudi writer and director who has won several awards for her screenplays and short films.  She is the chairperson of the Saudi Cinema Association.

Award Ceremony

On Sunday, November 27 at 17.30 we present the prizes for the "Best Film" and the "Best Director" at the Filmpodium as part of the 6th Arab Film Festival Zurich 2022. 
13 new feature films and documentaries are in competition.

On December 1st at 18.30, one of the two award-winning films of the 6th Arab Film Festival will be screened again.

See www.filmpodium.ch from 28.11.22.