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THE ABBASI PROGRAM IN ISLAMIC STUDIES & THE MIDDLE EAST
COLLECTION SUL present
THE 10TH ANNUAL ARAB FILM FESTIVAL AT STANFORD
Monday Sept 11, 2006
6:30 Under the Ceiling (Syria,
2004)
Directed by Nidal el-Dibs
(In Arabic with English subtitles)
8:30 Malek wa Ketaba (Heads or Tails)
(Egypt, 2005)
Directed by Kamla Abu Zakry
Starring Hind Sabri, Khaled Abul Nagla, Mahmoud Hemida
(In Arabic with English Subtitles)
Tuesday
Sept 12, 2006
6:30 Stars in Broad Daylight
(Syria, 1988)
Directed by Oussama Mohammed
(In Arabic with English subtitles)
8:30 Ahlaam (Dreams) (Iraq, 2004)
Directed by Mohamed el-Daradji
(In Arabic with English subtitles)
ALL SHOWINGS IN CUBBERLY AUDITORIUM.
FREE ADMISSION.
All welcome!! Come early for good seats!
For the second year, the Arab Film Festival comes to Stanford. This
time with an expanded line-up spanning 2 nights! Among this year's
films are two gems of the Syrian cinema-- the recent "Under the
Ceiling" with its portrait of young Syrians and the bleak future
which awaits, and the long-banned satirical masterpiece, "Stars in
Broad Daylight". They come to us as part of the ArteEast Road to
Damascus Syrian Film Retrospective. They will ONLY be showing at
Stanford. Also included in the line-up is a fine new Egyptian
romantic comedy, "Malek wa-Ketaba", starring a trio of stars-- Hind
Sabri, Khaled Abul Nagla, and Mahmoud Hemida. And lastly as the
jewel in the crown of our series, we offer the first feature film
produced in Iraq since the fall of Saddam-- the amazing "Ahlaam" or
"Dreams", directed, written, produced, and shot by Mohamed
el-Daradji. It tells the story of a trio of individuals whose lives
and minds had been shattered by Saddam's brutal rule. When the
asylum in which they had been incarcerated is destroyed during the
US conquest of Baghdad, they are freed to face an even more
fantastic reality than their own broken dreams. Make plans to see
them all!
Hosted by David Giovacchini, Middle East Collection, Stanford
University Libraries.
Sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, with the Middle
East Collection of the Stanford University Libraries,
Thanks to Sonia el-Feki, and Bashir Anastas of the 10th Annual Arab
Film Festival
For more information on the AFF http://www.aff.org/
David Giovacchini
Arabic Librarian
Middle East
Collection
Stanford Univ.
Libraries
(650)-725-3426
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