In the past decades, we have witnessed a new wave of Arab cinema, deeply grounded in the realities and politics of everyday life in the Arab world and its disparate diasporas. More recently, Arab filmmakers have experimented more with alternative genres and modes of storytelling. While certainly popularized by the proliferation of Western culture, speculative fiction - fantasy, science fiction and magic realism - are not a foreign form of storytelling in the Arab world.
These genres, and by extension, the stories they portray, have proved both timeless and timely. Can Arab cinema translate this success into film? Instead of looking and examining only our immediate present and our recent tumultuous past, should we be rethinking, reconfiguring, and restructuring how we tell stories? Moderator: Rolla Tahir, Filmmaker, TAF Co-founder & Artistic Director Speakers: - Desirée Custers, Arabic literature translator and Researcher - Nehal El-Hadi, Writer, Researcher, Editor - Ayham Jabr, Filmmaker, Editor, Graphic Designer
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Given the recent new wave of Arab cinema, bolstered by co-productions and initiatives around the world, particularly in film festivals, this panel aims to examine the recent wave of Arab films in international film festivals through the lens of a pan-Arab renaissance. Recent co-production initiatives, transnational talent development and pan-Arab distribution, in particular, are defying national borders and are reinvigorating and redefining preconceived notions of what constitutes Arab cinema.
Moderator: Karam Masri, Filmmaker, TAF Co-founder & Artistic Director Speakers:
Full panel here. As the world of filmmaking increasingly moves towards international co-productions, aided by a plethora of start up initiatives aimed towards emerging talent, this panel will demystify the process of feature filmmaking for emerging directors, writers and producers. Particularly aimed at filmmakers who are trying to make the transition from short films into feature filmmaking, topics of discussion will include: opportunities available to emerging Arab filmmakers, international co-production initiatives, and how to find and work with producers.
Moderator: Rolla Tahir, Filmmaker, TAF Co-founder & Artistic Director Speakers:
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