The Saffar Film Festival, launched by the Arab British Center, is the only British festival dedicated to screening films from the Arab world.
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Featuring three premieres, 20 films and a host of talks and events, this year’s edition will be the largest iteration yet and will use a mixed model of online and in-person events spread across all London cinemas.
Also new to the festival, this year’s event will be presented in partnership with the Shubbak Festival for Contemporary Arab Culture, which showcases and supports the diversity of creativity and innovation of Arab artists.
Curated by Lebanese film guru Rabih El Khoury, this year’s festival will revolve around the theme of “Generations Encounters in Arab Cinema,” showcasing contemporary and classic films with emerging youth, family inequalities, and societal tensions at their center.
Al-Khoury said: “It is with absolute pleasure that I oversee the sixth edition of the Saffar Film Festival.” “We are excited to be back in cinemas with the festival’s biggest program to date, and we have a great selection of shows that explore the theme of intergenerational encounters.”
Theaters and other venues across the UK have suffered from a long period of restrictions on social gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Amani Hassan, director of programs at the Arab British Centre, said the blow to the British cultural sector means this year’s Saffar Film Festival is the most significant.
“This year’s Saffar Film Festival marks the first time we have partnered with our friends at the Shubbak Festival, which, after a difficult year for the cultural sector, offers our organizations the opportunity to join forces and amplify the voices of Arab artists and filmmakers around the world. Hassan added.
Saffar will open at London’s famous Barbican Cultural Center with the premiere of Egyptian director Aiten Amin’s new film “Souad”.
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Source: Ukrgate
