Arab Film Festival Australia

Hikayat in Queensland: Telling Stories, Memories and Belongings

Telling Stories, Memories and Belongings The epic oral traditions of storytelling in the Arab world continue to survive and evolve through transmission and performance, informing Arabic literature and influencing storytelling throughout the world - including in Australia.

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Filmmakers

HANY ABU-ASSAD»

Hany Abu-Assad directed his first film in 1998, The Fourteenth Chick from a script by writer Arnon Grunberg. Later films include the short Nazareth 2000 (2000) and the feature film Rana’s Wedding (2002).


BASHEER ALMAJID»

Basheer Al Majed was an actor in the long feature Ahlaam, which he received a Best Actor award at the Festival of Carthage in Tunisia in 2006.


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