Bankstown Area Multicultural Network
Produced by Bankstown Area Multicultural Network Inc and created by young Muslim women from Western Sydney.
Touring
Arab Films Touring Australia 1-29 November
This November, the Arab Film Festival is travelling across Australia for the first time. The national tour kicks off in Sydney before heading to Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide.
EYE OF THE SUN - Ein Shams
Ein Shams was once the capital of Pharaonic Egypt and a sacred location marked by the visit of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Now it has become one of Cairo’s poorest and most neglected neighbourhoods.
HURIYYA AND HER SISTERS
Khadija finds solace in the spiritual beauty of the moving word. Mariam discovers wisdom in the most fantastical of places. Assia wants to stop bombs falling on children. And Fatima? She wants to know what will become of Huriyya.
CAPTAIN ABU RAED
Australian Premiere and the first Jordanian feature film to be screened in Australia. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this crowd-pleasing Jordanian feature film is a gentle yet hard-hitting drama set in Amman, Jordan.
