Arab Film Festival Australia

It’s a Wrap… Arab Film Fest Closes

There’s been laughter, there’s been tears and there’s been extraordinary connections with 4000 Arab movie fans across Australia. The 2011 Arab Film Festival Australia closed this week at the end of our national tour that took us to Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane. Our warm thanks to everyone who came out in the cold [...]

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Filmmakers

Hazim Bitar»

An award-winning Jordanian-Palestinian producer and founder of the Amman Filmmakers Cooperative and the Jordan Short Film Festival. In 2007 the Institut Français du Proche-Orient selected Bitar as one of Jordan’s leading cultural influences.


Amal Kateb»

Born and raised in Algeria. She completed her studies in Pyschology and Drama in France. She has a passion for music, writing and cinema.


Fatima Mawas»

She is a writer/director who has written and directed short films, music videos, dance videos and a live-action stereoscopic 3D film, widely screened at festivals and exhibitions.


Festival Dates

Sydney30 June - 3 July|Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Melbourne8 - 10 July|Cinema Nova Carlton
Canberra14 - 17 July|National Film and Sound Archive
Adelaide23 - 24 July|Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Brisbane30 - 31 July|Dendy Portside

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