Get your tickets now and make sure you don’t miss the official opening night - film and party.

Come see a film and be entertained at the 5th Arab Film Festival which opens on Thursday 2 July, 2009 at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta with the first Jordanian feature film to be screened in Australia, Captain Abu Raeed. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this drama delves into the lives of everyday people when a lonely janitor working at Amman Airport is mistaken for a pilot.

This years program offers cinema audiences a remarkable contrast of perspectives. Big picture conflicts, touching stories from the heart of people under occupation, of children lost, of lovers smitten, of lives made and destroyed. This unique film festival will screen a collection of the latest features, short films and documentaries that sparkle with the rich and beautiful complexity of Arab cultural, social and political life.

Yallah! Let’s go to the movies.