After wrapping things up in Sydney with a fantastic, sold-out screening of Elia Sulieman’s wry and thought-provoking The Time that Remains, the festival bade farewell to Sydney to launch into its national tour.

This Friday 9 July the Arab Film Festival Australia kicks off its Melbourne season with City of Life, Ali Mostafa’s turbo-charged homage to the city of Dubai and its international inhabitants. On Saturday night Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story exposes the tough choices of Egyptian women in life, love and career. Then on Sunday 12 Angry Lebanese takes us behind the high walls of Roumieh Prison for a theatre production that changes the lives of the men involved – it screens with The Traveller which tells the story of a Sudanese refugee as he tries to assimilate into Australian society.

The festival’s Melbourne home is at Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton and tickets are now on sale.

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Meanwhile Canberra (15-17 July), Adelaide (24-25 July) and Brisbane (30-31 July) are getting ready to take their own tour through the cutting edge of Arab cinema, including City of Life and Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story.