Festivals

Arab Film Festival 2007

Cinemaayat, The Arab Film Festival, at Camera 12

The 11th annual Cinemayaat, the Arab Film Festival, returned to Camera 12 Cinema in downtown San Jose, Oct. 20, 26-27, 2007. The only independent showcase in the U.S. for cinema produced by and about the Arab World, Cinemayaat presented numerous short films, videos, documentaries and full-length features from countries around the globe, including Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, France and the United States, in venues throughout the Bay Area from Oct. 18-28 (in many cases, with the filmmaker in attendance).

The festival's schedule at the Camera 12 was as follows:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

12 noon -- Six Girls / Another World / Marazik (Egypt)
2:30pm -- Arabana (United Arab Emirates) / The Deceased (Morocco) / A Muslim Childhood (Morocco)
5:00pm -- Day & Night / Leisure Time (Egypt)
7:30pm -- Flower Of Oblivion (Tunisia/Morocco)
9:45pm -- Making Of (Tunisia)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

7:00pm -- Rise And Shine (Egypt) / A Perfect Day (France/Lebanon)
9:30pm -- Iraq, the Song of the Missing Men (France) / Winterland (Norway)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

12:00pm -- Beirut Diaries: Truth, Lies and Video / A Summer Not To Forget (Lebanon)
2:15pm -- Bil'in My Love (Israel) / It's Not A Gun (France)
5:00pm -- I Am The One Who Brings the Flowers To Her Grave (France)
7:30pm -- Cut And Paste (Egypt)
9:30pm -- VHS -- Kahloucha (Tunisia)

The Arab Film Festival is sponsored by the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. For more on this year's event, including a complete schedule and film descriptions, call (415) 564-1100, email info@aff.org, or check out the THE ARAB FILM FESTIVAL website.