Thu 29 Jun - Sun 9 Jul

SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series

The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to Ciné Lumière!

For its eighth edition, SAFAR is embarking on a journey through space and time in Arab cinema, mapping the region across a new axis and showcasing films which traverse territories and historical periods.

Highlights include a special programme curated by artist Zineb Sedira reflecting on the relationship between cinema, anticolonial activism in Algeria and collective memory.

Visit www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk to explore the full programme from 29 June – 9 July across the UK and at Ciné Lumière.

SAFAR Film Festival

Programme

The Last Queen

Thu 29 Jun

+ Q&A with co-director Damien Ounouri

Women Shaping The World, SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Ashkal

Fri 30 Jun

SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Cairo Double Bill

Fri 30 Jun

+ conversation with director Hala Galal and season curator Elhum Shakerifar

Women Shaping The World, SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo

Sat 1 Jul

Women Shaping The World, SAFAR Film Festival

CinéFamilies, Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Fragments from Heaven

Sat 1 Jul

SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

My Lost Country

Sat 1 Jul

+ Q&A with director Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez

SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Cairo Station

Sun 2 - Tue 4 Jul

SAFAR Film Festival, Drama and Desire: The Films of Youssef Chahine

Classics, Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Resisting with Cinema: Le festival panafricain d’Alger (1969)

Wed 5 Jul

+ intro by Zineb Sedira and Gilane Tawadros

SAFAR Film Festival

Classics, Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

Resisting with Cinema: an Evening Curated by Zineb Sedira

Wed 5 Jul

+ conversation with Zineb Sedira and Gilane Tawadros

Women Shaping The World, SAFAR Film Festival

Classics, Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

The Damned Don’t Cry

Thu 6 - Thu 13 Jul

Preview + conversation with director Fyzal Boulifa on 6 July

SAFAR Film Festival

Festivals & Series, New Releases, Special Screenings

The Sixth Day

Sun 9 - Tue 11 Jul

SAFAR Film Festival, Drama and Desire: The Films of Youssef Chahine

Classics, Festivals & Series, Special Screenings

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