The I’m Migrant Film Festival is a month-long programme of screenings and events bringing together established filmmakers from across the SWANA Region alongside emerging filmmakers from the Arab World and platforming the most promising new talent from young directors.
PROGRAMME:
Tuesday 25th February, 6.45pm
LOSS - Five short films
Nya (dir. Imene Ayadi), Ali and His Miracle Sheep (dir. Maythem Ridha), A Lullaby Unlike Any Other (dir. Amani Jaafer), Foresaken (dir. Aziz Shennawy) and Loss, (dir. Rami Al-Kassab)
Get tickets: https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95330
Thursday 27th February, 7.10pm
THE PHOENIX OF GAZA - dir. Yousef Al-Helou
Charity screening fundraising for families in Occupied Palestine
Get tickets: https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/95340
Friday 28th February, 6.45pm
THE WOODMAN - dir. Koutaiba Al Janabi
Get tickets: https://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/94702
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
Previous screenings in the programme:
Saturday 1st February, 6.20pm
THE TEACHER - dir. Farah Nabulsi
Tuesday 4th February, 6.45pm
HIDDEN LIVES - Five short films
Ali’s Secret (dir. Mona Daoud), I Am Amina (dir. Nabila Eltigi), Pro (dir. Sarra Ryma), Moustache, (dir. Meqdad Al-Kout) and Tabbouleh and Pie (dir. Ja’far Abd Al-Hamid)
Thursday 6th February, 6.45pm
LEAVING BAGHDAD - dir. Koutaiba Al Janabi
Saturday 8th February, 6.45pm
I’M MIGRANT - dir. Yamam Nabeel
Two episodes from the I’m Migrant series, intiportraits of the Iraqi painters Afifa Aleiby and Faisel Laibi Sahi
Tuesday 11th February, 6.45pm
OPEN CALL NIGHT
An evening of short films from the most exciting emerging filmmakers from the SWANA Region.
Thursday 13th February, 6.50pm
ARAB FILM CLUB PRESENTS: Ghosts from the Past, Present and Future
Palestinian short films, with a Q&A with actors Motaz Malhees and Sarah Agar
The Deer’s Tooth (dir. Saif Hammash), Hamza: Chasing The Ghost Chasing Me (dir. Ward Kayyal), Mar Mama (dir. Majdi El-Omari) and The Key (dir. Rakan Mayasi)
Tuesday 18th February, 6pm - UK Premiere!
HANGING GARDENS - dir. Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji
Thursday 20th February, 9pm
FAMILY - Five short films
Abdullah and Leilah (dir. Ashtar Al Khirsan), Beneath A Mother’s Feet (dir. Elias Suhail), The Last Days with Eliane (dir. Mehdi Hajri), Blood Like Water (dir. Dima Hamdan) and Due To Love (dir. Elisa Ward)
Saturday 22nd February, 6.10pm
GOODBYE JULIA - dir. Mohamed Kordofani
