All Films & Events
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10949 Women
Nassima Guessoum / Algeria, France / 2014 / 76 mins
10949 Women follows the cheerful, charming, and ironical Nassima Hablal, a forgotten heroine of the Algerian Revolution, as she recounts tales of the war and her fight for an independent Algeria. A story about women as told by a female director, this documentary takes a close look at the meaning of freedom and its necessitated sacrifices.10949 Women
Shattuck Cinemas
October 25, 2015 1:00 pm
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Atlantic
Jan-Willem van Ewijk / Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands / 2014 / 94 mins
A Moroccan fisherman sets off on an epic journey towards Europe on his wind surfboard. But the pursuit of dreams does not come without sacrifice.Atlantic
Embarcadero Center Cinema
October 17, 2015 5:15 pmAtlantic
Shattuck Cinemas
October 25, 2015 5:00 pm
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Arab Classics: Struggle on the Nile
Atef Salem / Egypt / 1959 / 120 mins
Three years before Lawrence Of Arabia made him an international sensation, dashing Egyptian actor Omar Sharif starred in this wonderful masterpiece of Egyptian cinema that has been virtually unseen in the US since its release in 1959.Arab Classics: Struggle on the Nile
Grand Lake Theatre
October 22, 2015 8:00 pm
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The Council
Yahya Alabdallah / Jordan, United Arab Emirates / 2014 / 80 mins
When a Palestinian primary UNRWA school in the Sukhna area of Jordan announces student council elections, its students are keen to establish a “Majlis” system addressing inter-student and student-teacher relationships. The Council is about three students’ journey from the moment the elections are announced until the end of the academic year.The Council
Shattuck Cinemas
October 24, 2015 1:00 pm
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The Cut
Fatih Akin / Belgium, France, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands / 2014 / 138 mins
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.The Cut
Embarcadero Center Cinema
October 17, 2015 8:30 pm
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Diaries of a Flying Dog
Bassam Fayad / Lebanon, United Arab Emirates / 2014 / 75 mins
A man and his tiny dog have something in common: obsessive compulsive anxiety disorder. Through the man’s quest to heal, he recalls a memories filled with fear, violence, war, love. These emotional echoes of his past emerge in the present and the future.Preceded by: Helwan Moi
Diaries of a Flying Dog | Helwan
Shattuck Cinemas
October 24, 2015 5:00 pm
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Fathers
82 mins
AFF's celebration of Arab Fathers, this shorts series highlights the relationship between Arab fathers and their children, the heart ache, the joy, the sacrifice, the desire to be understood and accepted by one another and ultimately the unwavering love that they give.In This Program: Scarecrow, Light, The Sheikh of Mussafah, Our Father’s Sons, Made of Clay, Pere, Pickup
Shorts Program: Fathers
Grand Lake Theatre
October 22, 2015 6:00 pmShorts Program: Fathers
Harmony Gold
November 14, 2015 4:30 pm
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From A to B
Ali F. Mostafa / Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates / 2014 / 108 mins
Three estranged childhood friends travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost friend. If what happens en route doesn't make them crazy, it might just bring them closer.Precedes: Opening Night After Party
Opening Night: From A to B
Castro Theatre
October 16, 2015 7:30 pmFrom A to B
New Parkway Theatre
October 23, 2015 8:00 pmFrom A to B
Harmony Gold
November 14, 2015 8:00 pm
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The Gate of Departure
Karim Hanafy / Egypt / 2014 / 60 mins
The Gate of Departure is a meditation on grief, death and psychological entrapment that dispenses dialogue and narrative for a visual experience that breaks the conventions.Preceded by: White Sugar
The Gate of Departure
Embarcadero Center Cinema
October 18, 2015 1:00 pm
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Haunted
Liwaa Yazji / Germany, Lebanon, Syria / 2014 / 112 mins
Haunted asks the difficult questions that confront people forced to leave their home during war. Such as: When do they leave? What do they take with them? Which aspects of their lives irretrievably end once they have left? Are they refugees, or on the move? Do they see themselves as displaced people? What does home mean? Which rights do they lose? From which losses can they protect themselves? What can they control?Haunted
Embarcadero Center Cinema
October 18, 2015 3:00 pm
