Our Team

Serge Bakalian
Executive Director
serge (at) arabfilmfestival (dot) org

Deana Nassar
Artistic Director
deana (at) arabfilmfestival (dot) org

Aurora Meneghello
Marketing Director
aurora (at) arabfilmfestival (dot) org

Nagham Wehbe
Los Angeles Festival Director

Sharif Ezzat
Designer Director

Alexander Farrow
Senior Programmer

Andrea Schwemmer
Programmer

Yasmina Tawil
Cinemayyat Editor

Naji Sawas
Opening Night Coordinator

Program Guide
Brianna Nelson

Festival Trailer
Wesam Nassar
Tyma Hezam

Interns
Tyma Hezam
Nadia Malouf

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rania Ahmed
Shadi Elkarra
Mohannad El-Khairy
Feras Mousilli, co-chair
Nadia Mshasha
Dalia Rahman
Danielle Siragusa, co-chair
Hisham Zawil

ADVISORY BOARD

Hany Abu-Assad
Sam Blan
Peter Boyle
Mhamed Ibnabdeljalil
Mario Kassar
Asaad Kelada
Rashid Khalidi
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Saade Kenny
Dina Saba
Ghada Saliba-Malouf
Jack Shaheen
Tony Shalhoub
Naomi Shihab Nye
Joan Widdifield