[nyfoil-l] 2/23-3/4: 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival

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2007 New York Arab & South  Asian Film Festival
23 February - 4 March,  2007

_http://www.alwanforthearts.org/filmfestival_ 
(http://www.alwanforthearts.org/filmfestival)   

Over 70 recent features, documentaries and shorts showcase  the
creative vitality of North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia  and
their diasporas. Several directors will be in attendance and  panel
discussions will be held.

Check the website in the coming week  for articles, interviews, updates and
ticketing information: _http://www.alwanforthearts.org/filmfestival_ 
(http://www.alwanforthearts.org/filmfestival)   

Organized by: Alwan for the Arts, 3rd i NY, South Asian Women's  Creative
Collective,  Downtown Community TV, Columbia University,  Rotterdam Arab Film
Festival with major support from Lower Manhattan Cultural  Council.

*Special Programs*

Artists in Exile

New  Documentaries from Afghanistan

Next Generation Filmmakers from the  UK

Palestinian Revolution Cinema

Transfixed: South Asian &  Arab Experimental Shorts

War Diaries: Newly Commissioned video  projections documenting the daily
experiences of people under siege in  Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and
Palestine

Retrospective on and Master  Class by Tunisian director Nacer Khemir

*Venues*

Tribeca  Cinemas
54 Varick St. @ Canal St.

Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver St.  between Broad & Broadway

Columbia University
Lerner Hall,  Schermerhorn Auditorium and Dodge Hall
116th & Broadway

DCTV
87  Lafayette St. (two blocks south of Canal St.)

Pioneer Theater
155 East  3rd St. & Avenue A


The 2007 New York Arab and South  Asian Film Festival is made possible in
part through the generous support of  the Fund for Creative
Communities/New York State Council on the Arts  Decentralization
Program, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural  Council & The
Collaborative Marketing Grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural  Council
with the generous support of The September 11th Fund.  Additional
support from Springer Associates PR, Deep Dish TV and  Columbia
University Department of Middle East and Asian Languages  and
Cultures, the Middle East Institute, and the Film Division of  the
School of the Arts.





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