DC Arabian Sights Film Festival 2016 Schedule (October 21-30, 2016)
Advance tickets go on sale Thursday, September 29.
They will be available through Missiontix.com until midnight the day before the show.
No Missiontix.com sales on the day of show. We always reserve a number of tickets to be sold at the theater starting one hour before the first show, even when advance tickets are sold out by MissionTix.
Film Schedule
OPENING NIGHT – followed by a party
Leyla Bouzid – Tunisia, France, Belgium, UAE – 102 mins
Tradition butts up against progress in Leyla Bouzid’s debut feature As I Open My Eyes, a musically charged French-Tunisian film that follows a young woman in a band as she navigates familial, cultural, and social ideals in contemporary Tunis. Her band—assembled of several friends and one more-than-a-friend—plays a blend of original …more
Friday, October 21
6:30 PM
$20.00
Anna Kipervaser – Ukraine, USA, Egypt – 80 mins
The Adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, is a 1,400 year-old oral tradition in the process of unprecedented change in Cairo. After 60 generations, thousands of individual muezzins who have traditionally made the call to prayer at a mosque five times a day are being replaced by a single voice broadcast from a radio station to wireless …more
Sunday, October 30
2:30 PM
$13.00
Halkawt Mustafa – Norway, Iraq – 97 mins
Alan is deeply in love with Gona and has been keeping it a secret for years. When he finally works up the courage to ask Gona’s father for her hand in marriage, his proposal is denied because of his small physical stature. Crushed by this verdict, Alan convinces his brother Shirwan, a huge Real Madrid soccer fan, to join him on a mission … more
Friday, October 28
8:45 PM
$13.00
Saturday, October 29
8:30 PM
$13.00
Farid Bentoumi – Belgium, France – 90 mins
A crowd-pleaser and “feel good” film, Good Luck Algeria is about Samir, or Sam for short, and his partner Stephane who run a small company in Grenoble that designs high-quality cross-country skis for Swedish Olympic athletes. When a major deal falls through, the company falls on hard times and in the hope of saving it, they devise …more
Friday, October 21
8:50 PM
$13.00
Saturday, October 22
7:00 PM
$13.00
CLOSING NIGHT – followed by a party
Assad Fouladkar – Lebanon, Germany – 95 mins
Director Assad Fouladkar creates a comedy of unexpected depth and poignancy about three Lebanese Muslim couples who try to navigate their love lives and desires without breaking the religious rules of marriage. Squabbling newlyweds Batoul and Mokhtar play with fire as they continually threaten divorce over Mokhtar’s possessive jealousy. … more
Sunday, October 30
7:00 PM
$20.00
Hadi El Bagoury – Egypt – 112 mins
Hepta, The Last Lecture broke Egyptian box office records as the highest grossing film of all time. Based on Mohamed Sadek’s best-selling novel of the same name, “Hepta” takes its title from the Greek word for the number seven. The film depicts the seven stages of love through four paralleled stories delineated as psychology … more
Sunday, October 23
7:15 PM
$13.00
Saturday, October 29
1:30 PM
$13.00
Hussein Al Imam – Egypt – 100 mins
The backstory of Like a Matchstick is almost as intriguing as the film. This raucous Egyptian comedy marks the feature debut for its writer-director Hussein Al-Imam, a popular Egyptian actor, musician and television personality. He conceived it as a tribute to his father, the acclaimed and highly prolific director Hassan Al-Imam, …more
Sunday, October 23
3:15 PM
$13.00
Hala Khalil – Egypt – 107 mins
In this biting social commentary, multi-award winning director Hala Khalil chronicles the aftermath of the Tahrir Square revolution on a young woman named Nawara who works as a housemaid for Egypt’s elite. Every day Nawara follows a path that takes her between the alleys of the poor neighborhood and the roads that lead to the villas within … more
Saturday, October 22
4:45 PM
$13.00
Friday, October 28
6:30 PM
$13.00
Fejria Deliba – France – 85 mins
In this delightful comedy, seventy-five year old Zayane, a traditional, illiterate Algerian mother always at the beck and call of her children has never ventured outside the limits of her neighborhood. One day she receives a message concerning the death of a man she once knew in Algeria who has left her a mysterious box. In the space …more
Saturday, October 22
9:00 PM
$13.00
Sunday, October 23
5:15 PM
$13.00
Various – Various – 70 mins
A hand-picked selection of 7 shorts from Arab and Arab-American filmmakers:Mayhoda (Mariam Al Zaabi, United Arab Emirates), Astray (Lubna Bagsair, United Arab Emirates), Veganize It! (Khalid Salim, Qatar), Central Market (Saleh Nass, United Arab Emirates/Bahrain), Asfoora (Mayar Hamdan, Qatar), … more
Saturday, October 29
4:00 PM
$13.00
David Schisgall – USA – 86 mins
In the late fall of 2012, Theo Padnos, a struggling American journalist, slipped into Syria to report on the country’s civil war and was promptly kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria. Because he spoke fluent Arabic, his captors suspected he worked for the CIA and he was brutally interrogated for months. But his fluency, coupled with …more
Saturday, October 29
6:15 PM
$13.00
Various – Various – 90 mins
We are witnessing a renaissance of Arab cinema with a much wider range of sophisticated films tackling a variety of topics and receiving much critical acclaim. There is also a rising number of talented young Arab filmmakers and a growing international audience appreciating these works. Join us for a panel of guest film directors and Arab … more
Ticket Information
General admission is $13.00 unless otherwise noted
Free events are on a first-come, first-served basis; no reservations are accepted.
Advance Sales
Advance sales subject to a $1.50 per ticket convenience fee. No online, phone, or outlet sales the day of the show.
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Day-Of Sales
Tickets can only be purchased at the theater on the day of the show. Box office opens one hour before the venue’s first screening of the day. Cash, check, or credit card sales only.
Discount Packages
Packages offered through advance sales only unless otherwise noted. Packages include $13.00 screenings.
- Director’s Package: 10 tickets for $100.00 plus $3.00 convenience fee.
- Student Discount: 1 ticket for $10.00 available for purchase at the theater box office. Valid with proper student ID.
Location: AMC Mazza Gallerie
5300 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Take Metro Red line to Friendship Heights. Parking $2.00 for 3 hours or $5.00 for 5 hours of reduced-rate parking in garage with validation.
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