BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35468@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20251125 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20251126 DTSTAMP:20251124T234521Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-arab-film-media-institute-begin s-to-unveil-the-100-greatest-arab-films-of-all-time-3/ SUMMARY:The Arab Film & Media Institute Begins to Unveil The 100 Greatest A rab Films Of All Time DESCRIPTION:Online\n\nThe Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) is proud to announce that on Tuesday\, November 18th\, it will start to unveil The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time\, beginning with films ranked 100-81.\n\n Based on the votes of hundreds of professional critics\, academics\, curat ors\, and select filmmakers\, The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time li st (also known as AFMI100) will present a modern canon of the best fiction al\, feature-length films from the Arab world\, and will be hosted on a ne w website by AFMI\, Cinemayaat.com\n\nArab cinema has been consistently o verlooked despite its rich history and breadth of form\; The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time list will serve as a resource for all film lovers to discover the very best classic and contemporary films the region has t o offer.\n\n“Contemporary Arab auteurs are brimming with both talent and confidence\, tackling challenging subject matters not yet explored in the region’s rich history. However\, despite this undeniable cultural movem ent\, Arab cinema remains widely underseen\, and global recognition lags b ehind. It is time for this to change: Arab stories need to be told\, heard \, and shared\, and Arab filmmakers and storytellers uplifted.” - Eman I brahim\, Cinemayaat Editor-in-Chief\n\nAt the beginning of 2025\, AFMI r eached out to hundreds of professional critics\, academics\, curators\, an d select filmmakers from over 20 countries and asked them to vote for the greatest Arab films of all time\, limiting their choice to Narrative Featu re films (documentaries and short films were not eligible). Films had to b e from the Arab world\, the Arab diaspora\, and/or depicting Arab narrativ es. The film could be in any language. Each voter could interpret “great est films” however they preferred\, as personal favorites\, essential or milestone works\, underrated gems\, or a mix of all three.\n\nThe final r esults will be unveiled in a weekly countdown format beginning on Tuesda y November 18\, through the Cinemayaat website and AFMI’s official soci al media accounts. Each week\, 20 films will be unveiled\, culminating in the week of December 16th when the 20 Greatest Arab Films of All Time wil l be announced.\n\n“The Arab Film and Media Institute was founded to amp lify the voices of Arab storytellers and expand how the world sees our com munities. The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time is more than a list\, it’s a cultural milestone\, one that honors nearly a century of cinemati c art while inviting a global audience to discover\, celebrate\, reflect o n\, and be moved by the best of Arab Cinema. We are proud to offer this re source and to honor the legacy as well as the future of Arab Cinema.” - Serge Bakalian\, Executive Director\, Arab Film and Media Institute\n\nThe Countdown to The Greatest Arab Film of All Time\n\nThe films voted as Th e 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time will be unveiled according to the f ollowing schedule:\n\n Tuesday November 18th: Films 100-81\n Tuesday Nov . 25th: Films 80-61\n Tuesday December 2nd: Films 60-41\n Tuesday Dec. 9 th: Films 40-21\n Tuesday Dec. 16th: Films 20-11\n Thursday Dec. 18th: F ilms 10-1\n\n \;\n\nPeople can follow the Arab Film and Media Institut e on Instagram and visit Cinemayaat.com to learn about the films as th ey are announced.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Arab Film and Media Institute (A FMI)\nThe Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) is the first organization o f its kind outside the Arab world\, a unique ecosystem to find\, nurture a nd develop Arab film and media projects. It was rebranded from the Arab Fi lm Festival in 2017 to fulfill its broader mandate to empower local Arab t alent to tell their communities’ stories in their own voices. AFMI is bu ilt upon four programming pillars: Exhibitions\, Education\, Creators and Industry. For more information about AFMI\, please visit arabfilminstitut e.org\n\nAbout the Arab Film Festival (AFF)\nThe flagship event of the Ara b Film and Media Institute\, the Arab Film Festival is the largest and lon gest running independent festival of its kind in North America. Launched i n 1996\, the festival’s mission is to present the best of contemporary f ilms that illuminate the richness of Arab culture through authentic narrat ives and images\, providing insight into the beauty and complexity of the Arab world. The 29th edition took place November 6 - 15\, 2025:arabfilmfes tival.org\n\nAbout Cinemayaat\nCinemayaat\, AFMI’s newest initiative\, i s an annual online magazine dedicated to growing the discourse and profile of classic and contemporary cinema from the Arab world through critical\, personal and experimental essays. The first annual issue of Cinemayaat is  The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time\, showcasing the results of the AFMI100 critic’s poll\, alongside original essays and commentary from pr ofessional film critics and writers. The list countdown will begin on Nove mber 18\, 2025\, discover it from: https://cinemayaat.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/11/Screen-Shot-2025-11-19-at-07.55.48.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR