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:35426@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T000000 DTSTAMP:20251118T180554Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-arab-film-media-institute-begin s-to-unveil-the-100-greatest-arab-films-of-all-time/ SUMMARY:The Arab Film & Media Institute Begins to Unveil The 100 Greatest A rab Films Of All Time DESCRIPTION:The Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) is proud to announce t hat on Tuesday\, November 18th\, it will start to unveil The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time\, beginning with films ranked 100-81.\n\nBased on the votes of hundreds of professional critics\, academics\, curators\, and select filmmakers\, The 100 Greatest Arab Films of All Time list (also known as AFMI100) will present a modern canon of the best fictional\, feat ure-length films from the Arab world\, and will be hosted on a new website by AFMI\, Cinemayaat.com\n\nArab cinema has been consistently overlooked despite its rich history and breadth of form\; The 100 Greatest Arab Fil ms of All Time list will serve as a resource for all film lovers to disco ver the very best classic and contemporary films the region has to offer.\ n\n“Contemporary Arab auteurs are brimming with both talent and confiden ce\, tackling challenging subject matters not yet explored in the region ’s rich history. However\, despite this undeniable cultural movement\, A rab cinema remains widely underseen\, and global recognition lags behind. It is time for this to change: Arab stories need to be told\, heard\, and shared\, and Arab filmmakers and storytellers uplifted.” - Eman Ibrahim\ , Cinemayaat Editor-in-Chief\n\nAt the beginning of 2025\, AFMI reached out to hundreds of professional critics\, academics\, curators\, and selec t filmmakers from over 20 countries and asked them to vote for the greates t Arab films of all time\, limiting their choice to Narrative Feature film s (documentaries and short films were not eligible). Films had to be from the Arab world\, the Arab diaspora\, and/or depicting Arab narratives. The film could be in any language. Each voter could interpret “greatest fil ms” however they preferred\, as personal favorites\, essential or milest one works\, underrated gems\, or a mix of all three.\n\nThe final results will be unveiled in a weekly countdown format beginning on Tuesday Novem ber 18\, through the Cinemayaat website and AFMI’s official social medi a accounts. Each week\, 20 films will be unveiled\, culminating in the we ek of December 16th when the 20 Greatest Arab Films of All Time will be an nounced.\n\n“The Arab Film and Media Institute was founded to amplify th e voices of Arab storytellers and expand how the world sees our communitie s. 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 cinematic art w hile inviting a global audience to discover\, celebrate\, reflect on\, and be moved by the best of Arab Cinema. We are proud to offer this resource and to honor the legacy as well as the future of Arab Cinema.” - Serge B akalian\, Executive Director\, Arab Film and Media Institute\n\nThe Countd own to The Greatest Arab Film of All Time\n\nThe films voted as The 100 G reatest Arab Films of All Time will be unveiled according to the followin g 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. 9th: Fil ms 40-21\n Tuesday Dec. 16th: Films 20-11\n Thursday Dec. 18th: Films 10 -1\n\n \;\n\nPeople can follow the Arab Film and Media Institute on I nstagram and visit Cinemayaat.com to learn about the films as they are announced.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI)\nT he Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) is the first organization of its k ind outside the Arab world\, a unique ecosystem to find\, nurture and deve lop Arab film and media projects. It was rebranded from the Arab Film Fest ival in 2017 to fulfill its broader mandate to empower local Arab talent t o tell their communities’ stories in their own voices. AFMI is built upo n four programming pillars: Exhibitions\, Education\, Creators and Industr y. For more information about AFMI\, please visit arabfilminstitute.org\n \nAbout the Arab Film Festival (AFF)\nThe flagship event of the Arab Film and Media Institute\, the Arab Film Festival is the largest and longest ru nning independent festival of its kind in North America. Launched in 1996\ , the festival’s mission is to present the best of contemporary films th at illuminate the richness of Arab culture through authentic narratives an d images\, providing insight into the beauty and complexity of the Arab wo rld. The 29th edition took place November 6 - 15\, 2025:arabfilmfestival.o rg\n\nAbout Cinemayaat\nCinemayaat\, AFMI’s newest initiative\, is an an nual online magazine dedicated to growing the discourse and profile of cla ssic and contemporary cinema from the Arab world through critical\, person al and experimental essays. The first annual issue of Cinemayaat is The 1 00 Greatest Arab Films of All Time\, showcasing the results of the AFMI100 critic’s poll\, alongside original essays and commentary from professio nal film critics and writers. The list countdown will begin on November 18 \, 2025\, discover it from: https://cinemayaat.com/ 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