WHAT: First Annual Arabic & Farsi Film Festival

WHEN: Starting TONIGHT with a FREE vegan & vegetarian Middle Eastern buffet at 6:30pm – yum!

WHERE: Loyola University Chicago, Galvin Auditorium, Sullivan Center, 6339 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY 2 APRIL 2004

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Opening reception with complimentary Middle Eastern food

7:30 p.m. Black Boards by Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran/Italy/Japan, 2000, 84 min.

SATURDAY 3 APRIL 2004

1:00 p.m. In My Own Skin: The Complexity of Living as an Arab in America by Nikki Byrd and Jennifer Jajeh, USA, 2001, 16 min. *AND*
The Day I Became a Woman by Maryizeh Meshkini, Iran, 2000, 78 min.

3:00 p.m. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the City by Nabil Ayouch, Morocco, 2000, 90 min.

7:30 p.m. Rana’s Wedding by Hany Abu-Assad, Palestine, 2002, 90 min.

SUNDAY 4 APRIL 2004

1:00 p.m. Driving the Arab Street by Arthur Hurley, 2002, 39 min. *AND*
Living in Paradise by Bourlem Guerdjou, Algeria/France, 1998, 105 Min.

4:00 p.m. Abouna by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad/France, 2003, 81 min.

7:30 p.m. “Ten” by Abbas Kouristami, Iran/France, 2002, 94 min.

Films will be screened with English subtitles. Video projection. Funded by the Loyola University Chicago Arrupe-King Fund and Student Activity Fund. Sponsored by Loyola Campus Greens and LUciné.

Recorded festival info: (773) 508-3727
Contact: (773) 508-3725 or campus-greens (at) luc.edu