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-- Skip to main content Home Festival Info About Our Team Venues All Films & Events Shorts Programs Schedule Los Angeles edition San Diego edition Ticketing Press Sponsors Community Partners Support Donate Volunteer Store Degrade Arab Nasser,Tarzan Nasser / France, Palestine, Qatar / 2015 / Drama / 85 mins On a hot afternoon in Gaza, gun fire breaks out outside a busy beauty salon. The women inside, all from various backgrounds and circumstances are stuck inside, left to reflect on both the internal and external obstacles that rule their lives. Degrade Shattuck Cinemas October 15, 2016 9:00 pm Degrade Harmony Gold October 22, 2016 9:15 pm In the Last Days of the City Tamer El Said / Egypt / 2016 / Drama / 119 mins Set in downtown Cairo days before the revolution, the atmosphere is pulsating with an uncomfortable air of apathy, angst and ambivalence. Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker struggles to capture the feeling of his city at a moment when all around him dreams are disintegrating. With the help of his friends, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living In the Last Days of the City. In the Last Days of the City Embarcadero Center Cinema October 8, 2016 6:30 pm In the Last Days of the City Shattuck Cinemas October 16, 2016 8:45 pm Junction 48 Udi Aloni / Israel, Palestine / 2016 / Action / 95 mins Two young Palestinian hip-hop artists fall in love and use their music to regain normalcy while navigating life under occupation and conservative dictates. Junction 48 Embarcadero Center Cinema October 8, 2016 9:00 pm Namour Heidi Saman / US / 2016 / Drama / 80 mins Set in the economic recession of the late 2000s, Steven Bassem spends his evenings as an all-but-invisible valet, acutely aware of his dead-end situation. As the bonds of his once tightly knit Arab-USn family erode, Steven acts out in increasingly erratic ways, and struggles to figure out who he is and what he ought to be doing. Temporary | Namour Shattuck Cinemas October 15, 2016 5:05 pm Temporary | Namour Harmony Gold October 23, 2016 6:00 pm Bennesbeh Labokra, Chou? Ziad Rahbani / Lebanon / 2015 / 135 mins Performed in 1978 over eight months, “Bennesbeh Labokra, Chou?” takes place in a bar in the trendy Hamra district, hosting a variety of people such as poets, reporters, businessmen and foreigners. Arab Classics: Bennesbeh Labokra, Chou? New Parkway Theatre October 12, 2016 8:30 pm Very Big Shot Mir-Jean Bou Chaya / Lebanon / 2015 / 108 mins A Small time drug-dealer stumbles upon a brilliant way to smuggle amphetamines across the Lebanese border. He enlists the help of an underrated filmmaker and in the process discovers how to slyly manipulate public opinion. Lebanon's official entry to the 2017 Oscars Los Angeles: Reception @6pm | Q&A with Director following screening Very Big Shot Embarcadero Center Cinema October 9, 2016 6:55 pm Los Angeles Opener: Very Big Shot Harmony Gold October 21, 2016 8:00 pm Nasser Jihan El-Tahri / France, South Africa / 2015 / Documentary / 97 mins Nasser chronicles the rise and fall of the Arab World’s most influential modern leader. Nasser Embarcadero Center Cinema October 8, 2016 4:20 pm Nasser Harmony Gold October 22, 2016 7:15 pm Clash Mohamed Diab / Egypt / 2016 / Drama / 97 mins Set just after the political events of June 2013, In Cairo, Clash is shot entirely in the confines of a police van containing Muslim Brotherhood members, pro-army supporters and foreign journalists. US Premiere Opening Night: Clash Castro Theatre October 7, 2016 7:30 pm At the Door Clash New Parkway Theatre October 14, 2016 8:20 pm Buy Tickets ‹ › No One Gets Out of Here Alive No One Gets Out of Here Alive Madame Courage Madame Courage Namour Namour A Stroll Down Sunflower Lane A Stroll Down Sunflower Lane As I Open My Eyes As I Open My Eyes Yallah! Underground Yallah! Underground Bennesbeh Labokra, Chou? Bennesbeh Labokra, Chou? Unquiet Days Unquiet Days Customize your search Keyword Genre Action Animation Animation Short Comedy Doc Short Documentary Drama Drama Short Experimental Short Narrative Short Short Country Algeria Denmark Egypt France Iraq Israel Italy Jordan Lebanon Morocco Netherlands Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Africa Switzerland Syria Tunisia Turkey UAE UK US Include Shorts Search Follow Us! Sponsors Follow us on Twitter Tweets by @arabfilmfest Search Festival Catalog Search Website Copyright © & Gala Festival Engine Add To Cart Close Close ; rel=shortlink Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Pingback: http://fest.arabfilmfestival.org/2016/xmlrpc.php --...