Category: Film
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Al Asleyeen
Hazem Fahmy This text is presented as part of the Mizna Film Series, a monthly selection which expands our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring revolutionary forms of cinema from the SWANA region and beyond. Any discussion of Marwan Hamed and Ahmed Mourad’s 2017 film must begin with language.…
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Mizna Film Series Spring 2021: Surveillance
The Mizna Film Series is a monthly selection of programs, marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. While our annual Film Fest focuses primarily on the works of contemporary artists, the Mizna Film Series provides a space to expand our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring…
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Mizna Film Series Winter 2021: Restored Classics
The Mizna Film Series is a monthly selection of programs, marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. While our annual Film Fest focuses primarily on the works of contemporary artists, the Mizna Film Series provides a space to expand our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring…
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Mizna Film Series
WHAT: A quarterly SWANA film series presented by Mizna with the Trylon Cinema.WHEN: The fourth Wednesday of February, May, August, and November.WHERE: Trylon Cinema, 2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, MN 55406. TICKETS + PASSES AVAILABLE HERE Mizna Film Series screenings take place exclusively in-person at the Trylon Cinema the fourth Wednesday of the months of…
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Arab Film Fest Collab
The Arab American National Museum (AANM), Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI), ArteEast and Mizna collectively present the Arab Film Fest Collab December 3–13, 2020. With programs featuring films, panel discussions, and performances from Southwest Asia and North Africa, the AFFC highlights Arab, Afro-Arab and Black SWANA voices, capturing the complexity of the Arabic-speaking world…
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Press Release 10/27/2020: Arab Film Fest Collab Starts December 3, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATED RELEASE:FOUR MAJOR NATIONAL ARAB AMERICAN CULTURAL ORGS JOIN FORCES TO PRESENT A VIRTUAL ARAB FILM FESTIVAL The Arab Film Fest Collab will highlight Afro-Arab + Black SWANA voices, screen Najwa Najjar’s Between Heaven and Earth and more Press contact:Ahmed AbdulMageedahmed@mizna.org Stay up to date with more news: arabfilmfestcollab.org Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN (Oct. 27, 2020)…
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Call for Submissions: 2020 Twin Cities Arab Film Fest
Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2020 Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) is seeking films for our upcoming festival scheduled for September 24-27, 2020, as well as our new ongoing monthly film series. We accept narrative, documentary, experimental, animated films of feature and short lengths. We seek films made by Arab or Arab American…
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#MiznaAtHome: Curated List for Keeping Up with SWANA Culture During Lockdown
Mizna is pleased to share a curated list of resources from organizations around the world for keeping up with SWANA culture during lockdown.