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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…

Mizna is presents a discussion between renowned filmmaker Mai Masri and scholar Miriam Cooke. Masri and Cooke will discuss Suspended Dreams, directed in 1992 by Masri and her late husband Jean Chamoun, as well as Masri’s filmography, which focuses on the real life struggles of the women and children living in the Occupied Palestinian and Lebanon.…

Still from “Beirut, Never Again” (dir. Jocelyne Saab, 1976)

Michelle Baroody 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. On January 7, 2019, Lebanon lost a pioneering filmmaker, journalist, photographer, artist, and…

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…

This Q&A is presented as part of the Mizna Film Series, a monthly selection which expands our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, interviews, and discussions exploring revolutionary forms of cinema from the SWANA region and beyond. Q. The interplay of surveillance and intuition comes into a clear focus throughout this film. How do…