Tag: Mizna Film Series

In 2024, the quarterly Mizna Film Series (MFS) returns to the Trylon Cinema with a program entitled Feminist Visions. Since the beginning of cinema’s history, women have always worked both in front of and behind the camera. For this series, we focus on Arab/SWANA women who participated in creating and capturing images from the 1970s,…

Starting February 2023, Mizna Film Series transitions from a monthly film series to quarterly screenings. Screenings will take place exclusively in-person at the Trylon Cinema the fourth Wednesday of the months of February, May, August, and November. Learn more about the Mizna Film Series here. The 2023 Mizna Film Series highlights archival works and initiatives…

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…

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…

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…

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.…