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DC Arabian Sights Film Festival 2016 Schedule (October 21-30, 2016)

posted on: Sep 26, 2016

 

Advance tickets go on sale Thursday, September 29.

They will be available through Missiontix.com until midnight the day before the show.

No Missiontix.com sales on the day of show. We always reserve a number of tickets to be sold at the theater starting one hour before the first show, even when advance tickets are sold out by MissionTix.

Film Schedule

OPENING NIGHT – followed by a party

As I Open My Eyes

Leyla Bouzid – Tunisia, France, Belgium, UAE – 102 mins

Tradition butts up against progress in Leyla Bouzid’s debut feature As I Open My Eyes, a musically charged French-Tunisian film that follows a young woman in a band as she navigates familial, cultural, and social ideals in contemporary Tunis. Her band—assembled of several friends and one more-than-a-friend—plays a blend of original …more

Friday, October 21

6:30 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$20.00

Cairo in One Breath

Anna Kipervaser – Ukraine, USA, Egypt – 80 mins

The Adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, is a 1,400 year-old oral tradition in the process of unprecedented change in Cairo. After 60 generations, thousands of individual muezzins who have traditionally made the call to prayer at a mosque five times a day are being replaced by a single voice broadcast from a radio station to wireless …more

Sunday, October 30

2:30 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

El Clásico

Halkawt Mustafa – Norway, Iraq – 97 mins

Alan is deeply in love with Gona and has been keeping it a secret for years. When he finally works up the courage to ask Gona’s father for her hand in marriage, his proposal is denied because of his small physical stature. Crushed by this verdict, Alan convinces his brother Shirwan, a huge Real Madrid soccer fan, to join him on a mission … more

Friday, October 28

8:45 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Saturday, October 29

8:30 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Good Luck Algeria

Farid Bentoumi – Belgium, France – 90 mins

A crowd-pleaser and “feel good” film, Good Luck Algeria is about Samir, or Sam for short, and his partner Stephane who run a small company in Grenoble that designs high-quality cross-country skis for Swedish Olympic athletes. When a major deal falls through, the company falls on hard times and in the hope of saving it, they devise …more

Friday, October 21

8:50 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Saturday, October 22

7:00 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

CLOSING NIGHT – followed by a party

Halal Love (and Sex)

Assad Fouladkar – Lebanon, Germany – 95 mins

Director Assad Fouladkar creates a comedy of unexpected depth and poignancy about three Lebanese Muslim couples who try to navigate their love lives and desires without breaking the religious rules of marriage. Squabbling newlyweds Batoul and Mokhtar play with fire as they continually threaten divorce over Mokhtar’s possessive jealousy. … more

Sunday, October 30

7:00 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$20.00

Hepta, The Last Lecture

Hadi El Bagoury – Egypt – 112 mins

Hepta, The Last Lecture broke Egyptian box office records as the highest grossing film of all time. Based on Mohamed Sadek’s best-selling novel of the same name, “Hepta” takes its title from the Greek word for the number seven. The film depicts the seven stages of love through four paralleled stories delineated as psychology … more

Sunday, October 23

7:15 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Saturday, October 29

1:30 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Like a Matchstick

Hussein Al Imam – Egypt – 100 mins

The backstory of Like a Matchstick is almost as intriguing as the film. This raucous Egyptian comedy marks the feature debut for its writer-director Hussein Al-Imam, a popular Egyptian actor, musician and television personality. He conceived it as a tribute to his father, the acclaimed and highly prolific director Hassan Al-Imam, …more

Sunday, October 23

3:15 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Nawara

Hala Khalil – Egypt – 107 mins

In this biting social commentary, multi-award winning director Hala Khalil chronicles the aftermath of the Tahrir Square revolution on a young woman named Nawara who works as a housemaid for Egypt’s elite. Every day Nawara follows a path that takes her between the alleys of the poor neighborhood and the roads that lead to the villas within … more

Saturday, October 22

4:45 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Friday, October 28

6:30 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Our Mother

Fejria Deliba – France – 85 mins

In this delightful comedy, seventy-five year old Zayane, a traditional, illiterate Algerian mother always at the beck and call of her children has never ventured outside the limits of her neighborhood. One day she receives a message concerning the death of a man she once knew in Algeria who has left her a mysterious box. In the space …more

Saturday, October 22

9:00 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Sunday, October 23

5:15 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Short Cuts

Various – Various – 70 mins

A hand-picked selection of 7 shorts from Arab and Arab-American filmmakers:Mayhoda (Mariam Al Zaabi, United Arab Emirates), Astray (Lubna Bagsair, United Arab Emirates), Veganize It! (Khalid Salim, Qatar), Central Market (Saleh Nass, United Arab Emirates/Bahrain), Asfoora (Mayar Hamdan, Qatar), … more

Saturday, October 29

4:00 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

Theo Who Lived

David Schisgall – USA – 86 mins

In the late fall of 2012, Theo Padnos, a struggling American journalist, slipped into Syria to report on the country’s civil war and was promptly kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria. Because he spoke fluent Arabic, his captors suspected he worked for the CIA and he was brutally interrogated for months. But his fluency, coupled with …more

Saturday, October 29

6:15 PM

AMC Mazza Gallerie

$13.00

What’s Next for Arab Cinema?

Various – Various – 90 mins

We are witnessing a renaissance of Arab cinema with a much wider range of sophisticated films tackling a variety of topics and receiving much critical acclaim. There is also a rising number of talented young Arab filmmakers and a growing international audience appreciating these works. Join us for a panel of guest film directors and Arab … more

Ticket Information

General admission is $13.00 unless otherwise noted

Free events are on a first-come, first-served basis; no reservations are accepted.

Advance Sales

Advance sales subject to a $1.50 per ticket convenience fee. No online, phone, or outlet sales the day of the show.

  • Online: com
  • Phone: 1-888-996-4774, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Sold Out Online? If the show you are looking to attend is sold out online, do not worry. We save a portion of tickets to sell at the theater on the day of the show. Tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Please take note of when the Box Office opens at each specific theater on that day.

Day-Of Sales

Tickets can only be purchased at the theater on the day of the show. Box office opens one hour before the venue’s first screening of the day. Cash, check, or credit card sales only.

Discount Packages

Packages offered through advance sales only unless otherwise noted. Packages include $13.00 screenings.

  • Director’s Package: 10 tickets for $100.00 plus $3.00 convenience fee.
  • Student Discount: 1 ticket for $10.00 available for purchase at the theater box office. Valid with proper student ID.

Location: AMC Mazza Gallerie

5300 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Take Metro Red line to Friendship Heights. Parking $2.00 for 3 hours or $5.00 for 5 hours of reduced-rate parking in garage with validation.

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