Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) revealed the details of its tenth edition, which will take place in the Swedish city of Malmö from October 8th to 13th, in which the festival will screen 45 films, including 19 feature films and 26 short films that represent the latest trends and voices from various Arab countries. The festival also unveiled the six members of the feature and short films juries.
The founder and president of the festival, director Mohammad Keblawi, expressed his happiness with the program and the jury, saying: "We made sure, as usual, that MAFF remains an open space for all Arab talents from different backgrounds and cultures, a thing which will be noticed by everyone who looks at the choices of the tenth edition. We trust that the festival will happen in its perfect form despite all ambient conditions".
12 films are competing in the feature film competition and 24 in the short films competition, while three films are screened in Arabian Nights program and two films in special screenings, in addition to two short films out of competition, other than the opening and closing films. The festival continues its school program that presents selected films to the schoolchildren in Malmö, the school screenings will be held virtually this year in line with the health measures imposed by the Swedish government to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Here is the full list of films for the tenth edition of Malmö Arab Film Festival and its juries..
Opening Film
Adam - Maryam Touzani - Morocco, France, Belgium
Feature Film Competition
1982 - Oualid Mouannes - Lebanon, USA, Norway, Qatar
All This Victory - Ahmad Ghossein - Lebanon, France
A Son - Mehdi Barsaoui - Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar
Beirut Terminus - Elie Kamal - Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
Between Heaven and Earth - Najwa Najjar - Palestine, Luxembourg, Iceland
Haifa Street - Mohannad Hayal - Iraq, Qatar
Let's Talk - Marian Khoury - Egypt
Talking About Trees - Suhaib Gesmelbari - Sudan, France, Germany, Chad, Qatar
The Perfect Candidate - Haifaa Al-Mansour - Saudi Arabia, Germany
The Unknown Saint - Alaa Eddine Aljem - Morocco, France, Qatar
When We're Born - Tamer Ezzat - Egypt
You Will Die at Twenty - Amjad Abu Elala - Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Short Film Competition
3 Logical Exits - Mahdi Fleifel - Lebanon, Denmark, UK
As You Can See - Ghada Fikry - Egypt
Barakat - Manon Nammour - Lebanon
Colorblind - Menna Ekram - Egypt, UK
Cycle of Apples - Maha Al-Saati - Saudi Arabia, Canada
Encountering Samir - Rand Beiruty - Jordan, Germany
Ghost of Spacetime - Karim Tajouaout - Morocco
Give Up the Ghost - Zain Duraie - Jordan, Germany, Sweden
Heart, You Deserve That! - Lamia Idriss - Egypt
J'ai Le Cafard (Bint Werdan) - Maysaa AlMumin - Kuwait, Sudan, Qatar, Egypt
Kosmos - Zied Ben Chaabane - Tunisia
Maradona's Legs - Firas Khoury - Germany, Palestine
Miss - Amira Gehanne Khalafallah - Algeria
Ome - Wassim Geagea - Lebanon, Qatar
Proclaimed Murder - Waha Al Raheb - Syria
The Ghosts We Left at Home - Faris Alrjoob - Jordan, Germany
The Last Bleat - Yara Khalil - Germany
The Return - Charlie Kouka - France, Tunisia
The Seven Villages - Farah Abu Kharroub - Czech Republic, Lebanon
The Trap - Nada Riyadh - Egypt, Germany
This is My Night - Yussef Noaman - Egypt
Wedding Dress - Gehan Ismail - Egypt
Void Chronicle - Nour Yazbeck - Lebanon
Yellow - Mahitab Ayoub - Egypt
Shorts out of Competition
Moderately Satisfied - Hind Anabtawi - UAE
Pick Me Up - Layal Akiki - Lebanon
Arabian Nights
Baghdad in My Shadow - Samir - Switzerland, UK, Germany
To Baghdad - Anwer Alyasri - Iraq
Wonder Box - Emad Elbahat - Egypt
Special Screenings
For The Cause - Hassan Benjelloun - Morocco
The Women of Block J - Mohamed Nadif - Morocco, France
Closing Film
Matares - Rachid BenHadj - Algeria
Schools Screenings
1982 - Oualid Mouannes - Lebanon, USA, Norway, Qatar
Adam - Maryam Touzani - Morocco, France, Belgium
Maradona's Legs - Firas Khoury - Germany, Palestine
You Will Die at Twenty - Amjad Abu Elala - Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Feature Film Jury
Annika Gustafsson - Film critic - Sweden
Dorra Bouchoucha - Producer - Tunisia
Rasmus Brendstrup - Cinemateket / Danish Film Institute - Denmark
Short Film Jury
Insaf Ouhiba - Researcher in Film Studies - Tunis
Koutaiba Al-Janabi - Director and Producer - Iraq
Mohamed Zineddine - Director and Producer - Morocco