Seattle Arab Film Festival

Seattle Arab Film Festival Seattle's own Arab Film Festival.

✨ We’re taking a short break!The Arab Film Club will be back in January 2026.🎬Have film requests or interested in collab...
11/22/2025

✨ We’re taking a short break!
The Arab Film Club will be back in January 2026.
🎬Have film requests or interested in collaborating with us? Please send us a message anytime!

10/21/2025

πŸ“† Next Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7PM!
🎬 With Hasan in Gaza by Kamal Aljafari (2025) πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

β€œA cinematic reflection on memory, loss and the passage of time, capturing a Gaza of the past and lives that may never be found again.β€œ

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🎟️ Link in bio!

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πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ October Screening: With Hasan in Gaza by Kamal Aljafari (2025) πŸ“†Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7PMπŸ“ 🎟️ link in bio!β€œThree Min...
10/02/2025

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ October Screening: With Hasan in Gaza by Kamal Aljafari (2025)

πŸ“†Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7PM
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🎟️ link in bio!

β€œThree MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. What started as a search for a former prison mate from 1989, led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza with Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown.

A cinematic reflection on memory, loss and the passage of time, capturing a Gaza of the past and lives that may never be found again.β€œ

πŸ‚ We are back!September screening: Dreams of the City (1984) by Mohamad Malas.πŸ—“οΈ September 24, 6:30PM . Link to 🎟️ in bi...
09/03/2025

πŸ‚ We are back!
September screening: Dreams of the City (1984) by Mohamad Malas.
πŸ—“οΈ September 24, 6:30PM .

Link to 🎟️ in bio!

β€œWhen his father dies, Dib, his younger brother and their mother move away from their hometown Quneitra to Damascus. The mother’s despotic father reluctantly takes them in and tries to force the mother to remarry. Overwhelmed by the magic of the city, Dib wants to discover everything and is full of dreams. His daily life is shaped by insults and punishments however. Dib grows up against a backdrop of the political upheavals of the 1950s (the end of the military dictatorship in Syria and the nationalization of the Suez Canal, Nasser’s taking of power in Cairo, Egyptian and Syrian unification in 1958) and loses his childish illusions in the face of such violence and brutality. The dreams of the city prove to be a nightmare. Mohammad Malas’ partly autobiographical debut film marked the transition to auteur cinema in Syria.”

✨ That’s a wrap! ✨Huge thanks to our audiences and guests who joined us over the past 3 days, to the filmmakers who shar...
08/19/2025

✨ That’s a wrap! ✨
Huge thanks to our audiences and guests who joined us over the past 3 days, to the filmmakers who shared their beautiful work, to the wonderful for always giving our films a home, and special thanks to the amazing Cole and Raja 🌼.

The festival will be back next year β€” but you don’t have to wait that long! The Seattle Arab Film Club returns next month, so stay tuned. 🎬

πŸ“Έ by the wonderful Sasha Lee

From the screening of A State of Passion on Day 2. Special thanks to directors & for sharing the film and their messag...
08/18/2025

From the screening of A State of Passion on Day 2.
Special thanks to directors & for sharing the film and their message with the audience, and to our community member for moderating the discussion after.

Free Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

08/17/2025

✨ Closing Night ✨
We’re wrapping up the 6th Seattle Arab Film Festival with 2 powerful shorts programs!

πŸ“… Sunday – Aug 17 [4PM & 7PM]
πŸ“ Northwest Film Forum
🎟️ Tickets & Day Pass in bio

πŸŽ₯ Shorts Program 3 – 4PM
- DAWN EVERY DAY 20’, (Egypt, 2024)
- BENEATH WHICH RIVERS FLOW (17’, Iraq, 2025)
- LETTERS/JAWABAT (8’, Sudan, 2024)
- FARIHA (26’, Yemen, 2024)
- ON THE EDGE (18’, Tunisia, 2024)
- CINEMA EL AMAL (12’, Palestine, 2024)

πŸŽ₯ Shorts Program 4 – 7PMp
- I FOUND MY LOVE IN MASSARA (15’, Egypt, 2023)
- 3350 KM (13’, France, 2023)
- LET US PLAY YESTERDAY (20’, Egypt, 2023)
- MY SO-CALLED IRAQI WEDDING (13’, USA, 2024)
- BABA I AM FINE (13’, USA, 2025)
- DONT BE LONG LITTLE BIRD (23’, USA/Palestine, 2025)

08/16/2025

🎬Shorts Program 2 screens tonight!

πŸ“… Saturday – Aug 16, 7PM
πŸ“ Northwest Film Forum
🎟️ Tickets & full schedule in bio
πŸ“† Festival Dates: Aug 15, 16, 17
πŸŽ₯ 3 Days β€’ 5 Screenings β€’ 24 Films

Films in Program 2:
A PASSING DAY (25’, Syria/Egypt, 2024)
WHAT IF THEY BOMB HERE TONIGHT? (17’, Lebanon, 2025)
THREE LAYERS OF DARKNESS (15’, Tunisia, 2025)
MME FAIZA & DR LOVE (25’, France, 2025)
BANDIDO (20’, Egypt/Germany/France)

πŸŽ₯A State of Passion screens tomorrow!πŸ“August 16 β€”4PM | NorthWest Film ForumAll proceeds from this screening will go the ...
08/16/2025

πŸŽ₯A State of Passion screens tomorrow!
πŸ“August 16 β€”4PM | NorthWest Film Forum

All proceeds from this screening will go the .
🎟 π“π’πœπ€πžπ­π¬ + πƒπšπ² 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐒π₯πšπ›π₯𝐞 β€” π₯𝐒𝐧𝐀 𝐒𝐧 𝐛𝐒𝐨

A State of Passion
90’, Lebanon, 2024
Directed by &

β€œAfter 43 horrific days in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. He witnessed unfathomable horrors from amputations without anesthetics, to orphaned children with no surviving family, and deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most vicious G*za β€œwar”. Why does he do it? Carol and Muna, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, began filming him the moment he stepped out of Gaza. Together, they explore these questions and find the answer lying in their shared state of passion.”

08/14/2025

⏰ 1 Day to Go!
Shorts Program 1 hits the screen tomorrow 🎬
Don’t miss the opening night of the 6th Seattle Arab Film Festival!

πŸ“… Friday – Aug 15, 7PM
πŸ“ Northwest Film Forum
🎟️ Tickets & full schedule in bio
πŸ“† Festival Dates: Aug 15, 16, 17
πŸŽ₯ 3 Days β€’ 5 Screenings β€’ 24 Films

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