Pictures .. Palestinian and Arab music at the Rotterdam station to celebrate the launch of the Arab Film Festival
In a vibrant atmosphere, the Rotterdam Central Station witnessed this morning a distinctive music flash show, presented by young artists who played pieces of Arab and Palestinian heritage, to promote the launch of the twenty -fifth session of the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.
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Amidst the amazement and happiness of travelers and transients, a group of musicians, volunteers and the festival crew met to turn the station to the area of creativity and voices coming from the Middle East, in an artistic message confirming that cinema and music are a global language for communication and celebration of identity.
The Rotterdam Arab Film Festival will take place from May 28 to June 1, and this year celebrates the 25th anniversary of its launch, providing films, concerts, fashion shows, and dialogue meetings with a group of stars and filmmakers in the Arab world.
By integrating the seventh art with the visual and live arts, the Rotterdam Festival for the Arab Film in its twenty -fifth session seeks to present an integrated cultural experience, this session is not only a celebration of cinema, but also an area for a meeting between cultures, and the exploration of the visual and social wealth that the Arab world holds to Europe.
The arbitration committees include at the Rotterdam Film for the Arab Film, prominent personalities from the Arab world and Europe, where the feature films competition includes the Syrian star Amal Arafa, the Moroccan director and producer Khalil Benkirane, and the Saudi star Fatima Al -Banawi, as well as the jury of the short films competition, Egyptian artist Salwa Mohamed Ali, director and producer Ahmed Al -Hajj, and the Saudi director and producer Razan Al -Saghir."RTL"> The jury of the Dutch Documentary Film Competition, Elizbith Frana, and the Iraqi film producer, Dr. Hikmat al -Baidhani, the Moroccan actress and director Zakia Al -Taheri, the festival celebrates Umm Kulthum and the pioneers of the seventh art in its new session, where he honors Arab women in the cinema, highlighting artistic symbols that left immortal fingerprints in the history of Arab art. & Nbsp;
The festival will witness a distinguished presence of a number of Arab stars and cinemas, including the Egyptian star, Laila Elwi, guest of the festival, and her movie will be shown & quot; Hearing the obsession of & quot;, and the artist here Shiha, the artist Salwa Mohamed Ali and the Syrian artist Amal Arafa (Syria) and the Tunisian artist, Dora Zarrouk, will be shown her movie & quot; where we are & quot; And the Saudi artist Fatima Al -Banawi, the Tunisian artist Afaf Bin Hammoud, and the Moroccan artist Zakia Al -Taheri.
This honor and celebration of Arab women in the cinema is an important step to highlight their contributions and rich history in this field. The Rotterdam Arab Film Festival recently announced the list of films participating in its twenty -fifth session, and this session is exceptional by all standards, as it comes to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the festival’s launch, and it carries many special surprises and initiatives. & Nbsp;
The festival will present this year 37 films among its various programs in the showrooms, and besides cinematic shows, the festival also offers 32 short films online through the platform CMENA.NL, to expand the circle of access to a broader audience inside the Netherlands .
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