Focus on ARAB CINEMA at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

At the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival this year (January 05-16, 2012), a showcase of Arab cinema from North Africa to the Middle East will be screened. The film lineup entitled: ‘ARABIAN NIGHTS: A Showcase from the Middle East’ will premier 11 films from the new wave of pan-Arabic cinema this past year during one of the region’s most explosive and revolutionary periods in modern history.

'Arabian Nights' film lineup:

Asma’a (Egypt) Director: Amr Salama.

Cairo 678 (Egypt) – Director: Mohamed Diab Bushra.

Habibi (Palestinian Territories/USA, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates) Director: Susan Youssef.

How Big is Your Love (Algeria/Morocco) Director: Fatma Zohra Zamoum.

Love in the Medina (Morocco) –Director: Abdelhaï Laraki.

Man Without a Cell Phone (Palestinian Territories/France, Belgium, Qatar). Director: Sameh Zoabi.

On The Edge (Morocco/France, Germany) -Director: Leila Kilani

The Rif Lover (Morocco/France, Belgium) –Director: Narjiss Nejjar.

Sea Shadow (United Arab Emirates) Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi.

The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (Lebanon) –Director: Rania Stephan.

Transit Cities (Jordan) –Director: Mohammad Hushki.

-VM