A small group of film and cinema fans from Zurich have founded the non-profit association International Arab Film Festival Zurich (IAFFZ) in 2008 with the goal to bring the Arab cinema and the Arab culture closer to the Swiss audience.
Since 2012 the International Arab Film Festival Zurich association (IAFFZ) organizes, in cooperation with the Filmpodium Zurich das Arab Film Festival Zurich, a bi-yearly, interesting festival for contemporary Arab cinema, that has become a staple in the Swiss cinema culture scene.
Members of the association work on a voluntary basis, in the festival management, in programming or as helpers during the festival.
