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Further strengthen Arab filmmaking

On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Arab Film Festival Zurich Awards for the "Best Film" and the "Best Director" were presented at the Filmpodium cinema…

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Milo Rau's film class makes history

In February 2022, UNESCO and the Belgian theatre NTGent (Artistic Director: Milo Rau) founded a film school in the city of Mosul as part of the…

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Jordanian filmmaking in focus

Zaid Abu Hamdan wowed the audience with "Daughters of Abdul-Rahman", the AFFZ opening film.  In conversation with Michel Bodmer, Deputy Director…

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What is behind CinemaTech?

With the CinemaTech initiative, Gemini Africa wants to promote and professionalise the film industry with technological solutions and other services.…

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Chance of program

The 6th Arab Film Festival Zurich has removed "Big Little Women" by Nadia Fares from its program at short notice. In its place, the Lebanese films…

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Presale starts now

Both single tickets and a pass for all films and panel discussions are available. Online All tickets are available under Program. Click on a film…

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The Program AFFZ 2022 is online

This year's Arab Film Festival offers an exciting and varied program. It shows 43 feature and short films from Arab countries, almost all of them as…

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New festival website

It was time to give our festival website a fresh face and make your visit as easy as possible. Have fun discovering it! A big thank you goes to our…

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