Kawalis | Cinema, Television & Theater from the Arab World

Darine Hotait talked about her new film "Tallahassee." Darine Hotait is a writer and film director. Her work focuses on the politics of identity, Arab & African diaspora, and science fiction. She has written and directed a dozen award-winning narrative films that can be seen on Sundance Channel, The New Yorker , AMC Networks, BBC, Forbes, Outfest Now, ShortsTV, and at numerous Oscar-qualifying int...

Dania Bdeir talked about her latest film "Warsha." Born in Montreal, Dania Bdeir is a Lebanese-Canadian award-winning writer & director with an intense love/hate relationship with Lebanon which she finds to be her biggest heartache and sincerest inspiration. Dania, who’s originally Syrian and is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, has a BA in Graphic Design from the American University...

In this Movie Night event, we talked to Viola Shafik about her career in the filmmaking industry. Shafik talked about film theory in Arab cinema. Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna , afikra  Edited by: Ramzi Ramman Theme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/ About Movie Night:  Movie Night is an interview series that calls for afikra community members who are interested in...