Discover some of the Arab feature and short films showcased during the 11th edition of the San Diego Arab Film Festival, on until April 4.
‘Eleven Reflections on September’
Originally a live theater production, the film, directed by Andrea Assaf, is an exploration of Arab-American experience.‘The Stranger’
Palestinian director Ameer Fakher Eldin’s debut feature is about an unlicensed doctor who encounters a wounded man during the war in Syria.‘Selahy’
This short film follows a young, deaf girl in war-torn Yemen who heads out from her home with her camera before an impending air strike. It was directed by Alaa Zabara.‘Farah’
In this film directed by Kenton Oxley and Hassiba Freiha, a pre-med student in Lebanon sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets after being medicated by her father, a director at a pharmaceutical firm.‘Heliopolis’
The Djafer Gacem-directed Algerian drama is based on the real-life events of May 8, 1945, when French colonial forces attacked thousands of Algerians in the city of Guelma.‘The Daughters of Abdulrahman’
Four estranged sisters are forced to come together to find their recently missing father in this Jordanian film directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan and starring Saba Mubarak.
