Announcing the 19th

Twin Cities Arab Film Festival

Join us for the 19th edition of Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF). Established in 2003, TCAFF debuts independent narrative, documentary, and experimental features and short films from more than fifteen Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas. The festival puts SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) and Arab filmmakers at all career stages in critical dialogue with one another and with Mizna audiences. Each year, Minnesota and US audiences gather to enjoy the varied ways that SWANA artists represent and imagine their social realities.

In addition to exhibiting films, TCAFF hosts panel discussions, dialogues, and performances, capturing and engaging with the complexity of the Arabic-speaking world and its diverse narratives. TCAFF screens classic and contemporary dramas, comedies, documentaries, genre films, and experimental video projects, including the work of filmmakers from countries like Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, and Morocco. TCAFF exhibits all films in their original languages with English subtitles.

WHERE: This year’s festival is in-person at The Main Cinema with a special reception and closing-day screenings at the Walker Art Center. Tickets, passes, and the full lineup will be announced in August.

Stay tuned for more info, and view the press kit here.