Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
Be part of the twentieth edition of Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. Mizna is marking this significant milestone with an ongoing, multivenue program, Looking Forward, Looking Back, which spotlights images from the history of SWANA filmmaking and our past festivals.
Established in 2003, the Arab Film Fest debuts independent narrative, documentary, and experimental features and short films from more than fifteen Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas. The festival puts Arab and Southwest Asian and North African filmmakers at all career stages in critical dialogue with one another and with Mizna audiences.
In addition to exhibiting films, the Arab Film Fest hosts panel discussions, dialogues, and performances, capturing and engaging with the three-dimensional narratives of the Arabic-speaking world and its diaspora. The Arab Film Fest screens contemporary and classic dramas, comedies, documentaries, genre films, and experimental video projects, including the work of filmmakers from countries including Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Algeria, and Morocco. All films are screened in their original languages with English subtitles.
WHERE: This year’s festival takes place primarily at The Main Cinema and closes at the Walker Art Center with two screenings and a hosted closing reception. Additional venues comprise the Third Ave Bridge, Bryant Lake Bowl, and A-Mill Artist Lofts.
Tickets, passes, and the full lineup will be announced in August.
EARLY BIRD PASSES NOW ON SALE
Through August 31, passes will be available at an early bird price of $85 $100.
A limited number of passes are available, so act fast to get yours!
*Festival Passes include closing-day programs at the Walker Art Center and a Saturday evening event at Bryant Lake Bowl.
*A pass DOES NOT guarantee you a seat to any screening. Please make sure to reserve your seat in advance through the ticketing platform once the schedule is released.
Festival Pass: $85 Early Bird / ($100 Full Price)
TICKET 4-PACKS
*Only redeemable for screenings at The Main Cinema
General: $40 (no early bird)
Film Society Members: $35
Student/Senior/Low Income: $30
Stay tuned for program updates and the full festival line-up!
SUPPORT
Mizna’s Arab Film Fest is supported by the Minnesota Humanities Center, Critical Minded, Terra Sancta Trading Company, and the Matar Family Trust. Major support for Mizna’s programming comes from the McKnight Foundation, the Center for Arab American Philanthropy, the Jerome Foundation, and from the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.