3rd i NY presents

2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival
23 February - 4 March, 2007
http://www.alwanfor thearts.org/ filmfestival

Over 70 recent features, documentaries and shorts showcase the creative vitality of North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and their diasporas. Several directors will be in attendance and panel discussions will be held.

Check the website in the coming week for articles, interviews, updates
and ticketing information.

Organized by: Alwan for the Arts, 3rd i NY, South Asian Women's
Creative Collective, Downtown Community TV, Columbia University,
Rotterdam Arab Film Festival with major support from Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council.

*Special Programs*

Artists in Exile

New Documentaries from Afghanistan

Next Generation Filmmakers from the UK

Palestinian Revolution Cinema

Transfixed: South Asian & Arab Experimental Shorts

War Diaries: Newly Commissioned video projections documenting the
daily experiences of people under siege in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon
and Palestine

Retrospective on and Master Class by Tunisian director Nacer Khemir