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UKs Safar Film Festival for Arab cinema online due to Covid-19 pandemic

by-ahram

Light News

00:08

Monday ,17 August 2020

UKs Safar Film Festival for Arab cinema online due to Covid-19 pandemic

 In its 5th edition, London    s Safar Film Festival, an event dedicated to Arab cinema, will take place online due to the coronavirus, screening films digitally between 13 and 20 September. 

 
This year    s edition carries the motto     Safar From Home    .
 
According to the organisers, the festival will offer five free screenings made available to the UK viewers in addition to the special events featuring leading figures from the Arab world    s cinema industry screened for free worldwide.
 
The festival    s line-up includes films from Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine and Morocco, yet the titles are yet to be revealed.
 
The details and screenings will be unveiled on the festival    s website.
 
Safar Film Festival was launched in 2012 and is London    s only biennial film festival celebrating Arab cinema. Over the past four editions, the screenings took place at the Arab British Centre in London.