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.
