NFMLA December Introduction
Follow Me
It’s party night, and volunteering at a youth hotline is Omer’s typical excuse not to show up. When he finds out tonight may be his last chance with the girl he fancies, he decides to carry the call center into the night.
Bye Bye, Body
Nina is fifteen and in her final week of weight loss camp. All summer she's stuck to her plan: work hard, drop the pounds, and return home to a brand new life. But when, in her last weigh in, the scale doesn't budge, Nina turns to desperate measures. When the resident bad girl, Kay, breaks Nina out of camp for he night, a surprise encounter leaves Nina with a new understanding of her body.
Inner Self
A Violinist girl wants to enter an administrative building but as she lacks the formal hijab, she must stay in the waiting room. She is inspired by the events in the room to make her new piece.
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Malek, a young man born into a Lebanese feudalist family, is living a secret love story with the man of his dreams. Facing fierce opposition from the matriarch landowner of the family, Malek strives to hold onto his own identity. Her disapproval and determination to maintain “our dynasty” effectively destroy the relationship. The hopes, fears, longings and desires of Malek and his lover unfold in a surrealist tale of frustrated love.
Alina
As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend's three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events. Starring Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Search Party), Edin Gali (Mad Men), Rebeca Robles (Better Things), Erika Soto (Vida), and Mark McCullough (Logan Lucky).
InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema Filmmaker Q&A
Live Q&A with the filmmakers of the InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema Program.
All event times are Pacific Time.
A Zoom link will be emailed to you an hour before!
Also screening
A collection of exciting work from up-and-coming Dutch short film directors curated in partnership with EYE International. This year’s program, which includes 2020 Student Academy Award Nominated crime drama Porfotto by director Edson da Conceicao and Marieke de Zwaan’s meditative So I Stay, this year’s winner of Go Short’s Academy-Qualifying Dutch Competition, asks us to ponder what we value in our world and how we find our place in it.
Suggested Screening Time: Dec. 12th, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
Audience Q&A: Dec. 12th, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
This compelling program of short films was curated in partnership with The Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI) and showcases Arab storytellers from across the world, featuring stories that cinematically capture resilience and community amidst the hardships of immigration, political instability and personal loss.
Suggested Screening Time: Dec. 12th, 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM PT
Audience Q&A: Dec. 12th, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
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