Diff and GFF Films showcase at Arab Cinemas Festival in Paris

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is supporting Arab Cinemas Festival/IMA’GIMA, a festival of Arab cinema organised by the Society CommNprod International and the Arab World Institute (IMA) for the second year running in Paris from 28th June through to 3rd July at IMA Rafik Hariri Auditorium.

Director Ibrahim El Batout and Amr Waked opened the festival with the multi-award winning Egyptian film Winter of Discontent.

The second edition of Arab Cinemas Festival/IMA’GIMA designed in close association CommNprod International presents this year an emotional and quality programme, considering the most recent evolutions within societies in the Arab world.

The Festival will showcase over 30 works, ranging from short and feature films, documentaries and animated films from emerging and established filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa. Included in the line-up is a selection of films that were screened and won awards at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and Gulf Film Festival (GFF) from and about the Arab world that showcase perspectives on Arab people, culture, art, history and politics.

Many of the films will make their French premieres at Arab Cinemas Festival/ IMA’GIMA including a number of world premieres. The Arab world is well represented with a diverse and unique collection of films from the Maghreb, Mashriq, Gulf, and the Nile Valley to Sudan. The young audience has not been forgotten, with the screening of six short films designed for them.

Many of the writers, directors, producers and actors of these films will be attending the festival and will participate in various debates, round tables, workshops enriching further the program of this event including Ibrahim El Batout, Amr Waked, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, Sami Tlili, Fadi G. Haddad, Aseel Mansour, Lahcen Zinoun along with a number of major actors will be in attendance.