THE UK’S LARGEST FESTIVAL OF ARAB FILM IS BACK IN CINEMAS SOON!

11-28 JUNE 2025

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Get in the mood for SAFAR! Check out our open calls and pre-festival events.

Open Call: SAFAR Futures Arab Film Development Workshop (Deadline to apply 12 May) 

Ambulance (Mohamed Jabaly, 2014) w/ Q&A with Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah at Genesis Cinema | 11 May, 12pm – Fundraiser screening with Critical Collective in aid of the Health Workers for Palestine Solidarity Fund.

Slidefest x SAFAR at Peckham24: an evening of powerful visual storytelling spotlighting the spirit of resistance across five countries: Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen | 17 May, 6:30pm