Film
Ashkal – SAFAR Arab Film Festival
The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema returns to Plymouth Arts Cinema, showcasing fantastic new fictions from Tunisia and Morocco, as well as a double bill of documentaries from Palestine exploring food sovereignty.
SAFAR - which means ‘journey’ in Arabic - was founded in 2012 and is run by The Arab British Centre. This year’s festival, entitled A Journey Through Space and Time, screens in 9 cities across the UK from 29 June - 9 July.
SAFAR is presented in partnership with the Shubbak Festival and is supported by the British Council, the Bagri Foundation and the City of London Corporation. It screens in 4 venues in London and 8 other cities across the UK. View the festival website here.
Click here for information about the other festival events taking place at Plymouth Arts Cinema
Full price tickets £5 | Concession £4
Ashkal
Dir. Youssef Chebbi, France/Tunisia/Qatar, 2022, 92 mins, Arabic, French with English subtitles. Cast. Fatma Oussaifi, Mohamed Grayaâ, Rami Harrabi.
In the Gardens of Carthage - an eerie, half-finished district of Tunis, initiated by the former Regime but where construction stopped at the beginning of the Revolution - two cops, Fatma and Batal, find a burnt body in one of the lots. As construction slowly resumes, they start looking into this mysterious case. When the event repeats itself, the investigation takes a puzzling turn.
Combining neo-noir, fantasy and crime drama, Youssef Chebbi’s debut feature presents a darker side of the Maghreb infused with post-Revolution politics.
SAFAR - which means ‘journey’ in Arabic - was founded in 2012 and is run by The Arab British Centre. This year’s festival, entitled A Journey Through Space and Time, screens in 9 cities across the UK from 29 June - 9 July.
SAFAR is presented in partnership with the Shubbak Festival and is supported by the British Council, the Bagri Foundation and the City of London Corporation. It screens in 4 venues in London and 8 other cities across the UK. View the festival website here.
Click here for information about the other festival events taking place at Plymouth Arts Cinema
Full price tickets £5 | Concession £4
Ashkal
Dir. Youssef Chebbi, France/Tunisia/Qatar, 2022, 92 mins, Arabic, French with English subtitles. Cast. Fatma Oussaifi, Mohamed Grayaâ, Rami Harrabi.
In the Gardens of Carthage - an eerie, half-finished district of Tunis, initiated by the former Regime but where construction stopped at the beginning of the Revolution - two cops, Fatma and Batal, find a burnt body in one of the lots. As construction slowly resumes, they start looking into this mysterious case. When the event repeats itself, the investigation takes a puzzling turn.
Combining neo-noir, fantasy and crime drama, Youssef Chebbi’s debut feature presents a darker side of the Maghreb infused with post-Revolution politics.
