NAAS is a network that champions innovation in cinema exhibition in the Arabic-speaking region. Through its work, NAAS aims at broadening the scope of films available to the Arab public and encourage dialogue around cinema and its history with the hopes of tapping into the potential presented by the collective experience of watching film in a public setting. We support initiatives that attempt through their programming, events, space, outreach, and operation to support a vibrant and sustainable cinema culture with the aim of developing audiences engaging with... +
Happening across the Network
Only 10 days left till the deadline for receiving applications to participate in the Palestinian #Sunbird Production Award competition held by NAAS member Filmlab: Palestine!
Rerun of the Semaine de la Critique in Beirut
Kids will spend a fun summer with CinéMadart in Tunis and Cinémathèque de Tanger
Génération Ciné with the Tunisian Federation of Film Societies, Tunis (Film Reading and Expression Workshop)
Locarno Film Festival in Beirut
Screening of Sharp Tools by Nujoom Al Ghanem + Q&A discussion session at Cinema Akil
Samawa Cinema hosts a seminar titled Biography and Its Effects in Akira Kurosawa Films.
Jesuit Animation School - the first public screening of "Made In Egypt"
NAAS member Samawa Cinema launches a training program in collaboration with the IFW (Association for Skilled Iraqi Women). The program includes workshops and conversations around cinema, targeted at women coming from regions affected by the war in Iraq
The Samawa Cinema Club opens in December a new screen space in Baghdad, as part of its work with the organization of Burj Babel.
Filmlab: Palestine (FLP) announces developments and updates for the upcoming fifth edition of Palestine Cinema Days. Previously titled Days of Cinema, the festival continues in 2018 under a new name.
Cinémathèque Beirut
Arabiyat at Cinémathèque de Tanger, Tangier
Cairo Cinema Days at Zawya Cinema, Cairo
From Egypt With Love: 4 recent Egyptian feature films at Metropolis Empire Sofil, Beyrouth
In 2019, NAAS partnered once again with the Marrakech International Film Festival for the “ Ateliers de l’Atlas” industry platform, during which NAAS hosted two days of Cinapses Labs in Marrakech on December
On December 4–5, NAAS held its fifth End of Year Meeting on the occasion of the Marrakech International Film Festival in partnership with the “Ateliers de l’Atlas” industry platform.
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