September 27, 2018, Thursday – Mizna Twin Cities Arab Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theatre (thru Sept 30)

Location: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE

Mizna Twin Cities Arab Film Fest 

Mizna presents the 13th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival  Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, September 27 to September 30 -- a chance to see thoughtfully curated films from local, national and international Arab and Arab American filmmakers. Established in 2003, the Arab Film Fest has featured local debuts of independent narrative and documentary features and short films from more than fifteen countries. Over its thirteen editions, the festival has created a necessary space in the Twin Cities for Arab and Muslim filmmakers to tell their stories in beautiful and innovative ways. The Arab Film Fest takes place at the Film Society's Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main, screening more than thirty contemporary films from Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, as well as those from local Arab filmmakers. For the fourth year, the event will be awarding juried prizes for films in the categories of Best Narrative, Best Documentary and Best Short, and will continue the Best Audience Award based on audience votes.