September 2017
Film Screening: “In Between” (Israel 2016)
This will be the first Madison area theatrical screening of the movie by producer Maysaloun Hamoud, a Palestinian citizen of Israel. It’s about Muslim and Christian young women in Tel Aviv. The screening will be…
Find out more »February 2018
Film: “The Other Side of Hope” (Toivon Tuolla Puolen)
The newest feature from Finland’s most celebrated auteur follows the unpredictable exploits of a Syrian refugee in Helsinki. Searching for his sister and facing deportation back to Aleppo, Khaled (Haji) escapes a holding center and…
Find out more »Film: “The Insult” (L’insulte)
A Lebanese Christian car mechanic and a Palestinian Muslim construction worker in Beirut begin a heated personal argument about a broken drain pipe, leading to a highly publicized legal battle that threatens to disrupt both…
Find out more »September 2018
Film: In the Last Days of the City
Egypt | 2016 | DCP | 118 min. | Arabic with English subtitles Director: Tamer El Said Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef On the cusp of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, an overwhelmed young…
Find out more »September 2019
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI at the Cinematheque
MESP is proud to co-sponsor with the UW-Cinematheque: FOUR MOVIES FROM IRANIAN DIRECTOR ABBAS KIAROSTAMI FRI., 9/20, 7 p.m. Kiarostami HOMEWORK (MASHGH-E-SHAB) Iran | 1989 | DCP | 86 min. | Persian with English subtitles…
Find out more »March 2020
Chadi Abdel Salam movie: THE NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS (AL-MUMMIA)
Egypt | 1969 | 35mm | 103 min. | Arabic with English subtitles Director: Chadi Abdel Salam Cast: Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi In the late 1800s, an isolated Egyptian mountain clan sustains itself by exploiting Egypt's ancient heritage, secretly raiding the tombs of…
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