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 CinemaFull price tickets £5 | Concession £4The Blue Caftan (12A)Dir. Maryam Touzani, France/Morocco/Belgium/Denmark, 2023, 122 mins, Arabic with English subtitles. Cast. Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui.Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire Youssef. The talented apprentice shows an utmost dedication in learning the art of embroidery and tailoring from Halim. Slowly Mina realizes how much her husband is moved by the presence of the young man.Maryam Touzani’s poignant and delicate second feature The Blue Caftan won the International Critics' Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the top prize for International Feature at New York's Newfest, and was shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards.

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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 CinemaFull price tickets £5 | Concession £4Foragers / Al-Yad al-Kadra (12)Dir. Jumana Manna, Palestine, 2022, 65 mins, Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles.Soup Over BethlehemDir. Larissa Sansour, Palestine, 2006, 9 mins, Arabic, with English subtitles.A double-bill of films about food and politics.For centuries, Palestinians have used za’atar (wild oregano) and ‘akkoub (a thistle-like plant) in their cooking. The plants grow wild and are traditionally foraged, but in Israel today both are deemed “protected species” by the government, and penalties for Palestinians caught picking include hefty fines and prison sentences. Gracefully weaving together fiction, documentary and archive footage, Foragers follows the plants from the mountainside to the kitchen, taking in chases between foragers and the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority, courtroom defences, and a delicious-looking lunch. Screening beforehand, Soup Over Bethlehem depicts an ordinary Palestinian family at dinner where a culinary discussion about the national dish 'mloukhieh' soon evolves into a political one. The screening will be followed by a za’atar tasting and talk by Zaytoun CIC, a social enterprise inspired by a love of Palestinian culture, communities and cuisine. They support Palestinian farmers through fair trade; importing and selling za’atar, olive oil and dates in the UK, with all profits being reinvested into the mission.

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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 CinemaFull price tickets £5 | Concession £4AshkalDir. 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.

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