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“Arabs in America” Film Series

From October 03, 2014 until October 24, 20147:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.
You must demonstrate your status by showing the proper document to receive the discount. You may only receive one discount. Assigned seats with tickets. On sale through the Casa Árabe website or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before the film begins.  
 
The films are shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.

Four movies will be screened, analyzing the presence of Arab culture in the Americas.

The Arab presence, product of the immigration which occurred as of the late nineteenth century, is one of the various components which make up identities in the Americas. This has given rise to different social practices and unique cultural expressions and, in certain countries, is helping to articulate social networks which are leading to an intensification of relations between countries in the Americas and in the Arab world. Through this film series, Casa Árabe is proposing a reflection on this phenomenon and its current potential, as well as creating spaces which make it possible to hold tri-cultural encounters.

The films which make up this new film series include Only in New York, by Ghazi Albuliwi (USA, France and Turkey, 2013, 86 min.) and American Arab, by Usama Alshaibi (USA-Iraq, 2013). They explore Arab identity in the United States through two different languages: one which is hilarious and fictional, and another in the form of an introspective documentary. In addition to these two productions directed by Americans, one of Palestinian origin and the other Iraqi, are two classics on the Arab-American question: the Canadian film Incendies (Canada, 2010, 113 min.), nominated for an Oscar in 2011, and the Brazilian film To the Left of the Father, by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil, 2001, 171 min.). The last two are adaptations to the big screen of the respective literary versions by Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad and Brazilian novelist Raduan Nassar.

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“Arabs in America” Film Series
  • American Arab

    American Arab

    October 03, 20147:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.
    You must demonstrate your status by showing the proper document to receive the discount. You may only receive one discount. Assigned seats with tickets. On sale through the Casa Árabe website or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before the film begins.  
    The films are shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Screening of this film by Usama Alshaibi (USA-Iraq, 2013), as part of the film series “Arabs in America” 
    Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi (Nice Bombs) shares his personal story, in which he experiences racism in the months after 9/11. The film shows a diverse range of Arabs who live in the United States and directly deals with the notions of identity and perception, while at the same time promoting the idea of giving people "room to be complex."

  • To the Left of the Father

    To the Left of the Father

    October 10, 20147:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62) 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders
    You must demonstrate your status by showing the proper document to receive the discount. You may only receive one discount. Assigned seats with tickets. On sale through the Casa Árabe website or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before the film begins. 

    The films are shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish. 
    Screening of the film by Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Brazil, 2001, 171 min.) “Arabs in America” film series information sheet 
    “He Only Wanted to Love and Be Loved.” With these words, André, the main character in "To the Left of the Father," imposes the tragic, melodramatic tone which overshadows the three hours in this film by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. With a notably novelesque tone, the film tells the story of a family of Lebanese immigrants in rural Brazil during the 1940’s.

  • Only in New York 

    Only in New York 

    October 17, 20147:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.
    
You must demonstrate your status by showing the proper document to receive the discount. You may only receive one discount. Assigned seats with tickets. On sale through the Casa Árabe website or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before the film begins. 
    Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Screening of the film by Ghazi Albuliwi (USA, France and Turkey, 2013, 86 min.) as part of the “Arabs in America” film series.
    A young and lonely Palestinian-American, desperate to find a companion, agrees to marry an Israeli woman who wishes to obtain a Green Card, the residence permit which will allow her to stay in the United States. A comedy in the purest style of Woody Allen, it examines the cultural and family-related traditions of both characters
  • Incendies

    Incendies

    October 24, 20147:30 p.m.
    
MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m.  3 euros for general tickets at the box office. 2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Arab Language Center students and Youth Card holders.
    You must demonstrate your status by showing the proper document to receive the discount. You may only receive one discount. Assigned seats with tickets. On sale through the Casa Árabe website or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before the film begins. 
     Films screened in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Screening of the film by Denis Villeneuve (Canada, 2010, 113 min.) “Arabs in America” film series information sheet 
    Jeanne and Simon are perplexed when, during the reading of the will left by their mother Nawal in Montreal, the notary hands them two envelopes, one intended for a father who they thought was dead, and another for a brother whose existence they were unaware of. They travel together to the Middle East and reconstruct the story of Nawal, a very special woman whose tragic fate was marked by war and hatred.