Middle Eastern Film Festival Set Feb. 22-24
UALR’s Middle Eastern Studies Program presents a three-day film festival from 1:40 to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 22 to 24 in Ledbetter Hall A in the Donaghey Student Center.
The film festival is free and open to the public. A dozen feature films and documentaries focus on people throughout the Middle East.
Film descriptions can be found on the film festival’s website. Screening times are:
Monday, Feb. 22: Lives Out of Place
1:40 The Place I Call Home (Egypt, 2007) 61 minutes
3:00 White Angel (Turkey, 2007) 115 minutes
5:15 Time for Drunken Horses (Kurdish/Iran, 2000) 80 minutes
6:45 Battle of Algiers (Algeria/Italy, 1966) 125 minutes
Tuesday, Feb. 23: Character, Culture, and Conflict
1:40 Persepolis (Iran, 2007) 96 minutes
3:30 Zaman: The Man from the Reeds (Iraq, 2003) 77 minutes
5:00 We Loved Each Other So Much (Lebanon, 2003) 80 minutes
6:30 The Kite Runner (Afghanistan, 2007) 128 minutes
Wednesday, Feb. 24: Through Women’s Eyes
1:40 Lemon Tree (Israel/Palestine, 2008) 106 minutes
3:30 Caramel (Lebanon, 2007) 96 minutes
5:15 Border Cafe (Iran, 2005) 105 minutes
7:15 Amreeka (US/Palestine, 2009) 96 minutes