Subject to change

JULY 5, 2008
JULY 6, 2008
JULY 7, 2008
JULY 8, 2008

THEME:

Cultural Diplomacy / Media

Interpretations: Portraying Social issues in Film

11:00AM – 12:30 PM

SCREENINGS

The Countdown

US

Rene Dongo

Ex-Extremists

Egypt

Hossam Abouel Magd

1:00 – 3:00 PM

SCREENINGS

Refugees For Life


THEME:

Storytelling Styles:

The relationship between filmmaker

and subject

STUDENT WORKSHOP

SUN/MON/TUES

11AM – 1PM

Class 1: Shadmehr Rastin, Script to Screen (Limited enrollment)

10:30 AM – 5:30 PM

SCREENINGS/

DISCUSSION

Resonance

Egypt

Alaa Dajani


THEMES:
  • Composing and Sound Design for Documentary
  • Dubai City Tour
  • America and Iran: A Cultural Conversation

Class 2: Shadmehr Rastin, Script to Screen Knowledge Village

4:00-6:00PM

SCREENINGS/

DISCUSSION

Zananeh

Iran

Mahnaz Afzali


THEME:

The Marketplace: Festivals,

distribution strategies and

getting your film out into the world



Class 3: Shadmehr Rastin, Script to Screen

Knowledge Village

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

SCREENINGS

Bam 6.6

US

Jahangir Golestan-Parast


Lebanon

Hady Zaccak

 

Immortal Memory

Lebanon

Philip Bajjaly

3:15 – 4:45 PM

WORKSHOP

Documentaries and Diplomacy

Moderator: Anisa Mehdi

Participants: Philip Bajjaly, Lily Sadeghi, Danny Schechter, Cynthia Schneider, Hady Zakkak

7:30 PM

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

BY INVITATION ONLY

9:00 PM

OPENING NIGHT

Khalid Majzoub, MC

PERFORMANCE

Maestro Nader Mashayekhi Chamber Orchestra

SURPRISE SCREENING












OPENING NIGHT PARTY

BY INVITATION ONLY

Life in Fog

Iran

Bahman Maghsoudlou

 

Hidden In Dust

Iran

Mahboubeh Honarian

I Know I’m Not Alone

US

Carla Swanson

WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

The Party After the War

US

Nate Fisher/Matt Bowlby

Monks and Muslims:

Finding Faith in Algeria

US

Anisa Mehdi

Nobody’s Enemy

US

Neda Sarmast

(webisodes)

Day of Freedom

Iran

Saeed Tarazi

8:00 PM –10:30 PM

SCREENINGS

Cyanosis

Iran

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

 

Frontrunner

US

Virginia Williams





CENTERPIECE PARTY


Ghame Zani

Iran

Jafar PanahiI


7:30 – 11:00 PM

SCREENINGS

 

The Troupe

US

Rabeah Ghaffari

Arusi --

Persian Wedding

US

Marjan Tehrani

WORKSHOP

America and Iran:

A Cultural Conversation

Moderator: Lily Sadeghi

Participants: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Mahboubeh Honarian, Neda Sarmast, Saeed Tarazi, Marjan Tehrani















CENTERPIECE RECEPTION



 

Weapons of Mass Deception

US

Danny Schechter

1:00 – 3:45 PM

SCREENING/DISCUSSION

When the People Spoke Kuwait

Amer Al Zuhair

4:00 – 6:00 PM

WORKSHOP

The Marketplace for Nonfiction

Moderator: Pamela Cohn

Participants: Ally Derks, Debra Zimmerman, Bahman Maghsoudlou, Amer Alzuhair, Virginia Williams

Breakout sessions

7:00 PM

FINALE RECEPTION

8:00 PM

SCREENING/DISCUSSION

To Have Or Not To Have

Iran

Niki Karimi

SURPRISE PERFORMANCE

SCREENINGS

Women Police Station

Iran

Azar Mehrabi

Satellite Queens

Netherlands

Bregtje van der Haak


CLOSING PARTY