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Mizna presents the opening night of the 2018 Twin Cities Arab Film Fest, featuring a special advance screening of Lebanese drama Capernaum, live performances, music, and food!

The Twin Cities Arab Film Fest opens with Capernaum, the award-winning Lebanese drama directed by Nadine Labaki. This special advance screening is co-presented with the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul. Labaki’s film has not premiered in the US and makes its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018.

Mizna supporters and film fest attendees are invited to celebrate the opening night of the 2018 Arab Film Fest with food, music, and live performances! The opening night party takes place at Pracna on Main at 9:30 pm and is catered by Zakia Deli. Local multidisciplinary artist Dua will perform at 10 pm with tunes by DJ Yasmeenah throughout the night. There is a suggested donation of $10.

WHERE: Saint Anthony Main | 115 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55414
>Capernaum will screen at the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre.
>Opening Night Party at Pracna on Main

WHEN: Thursday, September 27, 2018
>Film at 7 pm
>Opening Night Party at 9:30 pm

TICKETS
Tickets to films are coming soon!
RSVP to the Opening Night Party with a donation of $10 or more and get the latest copy of Mizna at the door! RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arab-film-fest-opening-night-party-tickets-49819428251

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ABOUT THE TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FEST
Mizna’s 13th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is a chance to see thoughtfully curated films from local, national, and international Arab and Arab American filmmakers. The Arab Film Fest takes place September 27 to September 30 at the Film Society’s Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main. The festival screens more than thirty contemporary films from Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as those from local Arab filmmakers. For the fourth year, we will be awarding juried prizes for films in the categories of Best Narrative, Best Documentary, and Best Short, and will continue the Best Audience Award based on audience votes.

WHEN Thursday, September 27, 2018 to Sunday, September 30, 2018

WHERE Film Society’s Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre | 115 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55414

RSVP and invite your friends to the Twin Cities Arab Film Fest

ABOUT CAPERNAUM
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum tells the story of Zain, a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the crime of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old: fleeing his abusive, negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, taking care of Ethiopian refugee Rahil and her baby son Yonas, being jailed, and finally seeking justice in a courtroom. Although it is set in the depths of a society’s systematic inhumanity, Capernaum is a hopeful film that stirs the heart as deeply as it cries out for action. Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zbpNKUVjs

ABOUT DUA
Dua is a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis who centers afrodiasporic resistance through a sociopolitically black, queer, and muslim lens. They have been featured by The Current, So-Far-Sounds, PEOPLE, First-Avenue Mainroom, Crystal Sound, and more.

ABOUT DJ YASMEENAH
Yasmeenah is a youth worker and co-founder of the organization Horn Of Hope. When she isn’t doing community work, she is DJing and writing screenplays. Her DJ sets include music genres like House, R&B, Hip hop, and experimental sounds.