TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 24-27, 2020
Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) is seeking films for our upcoming festival scheduled for September 24-27, 2020, as well as our new ongoing monthly film series. We accept narrative, documentary, experimental, animated films of feature and short lengths. We seek films made by Arab or Arab American filmmakers or films relevant to these communities.
For numerous reasons, including the impact of COVID-19, we're planning to present a scaled-back version of our film festival in September 2020, which will include online and hopefully in-person screenings. This year's scaled-back September festival will kick off our monthly screening series, which will run until September 2021, and possibly beyond. For this reason, we're accepting film submissions for both our September festival and our ongoing film series.
About Mizna: We're a St. Paul, Minnesota-based arts organization committed to bringing the best Arab cinema, literature, and art to Twin Cities audiences, produces the annual Twin Cities Arab Film Festival. Beginning in 2003, Mizna’s festival has screened numerous Arab and Arab American titles and hosted many acclaimed filmmakers to present their work and engage with our local communities. The TCAFF will celebrate its 15th festival this fall.
Our mission: The Arab Film Fest aims to exhibit films made by Arabs or those relevant to our community. With few exceptions, the festival screens Minnesota theatrical premieres. Please visit past festival websites (http://miznablog.org/arabfilmfest19/) for more information about the TCAFF. The Arab Film Fest is produced by Mizna, a critical platform for contemporary literature, art, film, and cultural programming centering the work of Southwest Asian and North African artists. For twenty years, we have sought to reflect the depth and multiplicity of our community and have been committed to being a space for Arab, Muslim, and other artists from the region to reclaim our narratives and engage audiences in meaningful and artistically excellent art.
Awards are temporarily suspended during this scaled-back year.