CINEBLEND, the monthly evening of SAVAN (Dutch Foundation for Audiovisual Anthropology) with dinner, has film as its theme on Tuesday, April 5:

FILM, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

On this evening, organized in collaboration with On File, an intermediary between refugee journalists and writers and the Dutch media, and Dancing on the Edge, an organization focused on artistic exchange with the Middle East and North Africa, we look at recent developments in the Middle East through the eyes of filmmakers from that region. We focus particularly on the role of unofficial media. While television serves as a propaganda medium for the state, media in the hands of the people, such as documentaries and social media, offer a different perspective.
Look, and they even turn out to be capable of sparking a revolution. Through the eyes of three filmmakers from the Middle East, refugees living in the Netherlands, we look at the power and the (powerlessness) of media. We also discuss, on a more personal level, the possible role of filmmakers in a new Middle East.

The guests are:
Rosh Abdelfatah, Syria. As an actor, he ended up in prison following a play about stateless Kurds in Syria. He came to the Netherlands in 1999. During his studies at the Sint Joost Art Academy in Breda, he already made various short films that were screened at the IFFR and the Al-Jazeera Festival, among others, and also produced reports for Llink and El-Mazjd TV (Dubai), among others. He has been active on Facebook in the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and is currently working on the film (working title) 'The Role of Social Media in Syria'.

Farshad Aria, Iran. Came to the Netherlands in 1993 and graduated from the Film & Television Academy in Amsterdam in 1998. Since then, he has been making documentaries both in the Netherlands and abroad. Although he cannot return to his native country for the time being, he remains involved in the political developments in Iran. He is putting the finishing touches on a short film about the Green Revolution in his homeland.

Ahmed Kamal Jawad, Iraq. After studying at the Film Academy in Baghdad, Ahmed worked as a cameraman and director. He made a short film about the Baghdad Film School and worked on the film www.gilgamesh.21, a critical docudrama about contemporary Iraq that is controversial in Iraq. The lives of the crew members were endangered, and they fled to various European countries. Ahmed fled to the Netherlands in 2006, where he applied for asylum. It is uncertain whether he will be allowed to stay here.

The discussion moderator is Naeeda Aurangzeb, a Pakistani journalist and presenter of the NTR discussion program De halve maan. Prior to this, she worked for the NCRV, NMO, and RTV West. Her book 'Verdreven Palestijnen' was published in 2005.

17:30-18:00 walk-in
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM dinner at €17.50 including a drink (reservations required)
19:30-22:00 program, free admission, no reservation required
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM drinks

For more information: www.savan.nl/cineblend, [email protected],
020 - 5688 520

Location
Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam



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