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Series highlights Mid-East cinema
Youssef Chahine’s 1959 drama “Cairo Station” launches “Children of Abraham/Ibrahim 4: Films of the Middle East and Beyond,” a seven-film series presented by the Austin Film Society, running Tuesday through Feb. 16 at the Alamo South (1120 S. Lamar Blvd.).
The series features two classic and five contemporary titles from Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Palestine and Israel. It concludes with Nuri Bigle Ceylan’s superb “Three Monkeys,” which won the best director prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
All shows are at 7 p.m. $6 general; free for film society members. Details and film descriptions HERE.
Jan. 12 — “Cairo Station,” directed by Youssef Chahine, 1959. With the short documentary “Cairo As Seen by Chahine,” 1991.
Jan. 19 — “The Land,” by Youssef Chahine, 1969.
Jan. 26 — “Laila’s Birthday,” by Rashid Masharawi, 2008.
Feb. 2 — “Son of a Lion,” by Benjamin Gilmour, 2007.
Feb. 9 — “Ajami,” by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, 2001.
Feb. 16 — “Three Monkeys,” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2008.
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