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Rotterdam under the sign of Arab film

Films from the Arab world do not usually make it beyond specialised events with us, like this week's Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam. From 12 to 15 November, serious cultural and political notes will undoubtedly be cracked there at Cinerama, but the opening is remarkably light-hearted.

Arab Camera kicks off with the comedy From A to B, a curious road movie from the Emirates. You may not have known it, but films are made there too. Three former childhood br...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Films from the Arab world do not usually make it beyond specialised events with us, like this week's Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam. From 12 to 15 November, serious cultural and political notes will undoubtedly be cracked there at Cinerama, but the opening is remarkably light-hearted.

Arab Camera kicks off with the comedy From A to B, a curious road movie from the Emirates. You may not have known it, but films are made there too. Three former childhood br...

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