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Jubilee festival Cinéma Arabe - 15 years window on the Arab world

Two full houses at Amsterdam's Rialto Theatre for Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud's Fatwa, the opening film of Cinéma Arabe 2019. This Tunisian drama tells the poignant story of a father who returns to Tunisia to bury his son. And there discovers to his dismay that the secularly raised boy took refuge with radical Muslims. Awarded best Arab film in Cairo last year.

Ahmed Hafiene in ...

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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

Two full houses at Amsterdam's Rialto Theatre for Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud's Fatwa, the opening film of Cinéma Arabe 2019. This Tunisian drama tells the poignant story of a father who returns to Tunisia to bury his son. And there discovers to his dismay that the secularly raised boy took refuge with radical Muslims. Awarded best Arab film in Cairo last year.

Ahmed Hafiene in ...

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