IFI & Dublin Arabic Film Festival 2017

The Dublin Arabic Film Festival 2017 will run from October 6th to 8th 2017.  
DAFF 2017: SOLITAIRE
The Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner template works to winning effect in Sophie Boutros’ comedy-drama that casts a shrewd eye over the tensions between Syria and Lebanon. Therese, the wife…
Friday 6th Oct 2017 20.00
DAFF 2017: TRAMONTANE
The life of young blind Lebanese musician Rabih (real life musician Barakat Jabbour) is thrown into uncertainty when he applies for a passport to go on a European tour with…
Saturday 7th Oct 2017 14.00
DAFF 2017: GAZA SURF CLUB
Despite the harsh conditions endured by the population of Gaza, everyday life continues. As a result of the restrictions placed upon them, the younger generation must be inventive in finding…
Saturday 7th Oct 2017 16.15
DAFF 2017: ALI, THE GOAT AND IBRAHIM
Ali is in love with a (possibly psychic) goat, called Nada. Ibrahim works at a recording studio and suffers from terrifying voices in his head. Ali yields to his mother’s…
Sunday 8th Oct 2017 16.00
DAFF 2017: BEAUTY AND THE DOGS
An innocent night out clubbing with her friends descends into a hellish ordeal for 21-year-old Mariam (Mariam Al Ferjani) in the provocative Beauty and the Dogs. Focusing on the aftermath…
Sunday 8th Oct 2017 18.10