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2009 MESA FilmFest

Some FilmFest submissions and festival entries have been donated to the prestigious Ellen-Fairbanks D. Bodman Collection of Middle Eastern and Islamic World Films. This stellar collection was started by MESA FilmFest maven, Ellen-Fairbanks "Taffy" D. Bodman. The MESA FilmFest celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008 in Washington, DC.

For information, contact Nadia Hlibka, MESA FilmFest Coordinator, nhlibka@u.arizona.edu.

NOTE: Attendance at MESA FilmFest is open to registered conference attendees only. BADGES WILL BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR.

FilmFest Films (alpha list with descriptions)-coming soon
FilmFest 2009 Schedule
FilmFest Panel
  FILMFEST Hours
November 21-Saturday 10:00am-9:30pm
November 22-Sunday

8:00am-10:00am
11:00am-1:00pm-FilmFest Panel
1:15pm-5:30pm
7:00pm-8:30pm-President's Address & Award Ceremony
8:30pm-10:00pm-feature film
November 23-Monday 8:00am-12:45pm
1:00pm-2:30pm MESA Business Meeting
2:30pm-9:30pm
November 24-Tuesday 8:00am-11:00am
11:18am-2:00pm Viewer's Choice
  FILMFEST Schedule
Number in parentheses indicates length
All caps = Feature Film
  Filmmaker present
 
Saturday November 21
10:00 am Mad, Mad, Mad World (4) MESA FilmfFest Logo
Yezidi (53)
Turkish Youth Film Project (7)
11:05 am Voices from El-Sayed (52)
12:00 Noon

THE SHELTERING SKY (138)
2:25 pm Circling the House of God (35)
3:00 pm

Remnants of a War (76)
4:20 pm

My Iranian Paradise (58)
5:25 pm This Palestinian Life (30)
6:00 pm American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (88)
7:30 pm Aliens Among Us (25)
8:00 pm DUNIA: KISS ME NOT ON THE EYES (108)
Sunday November 22
8:00 am Letters to the President (52)
8:55 am

Turkish Youth Film Project (10)
9:05 am The Moroccan Labyrinth (90)
11:00 am-1:00 pm FilmFest Panel
1:10 pm THOSE THREE (80)
2:30 pm Who Gives Kisses Freely from Her Lips (41) Simin Farkondeh-Filmmaker
3:15 pm Syria: Chess Match at the Border (52)
4:15 pm Veiled Voices (59) Brigid Maher-Filmmaker
5:15 pm Egypt We Are Watching You (52)
6:10 pm Transients (18)
6:30 pm The Pain of Being Thirsty (7)
7:00-8:30 pm President's Address and Award Ceremony
8:45 pm THREE MONKEYS (109) screening sponsored by the Turkish Studies Association
Monday November 23
8:00 am Good Morning Kandahar (51)
8:55 am Taste the Revolution (27)
9:30 am The Glass House (92) Melissa Hibbard-Filmmaker
11:05 AM War and Love in Kabul (86)
12:35 pm

Turkish Youth Film Project (15)
1:00 - 2:30PM MESA BUSINESS MEETING
2:30 pm Fashioning Faith (23) Yasmin Moll-Filmmaker
3:00 pm Dishonored (52)
3:55 pm Desert in the Coffee House (28) Pamela Nice-Filmmaker
4:25 pm DAVID AND LAYLA (106)
6:15 pm The Mosque in Morgantown (76) Brittany Huckabee-Filmmaker
7:35 pm Coffee Futures (22)
8:00 pm Afro-Iranian Lives (45)
Turkish Youth Film Project (10)
9:00 pm BIG STORY IN A SMALL CITY (90)
Tuesday November 24
8:00 am Dinner with the President  (52)
8:55 am My Israel (78)
10:15 am Arusi Persian Wedding (63)
11:18 am-2:00 pm Viewer's Choice