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Arab Film Festival in Tokyo 2007
The Japan Foundation's annual Arab Film Festival enters the third year. The 2007 Arab Festival in Tokyo features cinemas from Egypt, a film town often dubbed as "Arabian Hollywood." Visitors will enjoy a young Omar Sharif before Lawrence of Arabia, the Diva of Arabic song Umm Kulthoum in Fatma, a leading Egyptian character actor Adel Imam in Terrorism & Kebab, as well as many new titles from other Arabian countries.
March 9 –18, 2007
OAG Hall, OAG Haus, 1st Floor 
7-5-56 Akasaka Minato-ku Tokyo
Nearest station: Aoyama-itchome (Ginza, Hanzomon and Oedo subway lines), Exit
4
Presented by: The Japan Foundation
Supported by: Embassy of the Arab
Republic of Egypt in Japan
With the cooperation of:
The Ministry of Culture of Egypt
The National Film Center of Egypt
Association for the Development of Arab-Asian Dialogue (ADAD)
With the special cooperation of: PIA CORPORATION
800yen (1,000 yen at the door)
Tickets are available through Ticket Pia: 0570-02-9999
PIA CORPORATION:
Tel: 03-3265-1040 (Mon. to Fri.,10:00-18:00)
March 9 –18 only
:
Tel: 090-9136- 6874
New Arab Cinema
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Bab El Web
(2004 / dir. Merzak Allouache / Algeria) 
Shadow Of Silence (2005 / dir. Abdullah Al-Muheisen / Saudi Arabia)
Bab' Aziz (2004 / dir. Nacer Khemir / Tunisia)
New Day In Old Sana'a (2005 / dir. Bader Ben Hirsi / Yemen)
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with Japanese & English subtitles
with
Japanese & French subtitles
others: with Japanese subtitles only 
Le Grand Voyage (2004 / dir. Ismael Ferroukhi / Morocco –France)
Egyptian Film Retrospective
Everything is Fine / Salama Fi Khayr (1937 / dir. Niyazi Mustafa)
Feud in the Valley (1954 / dir. Youssef Chahine)
Fatma (1947 / dir. Ahmad Badrakhan)
Cairo Station / Bab al-Hadid (1958 / dir. Youssef Chahine)
Adrift on the Nile / Tharthara Fawq al-Nil (1971 / dir. Hussein Kamal)
The Postmaster / Al Bostagui (1966 / dir. Hussein Kamal)
Watch out for Zuzu / Khali balak min Zuzu (1971 / dir. Hassan al-Imam)
Dreams of Hind and Kamilia (1989 / dir. Mohamed Khan)
Terrorism & Kebab / al-Irhab wal Kabab (1992 / dir. Sherif Arafa)
Land of Fear / Ard al-Khof (1999 / dir. Daoud Abdel Sayyid)
The Yacoubian Building / Amarat Yacoubian (2006 / dir. Marwan Hamed)
The Closed Doors / Al Awab al Moghlaka (1999 / dir. Atef Hatata)
Mr. Daoud Abdel Sayyid / Egypt
director of Land of Fear
Mr. Ali Abou Shadi / Egypt
Egyptian Film Center, Cairo
Ms. Magda Wassef / France-Egypt
Institut du Monde Arab, Paris
Mr. Al-moamen Abdalla / Egypt
Daito Bunka University, Japan
Ms. Mitsuko Sano / Japan
Keio University, Japan
Mr. Nacer Khemir / Tunisia
director of Bab’Aziz
Mr. Abdullah Al-Muheisen / Saudi Arabia
director of Shadow Of Silence
Mr. Ahcene Benzerari / Algeria
Actor
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