It's all about the independent Arab cinema! On Arabshorts.net you find independent feature films and documentaries, animations as well as experimental films and video art from the Arab World.
A network of nine film curators from nine Arab countries has selected a wide range of exciting young Arab film productions in order to make the versatility and quality of independent Arab film-making visible.
A network of nine film curators from nine Arab countries has selected a wide range of exciting young Arab film productions in order to make the versatility and quality of independent Arab film-making visible.
Each curator presents his or her films in their cultural context. See the films, read about the conditions of independent film-making in the Arab world, find all the information about the films and film makers.
The project Arabshorts.net is funded by the Goethe-Institut Cairo, its concept was developed by the German film curator Marcel Schwierin.






