The San Diego Arab Film Festival brings a preview showing of Wajib, the Best Foreign Language film submission to the Academy of Motion Pictures for Palestine. Wajib is a rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You). This is a special showing of the SD Arab Film Festival to engage the local community in the full film festival, coming in the spring.
Filmed in Nazareth, Wajib tells the story of Abu Shadi, a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-sixties. After his daughter?s wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi, his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father in hand-delivering the wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head, challenging their fragile and very different lives.
The program will begin at 7:00 PM. A full Arabic dinner will be available beginning at 6:00 PM.
Admission/Cost:
Saturday, September 22 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.facebook/events
Filmed in Nazareth, Wajib tells the story of Abu Shadi, a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-sixties. After his daughter?s wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi, his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father in hand-delivering the wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head, challenging their fragile and very different lives.
The program will begin at 7:00 PM. A full Arabic dinner will be available beginning at 6:00 PM.
Admission/Cost:
Saturday, September 22 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.facebook/events
