{"id":13812,"date":"2021-09-09T01:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T23:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/?p=13812"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:28:52","slug":"middle-east-is-back-in-florence-from-28-september-3-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/en\/middle-east-is-back-in-florence-from-28-september-3-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East is back! In Florence from 28 September &#8211; 3 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From 28 September to 3 October 2021<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Middle East Now presents its 12th edition<\/strong>, which will be <strong>physically held at the Cinema La Compagnia, Cinema Stensen and other venues of Florence,<\/strong>\u00a0with a full program of <strong>screenings, exhibitions, events, talks, including many premieres, presentations and conversations with the protagonists.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>More than 30 premieres of films and documentaries<\/strong>, with a strong focus on A<strong>fghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here are some anticipations:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>_ (RE)-ALIGNING PERSPECTIVES: the 2021 festival theme<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Time slowed down and we had no power over it. Collectively, we felt the immense impact of a global crisis. In this year\u2019s program, we contemplate our fundamental needs. It is a reset, a realignment, and a re-scanning of a familiar world. More than ever we are eager for simple pleasures. As we venture through further uncertainty and into a transitional period, the moving-image provides shelter, a space of shared and mutual significance and inspiration, a lookout for viable meaning that brings us closer. The quest is no longer to discover the world, but to shape it. Today marks a Rite of Passage, and Middle East Now wants to give its contribution\u00a0presenting films and special projects in which this theme will be addressed in a transversal way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>_ FOCUS CINEMA: AFGHANISTAN and LEBANON<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">At this edition great attention to Afghanistan and to the dramatic evolution of the country\u2019s political and social scenario and its future prospects. Through screenings of films, presentations and talks.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">And special Focus also on Lebanon: a cinematic spotlight will tell stories from this country one year after the explosion at the port of Beirut, and the complexity of its recent scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>_ Among the special events:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>WATERMELON AFTER LUNCH by Zahra Marwan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">At this year festival the exclusive presentation of the new art project by the artist Zahra Marwan, a young and talented illustrator of Kuwaiti origin based in the United States, who investigates through her works the complexity of being Middle Eastern in a completely different reality. At the Cinema La Compagnia and in other spaces of the city, a series of evocative illustrations tell of the artist&#8217;s identity, his origins, his current condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 28 September to 3 October 2021,\u00a0Middle East Now presents its 12th edition, which will be physically held at the 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