Bab'Aziz - Cinéma Arabe

A blind sufi takes his lively granddaughter to a sufi ceremony that takes place only once every 30 years. In order to get to this very special event, they first have to cross a vast desert. Along the journey, the grandfather recounts magical tales, and they encounter many mystical inhabitants of the desert.

The structure of a frame story that encloses other tales – full of mysticism and age-old sufi wisdom – makes Bab’Aziz like an Arabian Dream, a tale from 1001 Nights, but most of all an impressive portrait of the desert and its legends.

Fri 10 May with short-film:
Unforgettable memory of a friend
Wissam Charaf | France, Lebanon | 2018 | drama | 27 min. | Arabic spoken – English subtitles
Beirut, 1985. Chadi is the shortest, but also the smartest kid in his class. He is secretly in love with Raya. When he finds out that his talents score him points with her, he doesn’t hesitate for a second. But the question is, does crime pay? This nostalgic short full of ‘80s hits looks back on the bruises that puberty inflicts on us.