13th Annual Arab Film Festival

SCHEDULE	TICKETS	FILMS	PROGRAMS	LOCATIONS	SPONSORS	ABOUT AFF	HOME
+ SHARE THIS PAGE

2009 Sponsors Our sponsors make this unique festival possible. Please contact us for more information on becoming a sponsor. Title Sponsor Wells Fargo Bank Regional Sponsor Wells Fargo Bank - Los Angeles	Major Sponsors Arts Council of Silicon Valley Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program City of San Jose, Office of Cultural Affairs Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund Middle East Children Alliance (MECA) San Francisco Arts Commission The San Francisco Foundation Zellerbach Family Foundation	Media Sponsors Al Akhbar Newspaper Alenteshar Newspaper Alo Hayati Magazine Cine Source Film Quarterly The Independent Monitor KPFA (94.1 FM) KPFK - LA (91.7 FM) KQED San Francisco Bay Guardian Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
		Supporting Sponsors Algerian-American Association of Northern California Alliance Francaise de San Francisco Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley Arab Culture and Community Center (ACCC) Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Arts Council of Silicon Valley Camera Cinemas Center for Middle East Studies at UC Berkeley City of Berkeley Civic Arts Program Consulate General of Egypt in San Francisco Consulate General of Yemen Embassy of Syria Goethe Institute of San Francisco Honorary Consul of Jordan Jordanian Royal Film Commission Palestinian American Women Association Step Ahead Financial Accounting Sunbula, Arab Feminists for Change UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies USC School of International Relations Writers Guild of America - West
Business Support BFL Owen & Associates, Inc. Hala Dance Iskandar Associates Inc. Print Life Prudential Step Ahead Financial Accounting The Parsonage Vanguard properties Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger Hospitality Sponsors Ali Baba’s Cave Carlton Hotel Chancellor Hotel Dish Dash Restaurant Fatoush Restaurant Herbivore La Mediterrannee Open Sesame Manhattan Beach Pi on Sunset Restaurant The Best Western Carlyle Inn on Robertson The Grove Inn The Parsonage	Community Sponsors and Co-Presenters Access California Services ADC LA Chapter Al Awda Coalition Alliance Francaise American Friends Service Committee ANSWER Coalition ASWAT Bibi SF Birzeit Society Egyptian American Organization Equal Roots Coalition Frameline32 French Film and TV Office, Consulate General of France General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS), SFSU Generation Engage Silicon Valley Golden Thread Hurricane Season International Jewish Solidarity Network International Museum of Women Jordanian American Association of Southern California La Pena Lebanese American Foundation House of Lebanon Lebanese Social Club-UCLA	Levantine Cultural Center Moroccan American Association of California (MAACA) Muslim Film Festival Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) National Association of Arab Americans Network of Arab Americans professionals (NAAP) Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP-LA) Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP-OC) Pacific Film Archive Palestinian American Women's Association (PAWA) Pan-African Film Festival San Francisco Cinematheque SF International Film Festival SOS Palestine Sunbula, Arab Feminists for Change Swanabaq Syrian American Women's Association (SAWA) The Census Bureau United Afghan Club- UCLA United Arab Society - UCLA US OMEN Women in Film International Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Zawaya
AFF Galaxy Circle Carol Bisharat Sani Gabrielle & Jalal Saad Jess Ghannam AFF Supernova Circle Jean-Paul Samaha Kathy Saade Kenny AFF North Star Circle AFF Solar Circle Alice M. Nashashibi Brigit Jeansch Dina Amin Saba Leila Kazimi/Neal Metler Nancy Dudum Ron Dudum Zeena Fakoury AFF Aurora Circle Bassam Qasem BFL Owen & Associates, Inc. Cathrine Mallouh In Memory of Omar K. Amad Iyad Qumei Jad & Sandra Jadallah Jerry Arnold Mary Bisharat Nader Barakat Nick and Cheryll Shamiyeh Saba & Shirley Saba Zeina Zaatari	AFF Candlelight Circle Abdalla And Abla Touny Abdellah Hafid Aftim Saba Alia Haddad Alice Dudom Amal Ajlouni Amin & Jamila Saba Amro Salama Bassam Qasem Christopher Paulicka & Nile R El Wardani Dr. Samy Adham Elias Rashmawi Ellen Clark Greene Emily Katz-Kishawi Fred & Mary Farhat George & Susan Saba Ghassan & Helen Saba Hadas & Margo Rivera-Weiss Hannah A. Doughri Iskander Associtaes Inc. Janet Salah Jerry B Arnold & Seda Z Arnold Kamel Ayoub Lily Asfour Momtaz M. Aburomia Mufeed Droubi Nader A Barakat & Randa H Barakat Nafe S. Alick Naser & Luna Tarazi Nora Roman Ramiz Rafeedie Rula Saba	Salam Bagleh Salem Ajluni & Fairouz Ghanayem Samira Eissa Say A. Adham Simon and Zoia Siniora Steven Gregory Tarek Tarazi Walid Khoury Weddad Abdou Yaccub & Genevieve Saba Yaccub & Randa Saba Hilweh Ziad Rouag
Acknowledgements Abed Amas Afaf El-Annan Ahmad Abdalla Aislinn Scofield Alex Shams Alexa Elsorady Alice Nashashibi Amanda Georges Anna Del Castello Annie Chang Archana Sahgal Asad & Mouna Kayed Ashraf Morrar Attiya A. Shakran Audrey Hewko Ayman Morrar Bashar Amer Bassam Kassab Bassam Qasem Carol Bisharat-Sani Carol El-Shieb Catherine Mallouh Christine Stouffer Dalia Al-Khadra Daliah Massehian Daniel Ramirez David Isratzet David Lopez Debbie Smith Dima Alzayat Dima Khoury Dina El Hakim Duraid Musleh Emad Amas Emad Yahya Emily Gottreich Emily Katz-Kishawi Enass Khansa Farah Elabed Fayeq Oweis Fidan Hasanzade Garbis Bagdasarian George Lammame Ghada Saliba-Malouf Gil Villagran Hadeel Jabari Haifa Moaamar Hanan Totah Hani & Mary Kaileh Hanna Petro Hanna Sayeg Hassan Said Haya Ben Halim Haya Shawwa Heather Hassan Ian Thompson	Jalal & Gaby Saad Jane Bitar Jeanette Cool Jeffrey Jabbour Jenny McCorkle Jess Ghannam Jim & Connie Standfield Joanne Shultz John & Linda Muhawieh John Zahar Joseph Faraq Juan David De Jesus Kamal & Samar Wahbe Kamel Ayoub Kamila Kraba Kareem Husain Karim Halawi Karim Harzallah Karimah Al-Helew Kathy Geritz Kathy Saade Kenny Khaled El Shazly Khaled Saad Khalil Bendib Kimberly Nicola Lauren Schiller Lily Haskell Lisa Mackie Lubna Hindi Lubna Mohammad Lynne Steiner Maad AbuGhazallah Madiha Jafri Malihe Razazan Manar Hocheimi Margaret Zaknoen Marianne Mullen Mary Harb Meaghan Hardy Mich Levy Michael Coogan Michelle Luna Reynoso Mishal Al –Rashoud Mitri Hanania Mohamad Ramy Zeno Mona Odeh Moza Cooper Muhammad Awad Muna Coobti Mustafaa Rony Zeno Mynor Godoy Nabila Mango Nadine Ghammache Nezar AlSayyad Nicole Desperito Noor El-Annan	Norma Shiheiber Parker Daggett Paul Totah Peter Limbrick Peter Szanton Peter Waneis Pouneh Behin Preston Wood Rachel Gandin Rajiv Gujral Rami Alayan Rami Mazid Rana Elawar Rana El-Sahragti Reem Haddad Renda Dabit Rose Hajian Roxanne Tomco Saba Moshirvaziri Sabil Omar Salim Sweiss Sally Al Daher Sally Douglas Arce Sally Nasser Samir Ahmed Sara Kreshner Senan Khairi Sera Nayonan Serge Bakalian Shadi Elkarra Shadia Francis Shahram Aghamir Shahrzad Ghadjar Sharon Hing Sherna Gluck Sophia Rahman Souzan Alrayes Suha Araj Summer Hararah Tamin Alsecoit Tiffany Cantrell Torange Yeghiazarian Wael Buhaissy Waleed Rashid Weiss Hamid William Lex Yacine Rahmoun Yara Masri Yousef & and May Abudayeh Zeena Fakoury Zeina Babetty Zeina Zaatari Ziad Rouag