Print
The past year and a half has not been kind to film festivals. COVID-19 ensured that many were canceled, while others decided to move operations entirely online. The San Diego Arab Film Festival, which runs from June 5 to 19 and is now in its 10th year, endures among the backdrop of another crisis: the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which recently re-erupted into an armed fight and once again brings Arab issues to the global stage.
The festival has opted for a hybrid of online and in-person viewing of its 16 films from across the Arab diaspora. The in-person viewings will take place at the Museum of Photographic Arts and will require those in attendance to wear masks. Attendance is capped at 50 percent of the theater’s capacity.