17. ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin

ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin offers a wide selection of feature films, documentaries and short films, promising its audience a cinematic experience of artistic merit and relevance to timely issues. 

ALFILM Selection emphasizes the diversity of contemporary Arab cinema with new productions from the last two years.  

The 17th ALFILM Spotlight, Sudan: New Projections – Retrospectives, Revolutions, and Restorations, curated by Sudanese producer and Sudan Film Factory founder Talal Afifi, focuses on contemporary Sudanese filmmaking in dialogue with restored archival works and artistic interventions. The program reflects on cinema as a site of remembering, resistance, and imagination, tracing the transformations of Sudanese cinema shaped by revolution, exile, and resilience.

Masterclasses, panel discussions, film talks and special screenings round off the varied programme of the 17th festival edition.