The 2005 Date Palm Film Festival is a festival dedicated to providing you with a unique opportunity to view films from the 'Date Palm region', stretching from Morocco to Iran - a region often misunderstood and misrepresented. We aim to bridge a gap through artistic expression and share the experience of history, humanity, love, and life in a time where the distance between Eastern and Western cultures ever expands.

Wellington 8-14 September at The Paramount
Christchurch 15-22 September at The Regent on Worcester

Image: A young Omar Sharif stars in A Man in Our House (1961) as a member of the underground resistance during the British occupation in Egypt during the 50s.The 2005 Date Palm Film Festival is a festival dedicated to providing you with a unique opportunity to view films from the 'Date Palm region', stretching from Morocco to Iran - a region often misunderstood and misrepresented. We aim to bridge a gap through artistic expression and share the experience of history, humanity, love, and life in a time where the distance between Eastern and Western cultures ever expands.

Wellington 8-14 September at The Paramount
Christchurch 15-22 September at The Regent on Worcester

Image: A young Omar Sharif stars in A Man in Our House (1961) as a member of the underground resistance during the British occupation in Egypt during the 50s.We strive to bring a programme that is both stunning in artistic merit and educational - a programme that brings you a magnificent perspective of the richness of these parts of the world. This year's programme includes five feature and three documentary films from Morocco, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq & USA - comedy, classical, social issue and political themes. The majority of these films are recent award winning productions and are unlikely to come back to mainstream cinema, New Zealand television or your local video shop so make the most of it!

Festival details of films and screenings are now on our website at www.meff.org.nz

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Best wishes
From the team at the Date Palm Film Festival

Nadra Zarifeh
Festival Director
Date Palm Film Festival
Cultural Awareness Trust
PO Box 11-494
Wellington
www.meff.org.nz