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AFAC x OSN Writers’ Room: come together and write

The time has come for AFAC’s second grant cycle: Apply Today!

AFAC’s first grant cycle for 2023 is open! Here’s everything you need to know to apply

Join us to talk scandal in Berlin on Jan 26, 27

AFAC-supported films take home 6 Yusr awards at Red Sea Film Festival

AFAC-supported films win big in Cairo

Lights! Camera! AFAC! Meet the 25 full length features and shorts in the 2022 grants cycle

Grant announcement! AFAC’s 2022 Music grantees tune into musical memory to re-imagine heritages

Get to know the 7 AFAC-supported documentaries to show at IDFA 2022

ADPP 2021: Framing the Personal and the Political

Introducing our 2022 Training and Regional Events grantees

Fifteen ADPP Photographers Exhibit in New York City

Incoherence in Open Space - an Encounter with Sarri Elfaitouri about “Tahafut”

Degradation through Aesthetics and Poetry: An Encounter with Seif Kousmate on “Waha”

Four AFAC-supported Films to feature at TIFF 2022

‘Hanging Gardens’ and ‘The Last Queen’ Sail to Venice

The Films Supported by the AFAC Documentary Program 2022

Job Vacancy: Communication Specialist

‘Fragments from Heaven’ and ‘L’Ombre des papillons’ to show at Locarno75

Introducing AFAC’s 2022 Visual Arts Grantees

AFAC’s 2022 Creative and Critical Writings grantees announced

On revival, borders and multi-sensory experiences: Announcement of Performing Arts 2022 grantees

Arab Documentary Photography Program 2022 Photographers Announced

The Quest for Belonging - An Encounter with Rehab Eldalil

AFAC-supported Films at Gabès Cinema Fen

Five AFAC-supported Films at Cannes 2022

AFAC’s Second Call for Applications 2022 is Now Open

"That I work for them, not with them"
Essay by Mohamed Soueid

15 Films for 15 Years

Arts and Culture Entrepreneurship Program Announces Fourth Cycle Grantee Entities

Five Arab women filmmakers receive grant through Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity in partnership with AFAC

Six AFAC-supported Films at Cinéma du Réel

An Encounter with Mayye Zayed: “Lift Like a Girl”

Research on the Arts Program Wraps Up its 2022 Workshop

AFAC’s First Call for Applications is now Open

Two AFAC-supported Films at Berlinale 2022

AFAC and ACSS Select New Cohort of 2021 Research on the Arts Grantees

Zoom in on AFAC’s Cinema 2021 Grantees

Sounds that Connect: 2021 AFAC Music Grantees Announced

Eleven AFAC-supported Films at Cairo Film Festival

Red Sea Film Festival to Showcase Eleven AFAC-supported Films

Meet AFAC’s 2021 Training and Regional Events Grantees

Six AFAC-supported Films Play IDFA 2021

Oscars 2022: Five AFAC-supported Films in the First Entry

Eight AFAC-supported films at JCC 2021

Three AFAC-supported Films at DOK Leipzig 2021

ADPP 2020: On Identity, Struggles and Climate Issues

AFAC and UNESCO Partner for Yemeni Institutional Empowerment Program

Eight AFAC-supported Films at El Gouna Film Festival 2021

BFI London Film Festival 2021 Features 6 AFAC-supported Films

AFAC-Netflix Hardship Fund Supports 240 Arab Film & TV Freelancers

24 Doc Films Receive AFAC Documentary Program Grants

TIFF 2021 Line-up Features Three AFAC-supported Films

Introducing AFAC’s 2021 Performing Arts Grantees

Announcing AFAC’s Creative and Critical Writings 2021 Grantees

Meet the 17 Visual Arts Grantees for 2021

Five AFAC-supported Films Sail to Venice

Announcing the Photographers of the 2021 Arab Documentary Photography Program

AFAC’s Annual Report 2020 Is Out

“The Disqualified” Scoops Best Feature Film Award at Gabès Cinema Fen Festival

AFAC-Netflix Hardship Fund: Applications Deadline Extended to July 15

“The River” Takes the Road to Locarno 2021

Four AFAC-supported Films Play Cannes 2021

AFAC and Netflix Expand Hardship Fund Towards Arab Region

AFAC and ACSS Launch 4th Cycle of Research on the Arts Program

Training and Regional Events 2021 Call Opens Following Exceptional Halt in 2020

Cinema and Music 2021 Calls Now Open

Lebanon Solidarity Fund Grants Support to 43 Institutions and Spaces

Two AFAC-supported Films Premiere at Visions du Réel 2021

AFAC Documentary Program Call is Now Open

Performing Arts Open Call 2021

Research on the Arts Program Concludes its Workshop Virtually

AFAC Seeks a Beirut-based Deputy Director

AFAC’s Call for the First 2021 Grants Cycle Opens February 15

Four AFAC-supported Films at the Berlinale 2021

MENA Prison Forum | AFAC Interviews Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim

AFAC Announces Recipients of 2020 Cinema Grants

New Bilingual ADPP Website Launched with Poignant Photo Stories

AFAC and ACSS Announce Eleven Research on the Arts Grants

AFAC-supported Films Reap Eight Awards

Lebanon Solidarity Fund to Support Arts and Culture Institutions and Spaces

Maintaining Musical Momentum: AFAC’s Music Grantees 2020 Announced

246 Film & TV Workers Receive AFAC-Netflix Hardship Fund Grants

Five AFAC-supported Films in IDFA 2020

Announcing ACE Third Edition’s Institutions

The AFAC - Netflix Hardship Fund | In Support of the Film and TV Community in Lebanon

Ten AFAC-supported Films Play Gouna

AFAC and Netflix Partner to Support Film and TV Community in Lebanon

“Unis pour le Liban”: A French TV Fundraiser Concert in Solidarity with Lebanon

Arts and Culture Practitioners Receive Lebanon Solidarity Fund Grants

Zawya’s 4th Cairo Cinema Days Continues

AFAC-supported Films Recognized at the Venice Film Festival

177 Receive the Artist Support Grant

AFAC Names 2020 Doc Film Grant Winners

Introducing AFAC’s Creative and Critical Writings 2020 Grantees

Lebanon Solidarity Fund in support of arts and culture practitioners in Beirut

AFAC Announces Eighteen Performing Arts 2020 Projects

Announcing the 2020 Visual Arts Grantees

Lebanon Solidarity Fund: Fundraising Campaign for the Arts and Culture Community in Beirut

AFAC and Culture Resource Announce Lebanon Solidarity Fund Grants

“Orient Resonance”: A Sonic Journey Across the Arab Region’s Musical Traditions at Mucem

Pride, Power and Protest in Photos: The ADPP 2020 Edition Unveiled

An Encounter with Ayten Amin on “Souad” | A Window into Women’s Lives in Egypt’s Peripheries

Applications to the Research on the Arts Program Are Now Open

The Oscar Academy 2020 Members Announced

Join the AFAC Team

AFAC’s Annual Report 2019 is Out

Ouafa Belgacem on Resource Mobilization in the Cultural Sector

An Encounter with Tarek Aïtmeddour on “Résister”

AFAC Launches the Artist Support Grant

AFAC Second Grants Cycle Open

AFAC and Culture Resource Launch a Solidarity Fund for Arts & Culture Structures in Lebanon

AFAC Closes “Screens and Streams” Initiative with Films, Music and Performances

An Encounter to Define Lina Alabed Through her Film: “Ibrahim: a Fate to Define”

AFAC “Screens and Streams” Week 5: A Special Edition of Jazz and Performances

AFAC “Screens and Streams”: Tune in to a Fourth Week of Online Films and Music

AFAC “Screens and Streams” Week 3: A Third Wave of Online Films and Music

“Screens and Streams”: Second Week of Online Films and Music

“Screens and Streams”: Films and Music Online

Initiatives for Online Film Dissemination Spur from Worldwide Confinement

Eleven AFAC Grantees Nominated for World Press Photo Foundation Masterclass 2020

AFAC Announces Recipients of NACP Regional Fund Grants

Arab Documentary Photography Program Call for Applications Is Now Open

Rob Burnet on “Changing Society through Conversations | Stories from East Africa”

We’re Looking for an Intern

ACE 2020’s 16 Cultural Managers Meet in Beirut

Five AFAC-supported Films Play Rotterdam 2020

Research on the Arts Program’s Workshop Concludes in Beirut

AFAC Announces Open Call for First Grants Cycle

Announcing the 2019 Cinema Grants

AFAC and ACSS Award Six Research Projects

“Planning for Impact: Making the Case for Arts and Culture”

Stories Boldly Told: An Account of Courageous Cultural Works

Meet AFAC’s 2019 Training and Regional Events Grantees

AFAC Reveals the 2019 Music Grantees

AFAC Announces 26 Arts and Culture Structures to Receive Long-term Support

Eight AFAC-supported films at IDFA 2019

STATEMENT ON OPEN STRIKE IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR IN LEBANON

Robert Wolfe: “How Do We Harness Creativity?”

Boghossian Prize Awarded to Three AFAC Projects

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and The Festival Academy continue to join forces in 2020!

Seven Venice Awards Scooped by AFAC-supported Films

AFAC Holds “Politics Through the Looking Glass” Forum in Berlin

AFAC Film Week Comes to Dubai

Nine AFAC-supported Films in El Gouna Film Festival

Eight Arts and Culture Institutions Selected to Participate in the Second Cycle of ACE

Four AFAC-supported Films Play TIFF 2019

Mike Van Graan: African Perspectives on Cultural Policy

Meet AFAC’s 2019 Performing Arts Grantees

AFAC Announces Creative and Critical Writings 2019 Grantees

AFAC Documentary Program Announces 2019 Grantees

Seven AFAC-supported Films Play Venice and Locarno Festivals

AFAC Introduces the 2019 Visual Arts Grantees

ADPP Photographers in the Limelight

ACE Concludes Third Workshop in Hammana

Carla Fonseca: Deconstructing Corporate Involvement in Arts and Culture

Wish You Were Here: AFAC Summer Festival 2019 Opens in Berlin

Nine Socially and Politically Engaged Projects for the 2019 ADPP Edition

“Bab Sebta” World Premiere at FIDMarseille

Abdo Shanan Wins CAP Prize 2019

Framing Untold Stories: Seven Compelling Visual Narratives

AFAC Grantee Selected Among Sundance 2019 Fellows

Research on the Arts Program Call is Now Open

AFAC Launches a New Cultural Program for North Africa

Atelier for Young Festival Managers Deadline Extended

Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven” Competes in Cannes Film Festival

AFAC and SDC Launch North Africa Cultural Program

Marseilles’ Aflam Festival Features Rich Line-Up of AFAC-Supported films

Irtijal Kicks off the 19th Edition

Beirut Cinema Days Festival Opens March 29th

Fifteen AFAC Grantees Nominated for World Press Photo Foundation Masterclass 2019

Five AFAC-supported Films Play CPH:DOX 2019

Atelier for Young Festival Managers alongside NEXT

At the intersection of culture and technology

The story on India by Arundhati Ghosh

AFAC Opens Call for 2019 First Grants Cycle

AFAC-supported Film Secures Double Win at Berlinale 2019

Documentary Convention 2019 Registration Now Open

AFAC’s Documentary Photography Program in Spotlight at Dubai’s GPP Photo Week

Three AFAC-supported Films Play Berlinale 2019

… And the Oscar nominee is: AFAC-supported “Of Fathers and Sons”

Three AFAC-supported Films Awarded at Karama Film Festival

AFAC Grantees on Show at BBIMF 2018

Three AFAC-supported Films Play CIFF 2018

Three AFAC-supported films awarded at El Gouna Film Festival 2018

A Drowning Man nominated for the BAFTA's Best British Short Film Award