Yasmina Tawil
Director of Film Programming at the Arab Film and Media Institute. Find me at a dark bar, weird movie or loud gig. She/Her 🇱🇧🇸🇾🇨🇭
- Excited to announce the 1st Cinema Arabiyya of 2026 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social. AS I OPEN MY EYES by Leyla Bouzid is the story of girl with a passion for music, who challenges norms while grappling with family pressure & the weight of political unrest. nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
- I hope you will join me next Wednesday 11/19 for a screening of WAJIB (2017) by Annemarie Jacir as part of the Cinema Arabiyya series at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social! Select the "donation+ ticket" option to help us raise money for The Sameer Project. nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg...
- My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program, FOLKLORE & FAIRYTALES, starts on Halloween! A selection of unusual, beautiful, and often haunting tales from across the globe features stories that have been passed down through generations—or at least feel as though they have. www.bam.org/film/2025/fo...
- Also very excited to finally meet Kelly Reichardt after all of these years of working with her early films in the O-Scope catalogue. I love THE MASTERMIND and highly recommend you come see it!
- Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind (fresh from Cannes) lands with a sly, stunning take on 1970s suburbia, when an unemployed family man and amateur art thief sets out on his first heist. 🎞️ 🎥 Q&A with Reichardt follows the 4PM screening Sun, Oct 19. 🎟️ bit.ly/476Tpvg
- Looking forward to welcoming back the incredible Heiny Srour to BAM tomorrow 10/17 as part of my program, "Where Do We Go Now?: Lebanese Women in Film". Heiny will be doing a Q&A and presenting some new or rarely seen work with her masterful documentary THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED.
- One night only: 3 films by pioneering Lebanese auteur Heiny Srour, incl. a sneak peek of her new epilogue to The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived. 🎬 Join us Fri, Oct 17 at 7PM for the screening + Q&A with Srour, moderated by Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast). 🎟️ tr.ee/Y3gKAm
- In honor of the recently restored works by groundbreaking filmmakers Heiny Srour and Jocelyne Saab, I've put together a selection of films directed by Lebanese women during and after the Civil War. Screening Oct 17-23 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! Tix: www.bam.org/film/2025/le...
- My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program CLASSROOM REBELS runs from 9/26-10/2! As the first month back to school comes to a close, we explore stories of teenage students who push back against the status quo. Info & tix available at www.bam.org/film/2025/cl...
- Tomorrow! Cinema Arabiyya's first screening at Nitehawk Prospect Park!
- Join me on 9/9 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social Prospect for FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy, an Egyptian dark social satire where an authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken during a child's birthday party. This event benefits Asiyah Women's Center. nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
- My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program is live and entitled SUMMERS OF CHANGE. This sun-drenched series finds characters trying their best to surf massive waves of summertime change. Escape the oppressive heat in Brooklyn’s coolest cinemas Aug 22-28 😎 www.bam.org/film/2025/su...
- I'd also love to encourage you to come out to the next screening in my Cinema Arabiyya series at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social. July 24th, we will be screening another 00's nostalgia film, this time from Lebanon called BOSTA! nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg...
- NYC 2000's also made it to the @nytimes.com as part of their list of Fun Things to Do in NYC in July! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/a...
- Very honored to chat with Dave Colon about my next program at BAM - NYC 2000s! We chatted about early aughts nostalgia, smaller cinematic gems in the program (including the Arab-American THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE) and one that got away...it starts tomorrow 7/18! www.bam.org/film/2025/ny...
- Excited to announce that the opening night film of the 27th Arab Film Festival will be the U.S. Premiere of HAJJAN! The newest film from Abu Bakr Shawky! It's a beautiful & exciting adventure film that you won't want to miss. Nov 10 at the Castro. Get your tix now! arabfilmfestival.org
