September 9, 2013
DCPFAF NEWSLETTER
3rd Annual DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival Sept 28- Oct 5 2013
The Festival Launches in Less Than 3 Weeks! The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival will kick-off in less than three weeks (28 Sept- 5 Oct 2013). The Festival will last eight-days and include an art exhibit, two nights of short films, 5 feature films, discussions with the filmmakers, a dialogue between African-American and ArabAmerican media workers, and several receptions. See full program + more www.dcpfaf.org. EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENTS We featured acclaimed jazz vocalist Lena Seikaly with a live band at Bossa Cafe. We held a Tweet-Up to show a sneak peek of this year’s film at Busboys & Poets. We are collaborating with several DC-based institutions including Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, The Jerusalem Fund, the Institute for Palestine Studies, and the ArabAmerican Institute who provided us with a full-time summer intern. We met our online fundraising goal of $5,000 66 hours before the close of our online campaign. Projacs International donated $5,000. We created a new logo (see above!) We overhauled our website.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN DC Al Hannouneh Society for Popular Culture 8 Sept 2013, Alexandria, VA, 202.338.1958 Exhibit: The Map Is Not the Territory 6 Sept - 18 Oct, The Jerusalem Fund WHUT Presents Arab-American Stories 15 Sept @ 3 PM, WHUT Studios 202.806.3200 Jenin Freedom Theater US Tour 16-17 Sept, Devine Studio Theater www.performingarts.georgetown.edu