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Festivals BBC Arabic Festival
The BBC Arabic Festival 2019 was a free, annual event in London's BBC Radio Theatre presenting films about today’s Arab world to a UK and global audience. The films shed light on the stories behind the headlines: coming of age stories about young women, life as a gay man in today’s Beirut, and the chilling role of technology in enabling people to witness their families in war zones. These extraordinary stories were told through a range of genres – from observational documentary to short features; comedy to mockumentary. tpr media positioned the festival as showcasing thoughtful and inspiring films, shedding new light on the Middle East and positioning Arabic film as high quality world cinema.
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Coverage highlights
BBC World Service Weekend interviewed one of the filmmakers
Establishing Shots podcast interviewed the programmer
BBC London Robert Elms Show covered the festival interviewing the programmer
Behind the scenes feature in Broadcast magazine
Series of film reviews and profiles in Middle East Monitor
Leading film website TopTenFilms
(35.1kTwitterfollowers) covered the launch & ran reviews
Volume of Articles: 25
Sum of OTS
(opportunity to see)
1.2M
News Value
£401k
