Here's your chance for an artistic and cultural experience. The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival starts Thursday night and continues throughout the weekend. Opening night features delectable cuisine from the renowned Holy Land restaurant and a film introduction by Ali Selim, director of Sweet Land, which was filmed in rural Minnesota and is showing on screens throughout the metro area.

The schedule:

The Twin Cities Fourth Arab Film Festival

March 29th through April 1st, 2007
Heights Theater, 3952 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, 55421

SHOWTIMES
Thursday: Opening night reception 6PM
Heaven's Doors 7PM Introduced by guest director Ali Selim (Sweet Land)

Friday:
Showtimes 4PM-9PM

Saturday:
Showtimes 10AM-9PM

Sunday:
Showtimes 10AM-7PM
Closing night reception 9PM

The following directors are expected to be present for a discussion after the screening of their films: Saeed Taji Farouky (I See the Stars at Noon); Annie Sundberg (The Devil Came on Horseback); Nida Sinnokrot (Palestine Blues).

Click here for a more detailed schedule: http://www.mizna.org/arabfilmfest07/index.html