Caabu Members' Evening: Short film screenings about Libya

Caabu Members' Evening: Short film screenings about Libya

Films of Exile 

1)   Home in Exile   

2)   Gaddafi and Me

Screening and discussion with Mohamed Makhlouf

Exclusive event for Caabu Members only

Monday 18 April 2011

6.30pm

The Boardroom of the Arab British Centre

(Ring Buzzer markerd ‘Meeting Rooms & Library’ ) 

Caabu

1 Gough Square

London EC4A 3DE 

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Caabu will be showing two short films involving Libyan exile and film director, Mohamed Maklouf.  This will be followed with a discussion Mohamed.   It should be a wonderful evening and a chance to discuss events in Libya.

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HOME IN EXILE

·          2007 / DOC / 21 min

·          Produced by: Al jazeera international - UK

·          Director : Mohamed Maklouf

Synopsis: These are stories of Libyans who sought to develop their economy and secure its resources; to establish equality, democracy, safety and prosperity in order to create a better life for their children in their home country.

  These exiles endured long tragedies of political suffering and pain, and of waiting for oppression to end. They never lost hope in the day when their human suffering and banishment will end.

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   GADDAFI and ME 

Gaddafi and Me

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2011 / DOC / 24 min

·Produced by: ITV - UK

 Director : Tom Stone

Synopsis:With Colonel Gaddafi's forces locked in battle with the rebels in Libya, the programme follows one exile's remarkable journey back to his homeland for the first time in 36 years.

Mohamed Maklouf

Media consultant / Filmmaker

Mohamed Maklouf

Mohamed Maklouf is a British national of Libyan origins residing in the UK. He has been a filmmaker and film journalist since 1983, and has worked as a freelance writer for several Arabic language periodicals in London. He is one of the region's foremost experts on Arab cinema, documentary and short films.

• Organized the first Arab cartoon festival in London in 1989.
• Worked as a consultant on short and documentary films for several Arab and British television companies.
• Maklouf is the Founder and Executive Director of the Arab Screen Independent Film Festival (ASIFF), which specializes in Arab short films and documentary films. The festival debuted in London in April 1999, with a second session in Qatar in March 2001.
• He was a member of the international jury of the Milan African Film Festival in Italy in 2002.
• Served as jury president of the Emirates Film Competition in 2003.
• Served as a consultant on the Human Rights programme at Lucerne International Film Festival in 2003.
• Co-Founder, Chief consultant and Chief Programmer of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) 2004 - 2005.