Arab Film Festival at National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra a unique view into private lives in the Arab world

By Jane Freebury
Updated November 2 2016 - 1:14pm, first published July 30 2016 - 12:00am
Arab Film Festival: El Clasico Photo: Supplied
Arab Film Festival: El Clasico Photo: Supplied
Arab Film Festival: Barakah Meets Barakah Photo: Supplied
Arab Film Festival: Barakah Meets Barakah Photo: Supplied
Arab Film Festival: Halal Love Photo: Supplied
Arab Film Festival: Halal Love Photo: Supplied

Halal or haram? Legal or illegal? That's the question at the heart of Halal Love, a revealing comedy that features during the Arab Film Festival, now in its 13th year. Socially relevant and progressive, it looks at the tangled lives of contemporary urban Muslims as they try to navigate love, marriage and desire in contemporary Lebanon. It went to Sundance Film Festival in January with its alternative title, Halal Love (and Sex).

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