Full Schedule and Program

RELATED EVENTTHURSDAY OCTOBER 24: Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley.7.00pm: 44, or Tales of the Night (1981, dir. Moumen Smihi) (110min)Followed by "Afterimage" conversation with Moumen Smihi and Peter Limbrick. SYMPOSIUMFRIDAY OCTOBER 25 Digital Arts Research Centre (DARC) Building:9.15am-9.45am: Coffee, DARC Lobby9.45am-10.00am: Welcome (Peter Limbrick and Omnia El Shakry)10.00am-12.00pm: Panel 1:  Movement and Extra-territorialityKay Dickinson, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Concordia University, MontrealLivia Alexander, Senior Advisor, Al Riwaq Art Space, BahrainNabil Maleh, Film Director and ProducerChair: Soraya Murray, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz 12.00-2.00pm: Lunch2-2.45pm, ScreeningSi Moh, pas de chance (Si Moh, the Unlucky Man) dir. Moumen Smihi (France, 1971) 18min. Blu-raySix et Douze, dir. Ahmed Bouanani, Abdelmajid R’chich, Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi. (Morocco, 1968) 18min. DVD14.3 Seconds, dir. John Greyson (Canada, 2008) 9min. DVD 2.45-3.00pm: Coffee. 3.00-5.00pm: Panel 2:  Itineraries of IntertextualityNouri Gana, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLAStefania Pandolfo, Assoc. Professor, Anthropology, UC BerkeleyMoumen Smihi, Filmmaker, Paris/Tangier Chair: Peter Limbrick, Associate Professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz 5pm-7pm, Sesnon Gallery Reception, Porter College, UCSCOpening reception for exhibition "Unfixed Itineraries."Video installations by Zineb Sedira, Hassan Khan; photographs by Marie El Khazen (Arab Image Foundation). 7.00pm-8.30pm: Screening, DARC BuildingPipe Dreams, dir. Ali Cherri, (Lebanon/France, 2012) 7.03min. Digital file.Muslim Gauze R.I.P., dir. Hassan Khan (Slovenia, 2010) 8min 8 secs. Blu-rayNation Estate, dir. Larissa Sansour (Denmark/Palestine, 2012) 9min. Digital file.+ Q/A with Larissa Sansour and Ali Cherri  SATURDAY OCTOBER 26  DARC Building8.30-9.00am, Coffee9.00-11.00am: Panel 3: Past, Present, and Future ItinerariesSunaina Maira, Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California, DavisSusette Min, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California, DavisLarissa Sansour, Artist, Palestine/London/Copenhagen Chair: Jennifer Derr, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz 11-11.30am, Coffee 11.30am-1.00pm:Presentation: Nabil Maleh, "Scenes from Life and Cinema."Moderator: Omnia El Shakry 1.00-2.30pm   Lunch 2.30pm-3.30pm: Screening (Nights and Days (2007, 17min, Bluray) and A Journey (2006, 41min, Bluray). Dir. Lamia Joreige 3.30-4.00pm. Coffee 4.00-6.20pm, Panel 5: Archives, Images, MemoryMichael Allan, Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, University of OregonDore Bowen, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, San José State UniversityTarek El Ariss, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature, University of Texas at AustinAli Cherri, Artist, Paris/Beirut Chair: Neda Atanasoski, Associate Professor, Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz RELATED EVENTSunday October 277.30pm Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley: Tanjawi: Sorrows of a Young Tangerian (dir. Moumen Smihi, 2012; 95min) Moumen Smihi in attendance