Mec Film
Distributing films by Arab directors
Welcome to mec film!
mec film is an international distribution and sales company for films by Arab directors.
- The films in the International Catalogue vary in length and genre and can be booked by cinemas, festivals, cultural and educational institutions or social centres. The films all have English subtitles, sometimes we can provide translation in additional languages.
- mec film is serving as agent to the films of renown Syrian film-maker Mohamad Malas. Together with Dunia Film in Damascus we make copies available or connect you to the distributor for your territory.
- The movies in the German Catalogue are distributed in cinemas in Germany and are subtitled in German, they are all feature length.
- Many titles from the catalogue can be watched online in Europe at the mec film channel at our VOD partner sooner and in Arab countries at istikana. Those who prefer to hold a DVD in their hand find most of the titles from this catalogue as well as selected additional films from the Arab World in our DVD-shop.
- Universities can acquire educational rights for all titles, please contact us directly via mail.
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Services of free-lance author, curator and speaker Irit Neidhardt (owner of mec film) in the field of Cinema and the Arab World
International Catalogue
In this catalogue you find short and feature length films with English subtitles, sometimes we can provide additional languages. Most films are available in digital formats. more
NATION ESTATE
by Larissa Sansour will be shown on September 2nd, 2024 at the Librairie Arabe l'Olivier in Geneva and at the end of the month at the Fantastic Fest in Austin/Texas (USA).
SOLOMON'S STONE
Ramzi Maqdisi's bitter comedy is invited to the Librairie Arabe l'Olivier in Geneva on September 4th, 2024.
A SPACE EXODUS
by Larissa Sansour shows on 13th September 2024 at the Maysles Documentary Center in New York City (USA).
The Cinema of Mohamad Malas
mec film is serving as agent to the films of renown Syrian film-maker Mohamad Malas. Together with Dunia Film in Damascus we make copies available or connect you to the distributor for your territory. more
THE DREAM
Mohamad Mala's documentary classic can be seen on September 26th, 2024 as part of the Electioneering: Pictures in Power program at Sinema Transtopia in Berlin (with English subtitles) and is available online for private streaming with Sooner.
QUNEITRA 74
the experimental short film shows on 23rd September 2024 at 8.30pm at km28 in Berlin.
The Cinema of Muhammad Malas. Visions of a Syrian Auteur
This book by Samirah Alkassim and Nezar Andary provides an in-depth and intimate study of the cinema of Muhammad Malas. Archival images run through the chapters of this book which combines insightful interviews with excerpts from Malas’s literary works and critical explorations of his cinematic style and thematic concerns. The book concludes with Malas’s own words, sharing the treatment of his film project Cinema al-Dunya. more
German Catalogue
The films in the German Catalogue are licensed for German theatrical and institutional release and have German subtitles. The movies are shown in the regular art-house more
FROM GROUND ZERO
the compilation with 22 short films from Gaza will be available to cinemas, institutions and associations in Germany from October (more info follows).
ERASED,___ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLE
by Ghassan Halwani is shown by Film House Cologne on 28 September 2024.
1982 - NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO
Oualid Mouaness' Lebanese 2020 Oscar entry is now available on German speaking territories on SOONER.
