Mec Film
Films by Arab directors
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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 at our partners MMedia in Beirut or at the mec film channel at sooner in Berlin. A selection of documentaries is available for online viewing in the mec film collection at minaa in Amman. 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.
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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
IN VITRO
by Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind is showing at the Arab Film Festival in East-Jerusalem (Palestine) in January 2021.
DRY HOT SUMMERS
by Sherif Elbendary shows on January 24th, 2021 at Centre de documentation La Jetée in Clermont-Ferrand (France).
ERASED,___ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLE
the multi-awarded film by Ghassan Halwani can be seen in late December and early January at Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Amman (Jordan).
PANOPTIC
by Rana Eid is showing on January 28th and 30th 2021 in the program of Norient in Bern (Switzerland).
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 (al-Manam)
by Mohamad Malas is showing in January 2021 in the program of DocLisboa in Portugal.
The Cinema of Muhammad Malas. Visions of a Syrian Auteur
A monogragraph about Mohamad Malas' work is forthcoming at palgrave macmillan. Authors Samirah Alkassim and Nezar Andary's book provides an in-depth and intimate study of the cinema of Muhammad Malas. read 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