Arab Blues, winner of the Venice Film Festival's Audience Award and It Must Be Heaven, winner of the Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize, headline the 24th Annual Arabian Sights Film Festival. Also highlighted will be Advocate, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Adam, Morocco's first Oscar submission by a women director, and the moving Iraqi virtual reality documentary Home After War.
For lighter moments, in addition to It Must Be Heaven and Arab Blues don't miss the riotous and witty New Biz in the Hood!, What Have We Done to Deserve This?, and Rashid & Rajab. For captivating dramas and thrillers, must see films are Diamond Dust, Escape from Raqqa, The Guest, and be one of the first to see the American premiere of Baghdad in My Shadow.
