The Debut 2026 of West Asian Film Festival (March 25-29) was a fantastic success. We gratefully thank our team, the participating festival movies, particularly – their filmmakers & distributers, Filmarchiv Austria and the METRO Kinokulturhaus – team, the City of Vienna, all our panel participants and naturally a very warm thank you to our outstanding audience – which showed great …
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Some substantial impressions from our open panel discussion in the framework of WAFF’s Special Program on Saturday, March 28, 2026: Transformative Resistance or Blind Spot? Participants were: Javaneh Collective, mAny of us Collective, Loulwa Khour, Luna Al-Mousli. This panel discussion explores the role of diaspora communities in shaping political discourse, memory culture, and solidarity across …
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Here are some impressions of WAFF’s Festival Days 3 & 4 in the framework of the movie-screenings on Fri, Mar 27, 2026: Tehran, an Unfinished History, Divine Comedy; and in the framwork of the movie screenings on Sat, Mar 28, 2026: Little Syria, We Never Left; at Cinema Salon | Metro Kinokulturhaus. Photos: Hannaneh Heydari …
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Photo by Zahra Khorshidi. Here are some snapshots of Festival Day 2 in the framework of the screenings of Gaza To Oscar, The Virgin And The Child & All The Mountains Give at the Cinema Salon | METRO Kinokulturhaus. We were delighted to experience our screenings on the second day – again – with such …
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Photo by Madhi Rahmati. Impressions from the West Asian Film Festival‘s opening day at the Historic Hall | METRO Kinokulturhaus – in the framework of the opening-movie Cutting Through Rocks. Introductionary opening pitches covering the general festival-vision & mission-statement were presented by Ramón Reichert & Zahra Khorshidi (both – Festival Art Direction). We thank everyone …
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