THE VIRGIN, THE COPTS & ME - France & Qatar 2012, 94 minutes, Documentary
Start time: 6:30pm
Namir is a French filmmaker whose Coptic Christian parents moved to France in 1973. One day he watches a video of the Virgin Mary’s apparition with his mother who, like millions of other Copts, sees the Virgin while he sees nothing.
THE WAR AROUND US - US & Palestine 2012, 75 minutes, Documentary
Start Time: 9:30pm
In 2008 two best friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth – the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip on what was supposed to be a 24-hour assignment. The War Around Us captures the collision of veteran war correspondent and one of TIME’s most 100 influential people, Ayman Mohyeldin, with rookie reporter Sherine Tadros.
