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Three Days of Film

Arab Film Fest Tulsa returns for a sixth year with acclaimed films and docs from the SWANA (Southwest Asia + North Africa) region, offering encounters with complex, authentic narratives from a spectrum of contemporary Arab world life. 

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2026 schedule

friday, nov. 13 - sunday, nov. 15 |                               

Get the most out of the weekend with the All Access Pass, which includes all six films plus catered receptions and special talks for just $35, or $25 for members and students. Individual film tickets are $12, or $10 for members and students.

  • MY FATHER AND QADDAFI
    MY FATHER AND QADDAFI
    MY FATHER AND QADDAFI
    Sun, Nov 15
    2:30pm | Documentary
    In MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, a daughter pieces together the disappearance of her father, a peaceful opponent of Qaddafi, and her own Libyan identity.
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  • COTTON QUEEN
    COTTON QUEEN
    Catered reception, guest intro, director Q&A video
    COTTON QUEEN
    Sun, Nov 15
    4:30pm | Drama
    COTTON QUEEN follows Nafisa, a teenager in a Sudanese cotton-farming village, who finds herself at the center of a fight for her community’s future when a businessman arrives with modified seeds and a marriage proposal.
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all access.
all weekend.

The All Access Pass gets you into all six Arab Film Fest Tulsa films and every related event, Friday 11/13 through Sunday 11/15. That includes the catered opening and closing receptions, the special talks and discussions, and the Saturday doc double feature.

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Buy once and you’re in for the whole weekend, with no separate tickets for each film.​​​​ The week of the festival, we’ll email pass holders with instructions for using the pass at every Arab Film Fest event.

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Your pass includes:

  • Fri 11/13, 7pm: A Sad and Beautiful World + catered reception by Shawkat’s 

  • Sat 11/14, 2pm: Doc double feature, American Hate—Survivors Speak and Who Killed Alex Odeh? + filmmakers & local family talk & refreshments

  • Sat 11/14, 7:30pm: The Stories

  • Sun 11/15, 2:30pm: My Father and Qaddafi

  • Sun 11/15, 4pm: Catered reception by Burning Cedar

  • Sun 11/15, 4:30p: Cotton Queen + special guest intro & prerecorded director convo
     

Individual tickets for each film will be $12 general and $10 for Circle members and students. They go on sale soon, along with more details on each film, reception and discussion.

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