Masahat AFLAMUNA is marking International Women’s Day with Women’s Film Week, taking place from 6 to 12 March 2026. The program will be screened across community cinema spaces within the Masahat AFLAMUNA network.

The program brings together six films rooted in diverse women’s experiences, exploring questions of choice, memory, the body, and self-discovery in the face of constraining social and historical systems. The program unfolds within a context led by women as active agents in the narrative and as makers of meaning and story.

In Becoming Iphigenia by Reem Al Ghazzi, a group of young Syrian women participate in a documentary theatre project, dismantling the legacy of patriarchy in their upbringing while rebuilding their lives in exile and carving paths toward self-discovery.
Al Sitt by Suzannah Mirghani places the question of choice at the heart of its narrative through Nafisa, a fifteen-year-old Sudanese girl whose family has arranged a marriage she did not choose, reflecting on agency, age, and decision-making within a conservative social context.
In Memory Box by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, the lives of three women are linked through a resurfacing personal archive, notebooks, photographs, and audio recordings, becoming an entry point for reassembling memory and recovering what was once hidden or left unsaid.

The program also includes Tell Them About Us, which follows Arab, Kurdish, and Roma teenage girls in East Germany as they navigate friendship, culture, and identity, boldly bringing their dreams and conflicts to life on camera.

In Ikinji’s Stories, two bold women lead parallel journeys of love and life, confronting family expectations and the pressures of a conservative Bedouin environment that shapes marriage and daily choices.

Finally, Lift Like a Girl traces the journey of a teenage weightlifter in Egypt who, guided by her relentless coach, trains in a scrappy camp with the ambition to compete at the championship level.

The program is organized in collaboration with MAD Solutions, Wind Cinema, MC Distribution, contributors to the 2026 Masahat AFLAMUNA Film Library, and all participating community spaces.

This edition takes place across 29 community cinema spaces in 8 Arab countries: Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Libya, and Egypt, with 43 free screenings of six Arab films.

Find a screening near you. Admission is free and open to all.

You can view the screening schedule in each country by visiting the links below:

Egypt • Iraq • Lebanon • Libya • Palestine • Syria • Tunisia • Yemen.