Twin Cities Arab Film Festival Featuring Alum | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Twin Cities Arab Film Festival Featuring Alum

October 11, 2026
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Arab Film Festival

The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival presented films from local Arab, Muslim, and SWANA artists who work across visual media. Hend Al-Mansour's ’02, MFA, short animated film, Staring Contest, was featured. The film depicts various reactions as a young woman has a staring contest with an older man. Al-Mansour is a Saudi-born Arab American artist who uses draws from Middle Eastern culture and aesthetics.

The Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
September 23–27, 2026

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