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Organised by the Arab Media Centre, Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI)Thursday, 10 April, 2014Screening and discussion of A WORLD NOT OURS (2012), Director Mahdi FleifelRegistration from 6pm, screening and discussion 6.30-8:30pmFriday, 11 April, 2014Registration from 9am, conference from 9.30am to 6:00pmKeynote speakerViola ShafikHead of Studies, ‘Documentary Campus’ MENA programmeFilmmaker (including Arij/Scent of a Revolution, 2013, and My Name Is Not Ali, 2011)Author of Popular Egyptian Cinema (2007) and Arab Cinema (1998)Arab documentary films that have proliferated since the start of the Arab uprisings are part of a much longer and wider success story. Whose reality finds expression through documentary film and what kind of ‘reality’ is represented? This event brings together filmmakers, curators, scholars and researchers to discuss topics including:Processes and power relations in commissioning, funding and distributionArab film festivals and their impactVoices and representation: Who gets to tell which story?Current debates about documentary ethics and aestheticsProgramme and registrationDownload the event programmeRegistration is now open - Early booking advised.The £109 registration fee (£59 for students) covers the screening on 10 April and conference on 11 April, including conference documentation, lunch, refreshments and administration costs.Registration for the conference on 11 April is £99 standard rate (£49 for students).Please download the registration form and send to Helen Cohen H.cohen02@westminster.ac.ukPlus d'infos :  http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-centres/arab-media-centre/events/arab-documentaries-recording-whose-reality