Tier 3
Minneapolis, United States
Last verified 12 June 2026
Established in 2003, Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) debuts independent narrative, documentary, and experimental features and short films from more than fifteen Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas. The festival puts SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) filmmakers at all career stages in critical dialogue with one another and with Mizna audiences. Each year, Minnesota and US audiences gather to enjoy the varied ways that SWANA artists represent and montage their social realities. In addition to exhibiting films, TCAFF hosts panel discussions, dialogues, and performances, capturing and engaging with the complexity of the Arabic-speaking world and its diverse narratives. TCAFF screens classic and contemporary dramas, comedies, documentaries, science fiction films, and experimental video projects, including the work of filmmakers from countries like Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, and Morocco. TCAFF exhibits all films in their original languages with English subtitles.
The main submission deadline for Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival is around 30 April 2026. Confirmed for the current edition.
Submitting to Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival costs from USD 15 as a rough guide. Entry fees usually rise closer to the deadline and vary by category.
No premiere requirement. Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival accepts films that have screened elsewhere.
Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival takes place in Minneapolis, United States.
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