1:00

Whose Children Are These? Theresa Thanjan
Documentary  •  27 Minutes (USA)  • 2004
2005 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

The film tells the stories of three Muslim youth, an honors student who's father was put into a detention center, a popular high school athlete who confronts pending deportation, and a youngster who finds a new life's calling to combat bias crimes in New York City as a youth activist. They represent the untold story of immigrant youth who are struggling in a post 9-11 environment to redefine a life, livelihood, and a country that they no longer recognize.

1:30

Muslim Boarders Omar Mahmood
Documentary  •  20 Minutes (USA)  • 2005
Official Selection at Chicago Asian American Film Showcase
Official Selection at Big Bear Lake Intn'l Film Festival

The film features Muslim snowboarders who strive to maintain a balance between American youth culture and their Islamic identity. The film showcases what growing up in America is like for a group who finds themselves both inside and outside of the dominant culture.

PLEASE NOTE: Both films "Whose Children Are These?" and "Muslim Boarders" will be counted as 1 Ticket for $5.00

2:30

Al-Ghazali The Alchemist of Happiness Ovidio Salazar
Feature Documentary •  80 Minutes (London) • 2004
Filmmaker in Person - Q & A session after movie

Exploring the life and impact of the greatest spiritual and legal philosopher in Islamic history, this film examines Ghazali's existential crisis of faith that arose from his rejection of religious fanaticism, and reveals profound parallels with our own times. This film argues that Ghazali's Islam is the antidote for today's terror.

4:30

Me And The Mosque Zarqa Nawaz
Documentary/Comedy  •  53 Minutes (Canada)  • 2005

In many mosques, women are put behind barriers, curtains and partitions to pray, and sometimes they're not even allowed inside. Journalist and filmmaker Zarqa Nawaz wants to know why! Zarqa visits mosques throughout Canada and talks to scholars, colleagues, friends and neighbors about equal access for women.

6:00

Le Grand Voyage Ismaël Ferroukhi
Feature Film  •  108 Minutes (France/Morocco)  • 2004
Winner at Venice Film Festival
Official Selection at Toronto Intn'l Film Festival
Official Selection at Seattle Intn'l Film Festival

A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Réda (Nicolas Cazale), a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself obligated to drive his father to Mecca. The wide cultural and generational gap between the two is worsened by their lack of communication. Réda finds it hard to accommodate his father, who demands respect for himself and his pilgrimage. From France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi Arabia, the two embark on a road trip that will change their lives.

9:00

USA Debut!

Valley of Wolves Serdar Akar & Sadullah Sentürk
Feature Film  •  120 Minutes (Turkey)  • 2006
2005 Cannes Film Festival and a 2006 Golden Globe nominee

Valley of the Wolves – Iraq, the international hit that has stirred and captivated audiences from around the world, makes its North American debut. Beginning with the July 4th, 2003 “Hood Event”, a true occurrence which brought national disgrace to a unit of Turkish soldiers, Billy Zane (Titanic) stars as Sam William Marshall, a profiteering CIA officer stationed in northern Iraq, who pursues his own personal agenda amidst the chaos generated by the American invasion of the country. Joined by the sinister “Doctor”, (Gary Busey), a surgeon secretly involved in the black market trade of human organs, Marshall’s actions prompt a desperate plea to ex-Turkish intelligence agent Polat Alemdar, (Necati Sasmaz), to both avenge the honor of the Turks, and free the innocent Iraqi civilians from Marshall’s tyrannical grip.