ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema is an annual film series, that highlights award-winning films by today's best Arab directors
Based in Dubai, this Lebanese-American considers NYC her adopted home.
Lina MATTA is the Director of Shahid AVOD, MBC 4 and the two movie channels, MBC 2 and MBC MAX at MBC Group in Dubai.
A film fanatic, Lina watches movies at work and for fun. In her spare time she attends film festivals.
If you’re looking for Lina, you may find her eating a frozen dog in Park City, UT, grabbing a felafel sandwich in Toronto or chasing a food truck in Austin, TX.
Lina holds an M.A. in Film from Boston University. She’s been a news producer, a TV director, a field audio engineer, an original web content producer and she once worked closely with a Libyan revolutionary!
BAM Rose Cinemas (BRC) IS THE MOVIE THEATER OF THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM) opened in 1998 to offer Brooklyn audiences an alternative to the standard multiplex, screening independent films that might otherwise not play in the borough and making BAM the only performing arts center in the country with two mainstage theaters and a multiplex cinema.
In July 1999, beginning with a series celebrating the work of Spike Lee, BAMcinématek was born as Brooklyn's only daily year-round repertory film program.
BAMcinématek presents classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, often with special appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER (JBFC) IS A NONPROFIT ART HOUSE CINEMA AND CULTURAL HUB IN PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK, founded in 2001 on the belief that suburban audiences deserved more than the standard multiplex. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, JBFC has grown into one of the most successful suburban art houses in the country. Each year, nearly 200,000 people visit its five-screen theater complex to experience more than 400 films — from acclaimed new releases and international cinema to powerful documentaries and curated series — alongside over 100 special events featuring filmmakers, actors, and community voices. Past guests have included Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Barry Jenkins, and Bong Joon-ho. JBFC's Media Arts Lab, a 27,000-square-foot facility just down the street, houses education programs serving more than 5,000 students annually, 70% of whom attend free of charge.
