MIFF has arrived on the international film festival circuit with a mission to celebrate and amplify the diverse voices that explore the rich tapestry of Muslim experiences via the medium of film. This first edition showcases the breadth of Muslim storytelling with premieres of acclaimed new features set throughout the world including the UK, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan and Sudan.

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Empty Nets
Empty Nets
A man and a woman from two different social classes keep their relationship a secret as the man struggles to raise a dowry.
In Camera
In Camera
An actor struggles with the various roles he is juggling in life.
Yellow
Yellow
In Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Laili walks into a Chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full body veil and face a new future.
Inshallah A Boy
Inshallah A Boy
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.

Muslim International Film Festival Features

Command performance
Naqqash Khalid on modern masculinity, blank slates and 'anti-acting' in his debut In Camera
Rights and wrongs
Amjad Al Rasheed on patriarchal structures and female empowerment in Inshallah A Boy
All the hidden colours
Elham Ehsas on life for women under the Taliban, and Yellow

Muslim International Film Festival News

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59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

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Playing Now

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Sands Film Festival
Weekend film event in St Andrews

Queer East

Visions du RĂ©el
Swiss documentary showcase

Overlook Film Festival

New Directors/New Films
New York's celebration of new voices

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.