Film

Dublin Arabic Film Festival Online: The Perfect Candidate

The Chester Beatty is delighted to be collaborating once again with the Dublin Arabic Film Festival. The 2020 festival showcases the best of Arabic films and this year they are taking it all online.

The Perfect Candidate
Follow the story of Maryam, a young Saudi-Arabian doctor who wants to run for the office in the local city elections. However she must first wade through the complexities of being a woman with political aims in a community that has never had a female candidate before.
2019, Arabic with English subtitles (104 minutes).

For more information about the festival and to book your place please visit HERE