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From the Web site:

The 2007 New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival (NYASAFF) presents the best in recent features, docs, & shorts that increase awareness of the creative vitality and sociopolitical realities of North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and their diasporas. Given the historical and cultural affinities between these geographic regions, as well as the contemporary political landscape, several cultural and media organizations, including Alwan for the Arts, 3rd i NY, South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, and Downtown Community Television have launched a collaborative series encompassing film, video, music, visual art, and literature, that will culminate in the annual, NYASA Film Festival running from February 23 - March 4, 2007.

Update: More from the Reeler.

I was too late in finding out about the Werner Herzog talk this Friday to get tickets, but in the meantime there’s Tom Bissell’s The Secret Mainstream: Contemplating the mirages of Werner Herzog.

Michael Rakowitz’s The invisible enemy should not exist opens on Friday, January 12, at Lombard-Freid Projects. The show follows up on a few of the Iraq themes Michael started exploring in his project for Creative Time.

This Saturday, “The Nightly News,” a group show, opens at Luxe Gallery. 16 Beaver collaborator Pedro Lasch and Nomads and Residents collaborator Liselot van der Heijden are included. Unfortunately the Luxe Web site is not current, but here is an excerpt from the press release:

“The Nightly News” an exhibition curated by

Kathleen Goncharov and Stephan Stoyanov

LUXE Gallery,

24 W. 57th Street # 505

New York, NY 10019

January 13th - February 10th , 2007

Opening Reception: Saturday January 13th, 2007. 6-8pm.

http://www.luxegallery.net/

Reading by Charles Doria and performance by Pia Lindman. Saturday, February 3. 6 PM.

Artists: Robert Boyd, caraballo-farman, Jody Culkin, Lieven De Boeck, Al Fadhil, Liselot van der Heijden, Dominik Lejman, Ahmet Ogut, Pedro Lasch, Pia Lindman, Christodoulous Paniyatou, Jackie Salloum, Lydia Venieri, Michael Waugh, Fred Wilson, Michael Zansky, and others.

The Nightly News is an exhibition of works by artists from around the world, some showing in New York for the first time. These artists were born in Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Belgium, Poland, Mexico and Finland, as well as the United States. Current events and issues such terrorism, war, surveillance, xenophobia, racism, religious fanaticism, immigration, nationalism, and the abuse of power drive the exhibition.

Via DVblog.

The Voice and indieWIRE have reviews for the Film Forum screenings. Complete photos by tofz4u.