The SAFAR Film Festival is the largest film festival in the UK dedicated to cinema from the Arab world. The festival returns for its s ninth edition with a programme that features films spanning 15 Arab countries and is accompanied by a range of events, Q&As and talks including 60 screenings and events across four London venues. Opening the festival at Ciné Lumière is the documentary Life Is Beautiful by Mohamed Jabaly, which examines European solidarity and the rigidity of borders amid the Gaza war in 2014.