The Forum Expanded program of the Berlinale featured the panel, Of Dust and Rubies – A Film on Suspension, about the work of the late Sudanese filmmaker Hussein Shariffe, with two NAAS members Talal Afifi from the Sudan Film Factory and Tamer El Said from Cimatheque. Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, co-director of the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin and former NAAS administrative board member, also participated.
The panel took place on February 14 2019, in Berlin.

On this occasion, NAAS extends its warmest thanks to the Arsenal Institute, Berlinale Forum, and Forum Expanded for facilitating the attendance of NAAS programmers to the Berlinale again this year.