• Kensuke’s Kingdom: dir Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry (2023)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    An animated adventure based on the 1999 children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. On a worldwide sailing trip with his family, young Michael and his dog are swept overboard during a storm in the Pacific. They wash ashore on a desert [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • The Secret of Pin-Up Island: dir Alecs Nastoiu (2024)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    Cutting-edge AI-driven therapy has revolutionised treatment for depression; but Alesia's subconscious embarks on a virtual journey where reality and fantasy intertwine, forcing her to confront past demons to reclaim her mental health ... This Romanian film shows as part of [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Father Mother Sister Brother: dir Jim Jarmusch (2025)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Jarmusch's Golden Lion winner is a comedy-drama anthology that follows three estranged family relationships in three different countries around the world, exploring the closeness and awkwardness of parents and their grownup children in US, Dublin and Paris. The stellar ensemble [ ... ]

    AED 30
  • Runner: dir Andrius Blaževičius (2021)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    This dramatic thriller explores the themes of self-sacrifice, love, and toxic relationships. After her boyfriend Vytas experiences a psychotic episode and disappears, Maria is determined to find him; chasing down every clue about his whereabouts, she embarks on a fast-paced [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Neporazitelní / Invincibles: dir Dan Pánek (2025)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    This sports movie, inspired by real events from the 2019 para-hockey world championships, follows three men at crossroads in their lives: an advertising agency owner trying to save his family, a retiring coach whose sport faces extinction, and a promising [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • The Theft of the Caravaggio: dir Joshua Cassar Gaspar (2025)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    A mystery drama inspired by one of Malta’s most compelling unsolved crimes, the 1984 disappearance of a Caravaggio from St John’s Cathedral in Valletta. Priest Orpheus is woken by the police with the news that a priceless Caravaggio has been [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Sirât: dir Oliver Laxe (2025)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Luis and his son Esteban travel to a rave held in the deserts of southern Morocco in search of his missing daughter. They hand out her photo again and again; hope is fading, but they hear from a group of [ ... ]

    AED 30
  • The Kid: dir Charlie Chaplin (1921)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    An evening of cinema and live music at the Manarat's restuarant Taparelle, featuring a screening Chaplin's silent masterpiece – comedy, emotion, and unforgettable storytelling – with a DJ gig by Amin Fari. The result "reimagines a timeless cinematic masterpiece through [ ... ]

    AED 30
  • Lakelands! dir Robert Higgins a Patrick McGivney (2022)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    Cian is a dairy farmer, amateur sportsman and committed hedonist never slow to hit the pub after training. After roping two pals into yet another nightclub bender, he’s subjected to a brutal alleyway beating that leaves him with concussion and [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Promis le Ciel | Promised Sky: dir Erige Sehiri (2025)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Sehiri’s intimate drama follows four generations of Ivorian immigrant women as they find solidarity, conflict and sometimes a sense of displacement in one another’s company. We're dropped into the lives of Marie (Aïssa Maïga), Naney (Debora Lobe Naney) and Jolie [ ... ]

    AED 30
  • The Queen and the Smokehouse: dir Iga Lis (2025)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    In a bustling seaside town, Miecia – known as  “Queen" – has run her smokehouse for over forty years: a beloved fixture in the community, it is a meeting place for all, a lifeline for some, and a small empire [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Stelios: dir Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (2024)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    This film is a tribute to the near-legendary singer, Stelios Kazantzidis, whose voice touched the hearts of all Greeks around the world; it’s a touching story of a refugee child from Pontus in northeastern Anatolia, who managed to survive and [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Discesa libera | Free Fall: dir Sandro Torella (2025)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Manuel Falco is a young actor who, after an early success, finds himself avoided by everyone because of his excessive disrespectfulness. He is forced to start over, taking on modest jobs — among them caring for Vittorio, an elderly man [ ... ]

    Free
  • The Theft of the Caravaggio: dir Joshua Cassar Gaspar (2025)

    RAK Chamber of Commerce Al Nakheel, Ras al Khaimah

    A mystery drama inspired by one of Malta’s most compelling unsolved crimes, the 1984 disappearance of a Caravaggio from St John’s Cathedral in Valletta. Priest Orpheus is woken by the police with the news that a priceless Caravaggio has been [ ... ]

    Free
  • Un métier sérieux / A Real Job: dir Thomas Lilti (2023)

    RAK Chamber of Commerce Al Nakheel, Ras al Khaimah

    This French comedy-drama, written as well as directed by Lilti, tells the story of Benjamin, a PhD student in need of money and under parental pressure. He becomes a substitute teacher in a surburban middle school but without any experience [ ... ]

    Free
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab: dir Kaouther Ben Hania (2025)

    The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has created a docudrama that reconstructs the horrifying true story of five-year-old Hind Rajab as she is bombarded by the Israeli army in Gaza in 2024. Rajab survived the original assault by the IDF, which [ ... ]

    AED 31.50
  • The Secret of Pin-Up Island: dir Alecs Nastoiu (2024)

    RAK Chamber of Commerce Al Nakheel, Ras al Khaimah

    Cutting-edge AI-driven therapy has revolutionised treatment for depression; but Alesia's subconscious embarks on a virtual journey where reality and fantasy intertwine, forcing her to confront past demons to reclaim her mental health ... This Romanian film shows as part of [ ... ]

    Free
  • Kensuke’s Kingdom: dir Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry (2023)

    RAK Chamber of Commerce Al Nakheel, Ras al Khaimah

    An animated adventure based on the 1999 children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. On a worldwide sailing trip with his family, young Michael and his dog are swept overboard during a storm in the Pacific. They wash ashore on a desert [ ... ]

    Free
  • Emirati Short Films

    RAK Chamber of Commerce Al Nakheel, Ras al Khaimah

    This free programme screens as part of the European Film Festival, organised by the Delegation of the European Union to the UAE in partnership with the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah Art. The films: Guardians of the [ ... ]

    Free
  • Ocean with David Attenborough

    The Climate Tribe MiZA, Abu Dhabi

    A special TCT Screening Club evening in celebration of World Oceans Day featuring the stunning, visually immersive 2025 documentary, narrated by Attenborough, which explores the importance of the Earth's oceans and the threats. There'll be a discussion after the screening.

    Free, but pre-register
  • Space Cadet: dir Kid Koala (2025)

    The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    A music-filled dialogue-free feature-length animation about a young astronaut and her guardian robot. Based on Kid Koala’s award-winning graphic novel, it deals poignantly with love, loss, memories and the bonds that connect us ... The film has an original score [ ... ]

    AED15
  • Une Part Manquante (A Missing Part): dir Guillaume Senez (2024)

    Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the nine years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter; [ ... ]

    AED 35
  • Memories of Princess Mumbi: dir Damien Hauser (2025)

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    Damien Hauser's story has filmmaker Kuve travelling to Umata in 2093 to document the aftermath of a war that revived ancient kingdoms. He meets Mumbi there, and she challenges him to make his film without AI. As Kuve searches for [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • L’amore che ho: dir Paolo Licata (2025)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    A classic rags-to-riches story of a fierce, gifted woman who rose against overwhelming odds from gruelling labour in the fields of Sicily to the most prestigious stages and huge audiences. In 1990, the near-legendary Sicilian folk singer Rosa Balistreri was [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Anna: dir Monica Guerritore (2025)

    Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

    An emotional biopic about the famed Italian actress Anna Magnani. In 1956, Magnani was in the running for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role; waiting for the news to arrive, she spends the night wandering the [ ... ]

    AED 25
  • Afterlives: dir Kevin Lee (2025)

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    A desktop documentary that critically engages with the historical and digital traces of extremist propaganda, questioning how images of violence circulate, mutate, and persist. The film moves between virtual investigations and real-world encounters with artists, activists, and researchers who seek [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Do You Love Me? dir Lana Daher (2025)

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    A love letter to Beirut in the form of a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory – 70 years of film, TV, home videos, and photography, exploring the collective Lebanese psyche and marked by joy and intimacy, destruction [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Ratatouille: dir Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007)

    Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    A talented rat called Remy teams up with a young kitchen worker in Paris to secretly create extraordinary dishes. Screens at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Auditorium in LouvreAD's Art in Motion programme of films inspired by artworks from the gallery’s [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Bambi: dir David Hand (1942)

    Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    Disney's classic coming-of-age animated drama tells the story of a young deer who loses his mother to a hunter and learns to survive in the forest with his friends. Screens at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Auditorium in LouvreAD's Art in [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • The Blazing Sun: dir Youssef Chahine (1954)

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    In pre-1952 Luxor, newly graduated agricultural engineer Ahmed helps his village upgrade their crops. That threatens the interests of their feudalist landlord, Taher Pasha; seeking revenge, Pasha and his conniving nephew, Riad, devise a plan to flood the peasants’ fields, [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • The Lion King: dir Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff (1994)

    Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    A gorgeously restored print for the 30th anniversary of the family friendly classic. With help from his long-lost friend, Nala (Moira Kelly), and a curious pair of newfound friends, Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) and Timon (Nathan Lane), Simba (Matthew Broderick) must [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • The Village Next To Paradise: dir Mo Harawe (2024)

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The first Somali film to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival (in 2024), The Village Next to Paradise tells the story of Mamargrade who is struggling to raise his son Cigaal in their rural Somali village amidst conflict, natural [ ... ]

    Free