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SUMMARY:Summer Cinema: Rematerialising the Archive
DESCRIPTION:Jameel’s Summer Cinema\, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina\, is a season of free-to-attend films about cities\, archives\, and the ways we live and remember together. Audiences are encouraged to engage in “collective viewing” – each screening includes informal talks with filmmakers\, artists\, and special guests – and food and refreshments will be available. \nThis programme brings together two experimental films that reflect on colonial and corporate archives\, showing how they can reveal and distort\, illuminate and erase. \nThe Flowers Stand Silently\, Witnessing: dir Theo Panagopoulos (2024\, 17 min –still above) \nA filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen film archive of silent colour films of Palestinian wildflowers made in the 1930s and 1940s by Scottish missionaries in British-occupied Palestine and decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. \nScenes of Extraction: dir Sanaz Sohrabi (2023\, 43 min) \n This essay film takes the viewer on an archival stroll into the British Petroleum Archives to unearth the still and moving images that documented this expansive colonial network of geological explorations across Iran between 1901 and 1951\, It weaves through decades of archival documents to parse out the visual history of the ‘reflection deismograph’ method of oil exploration\, and traces the technical and social entanglement between the infrastructures of oil and the camera during the operations of British Petroleum across the Iranian oil belt. \nFollowing the screening Hind Mezaina will be in conversation with archivist and researcher Jasmine Soliman. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/summer-cinema-rematerialising-the-archive/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250711T210000
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SUMMARY:Shades of Yellow: dir Sergio Pontier (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Sergio Pontier reshapes the portrayal of black childhood\, reflecting on the innocence of his youth and how it defined him; voyaging into mundane moments from his childhood\, made nostalgic and meaningful on reflection\, the Afro-Dominican-Spanish photographer and filmmaker has created a visual poem that touches on identity\, blackness\, community\, brotherhood and friendship and seeks to return to a time when the desire to grow up overruled all. Pontier rejects the common portrayal of black childhood as dark and dangerous\, questioning the often violent depictions he found himself unable to relate to. \nShades of Yellow shows in a programme of Friday-evening films selected by Ose Ekore to support Efie Gallery’s current group exhibition time heals\, just not quick enough (runs to 30 July).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/shades-of-yellow-dir-sergio-pontier-2024/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250705T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T124118
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SUMMARY:Summer Cinema: In Memory of David Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Jameel’s Summer Cinema\, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina\, ia a season of free-to-attend films about cities\, archives\, and the ways we live and remember together – plus this special evening celebrating the work of the late David Lynch\, with Hind Mezaina and Rebecca Crookshank selecting works by and about David Lynch. We’re promised fragments of Lynch’s cinematic and artistic universe\, ranging from scenes in his films and commercials to music videos\, artworks\, and interviews. \nThe screening will be followed by a conversation between Hind Mezaina and Rebecca Crookshank. Audiences are encouraged to engage in “collective viewing” and food and refreshments will be available. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/summer-cinema-in-memory-of-david-lynch/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250704T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250704T210000
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SUMMARY:Al Mahatta: dir Eltayeb Mahdi (1989)
DESCRIPTION:Sudan\, late 1980s. People cross the desert on foot or cover long distances by car and truck. In Al Mahatta\, Eltayeb Mahdi shows encounters at one of the large crossroads between Khartoum in the centre of the country and Bur Sudan on the Red Sea. \nEltayeb Mahdi studied in Cairo and became part of the Sudanese Film Group\, which was founded with the intention of telling stories about their country and confronting young people with the realities of their homeland. Identity formation – not through the detour of referencing Europe or America\, but with a view to the situation in their own country. Al Mahatta shows in a programme of Friday-evening films selected by Ose Ekore to support Efie Gallery’s current group exhibition time heals\, just not quick enough (runs to 30 July).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/al-mahatta-dir-eltayeb-mahdi-1989/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T193000
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SUMMARY:Riders: dir Dominik Mencej (2022)
DESCRIPTION:Two friends from a small village rework their mopeds into choppers and embark on a journey – travelling through dreams of the past and visions of the future\, looking for freedom and love. On the road through Slovenia and Croatia\, they are joined by a young runaway with a mysterious past and an old biker. Personal values are tested and free will questioned … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/riders-dir-dominik-mencej-2022/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T173000
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SUMMARY:Horia: dir Ana Maria Comanescu (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Restless teen Horia takes off on his father’s old motorbike on a cross-country journey to reunite with his girlfriend. On the road\, he is joined by Stela\, a sassy 13-year-old\, and an unlikely friendship blooms. The film’s atmosphere is colourful\, lively\, sunny\, a Romanian modern reinterpretation of the American road movies of the 1960s and 1970s … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/horia-di-ana-maria-comanescu-2023/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T124118
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SUMMARY:Ramona: dir Andrea Bagney (2022)
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Bagney’s debut feature\, largely shot in black and white in a stylistic nod to the French New Wave of the 1960s\, is a romantic comedy with a difference. After living abroad for several years\, Ramona and her boyfriend Nico return to Madrid where she hopes to restart her acting career. On the evening before her first audition\, she encounters a charismatic older man named Bruno. They walk together and head to a bar: there’s certainly friendship\, but could they also be falling in love? Then Ramona discovers that Bruno is directing the very same film for which she’ll be auditioning: awkwardness abounds … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ramona-dir-andrea-bagney-2022/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T124118
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T161222Z
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SUMMARY:UFO Sweden: dir Victor Danell (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Stranger Things meets X-Files – young Swedish teen rebel Denise is placed in foster care after her dad goes missing. She believes her father was kidnapped by UFOs\, and she gets in touch with the quirky local skywatchers association\, UFO Sweden. Together\, they start to investigate what might have happened to her father – with the police never far away … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ufo-sweden-dir-victor-danell-2023/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T193000
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SUMMARY:Four Souls of Coyote: dir Áron Gauder (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Animated adventure drama about Native American protesters confronting the crew of an oil pipeline project that is located near their ancestral lands. The grandfather shares an ancient tale of their Creation myth\, a story filled with adventures featuring animals\, magic\, hunger\, greed\, and the sacred circle of all creations; maybe it is not too late to save Earth\, for the challenges facing humanity are universal and humans need to find their place in the great circle of creation … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/four-souls-of-coyote-dir-aron-gauder-2023/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250628T173000
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SUMMARY:Tarrac: dir Declan Recks (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Arriving back in Kerry after her father has had a heart attack\, Aoife (Kelly Gough) initially has some trouble shaking off her urban pretensions and reconnecting with old pals. But she finds herself recruited into the local sea-rowing team; they are strong\, but do not look like favourites to win the Munster title … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/tarrac-dir-declan-recks-2023/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T213000
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SUMMARY:Remember to Blink: dir Austėja Urbaitė (2021)
DESCRIPTION:A French couple have adopted two children from Lithuania; they enlist the help of Gabriele\, a young Lithuanian student\, to serve as an interpreter and nanny. When the children arrive\, the idyllic façade of the new family arrangement buckles under the weight of underlying tensions and cultural clashes. Hints of the couple’s unfamiliarity with their adopted children’s origins emerge\, leading to conflicts and misunderstandings\, and unearths the complexities of parenthood and culture … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/remember-to-blink-dir-austeja-urbaite-2021/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T210000
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SUMMARY:Touki Bouki: dir Djibril Diop Mambéty (1973)
DESCRIPTION:Mory\, a sometime cattle herder\, and his grilfriend Anta\, a university student\, yearn to leave their boring\, circumscribed world and find prosperity and stability in France. The late Djibril Diop Mambéty was a true Senegalese auteur\, an actor\, orator\, composer and poet as well as a film director with an original technique and a characteristic non-linear\, unconventional narrative style. Touki Bouki shows in a programme of Friday-evening films selected by Ose Ekore to support Efie Gallery’s current group exhibition time heals\, just not quick enough (runs to 30 July).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/touki-bouki-dir-djibril-diop-mambety-1973/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250627T193000
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SUMMARY:The Trap: dir Nadejda Koseva (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Bojeka is an eccentric man with a strong sense of his own dignity\, who lives in solitude on the banks of the Danube in harmony with nature and a collection of animals. Then the local bigwigs want to create a dump for highly radioactive nuclear waste nearby\, and a wild boar has been brought to the island near his house to be hunted and killed as a bribe. But the boar turns out to be bigger and wilder than expected; and Bojeka turns out to be the only one who dares to oppose the project … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-trap-dir-nadejda-koseva-2023/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Io Sto Bene: dir Donato Rotunno (2020)
DESCRIPTION:Writer-director Rotunno blends past and present in this understated melodrama. Antonio is an Italian who emigrated ti Luxembourg to find work. Now widowed\, he is preparing to move out of his comfortable apartment to a care home. A chance encounter with Leo\, a young DJ who has recently split from her boyfriend and lost her job\, sparks a paternalistic concern in Antonio\, who sees in her reflections of himself from half a century earlier. An unexpected bond blossoms between the elderly Antonio and Leo in the present as he finds renewed purpose and she is given a safe haven. \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/io-sto-bene-dir-donato-rotunno-2020/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:The Musicians: dir Grégory Magne (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Comedy-drama about a unique concert – Astrid (Valérie Donzelli) attempts to realise a family dream by bringing together four violin virtuosos. Rehearsals quickly turn into a disaster because of the conflict of egos\, so Astrid calls on a retired composer to save the event … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-musicians-dir-gregory-magne-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250626T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250626T193000
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SUMMARY:Mond: dir Kurdwin Ayub (2024)
DESCRIPTION:A former martial artist hired to train three wealthy Jordanian sisters finds her dream job become something else\, something unsettling: the isolated young women are under constant surveillance and show no interest in the sport. Why was she really hired? \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mond-dir-kurdwin-ayub-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Living Large: dir Kristina Dufková (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Family-friendly animation about a 12-year-old boy who faces bullying because of his weight. He decides to take charge of his life by adopting a healthier lifestyle and wining the heart of the girl he admires. Through his journey\, he learns the importance of positivity and standing against body-shaming – learning that true confidence comes from embracing who you are … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/living-large-dir-kristina-dufkova-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Two to One: dir Natja Brunckhorst (2024)
DESCRIPTION:A heist comedy set in East Germany and based in part on a true story. It’s the final hot summer before reunification in 1990; free-spirited Maren\, her partner Robert and friend Volker happen upon millions of soon-to-be-worthless East German banknotes and take what they can carry before the Ostmark becomes obsolete in six days’ time. How will the members of a close-knit socialist community react to the sudden wealth within their grasp? Solidarity confronts greed in a resolution that owes much to the Robin Hood story … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/two-to-one-dir-natja-brunckhorst-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250625T193000
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SUMMARY:Carmen: dir Valerie Buhagiar (2021)
DESCRIPTION:Inspired in part by the real experiences of the director’s own aunt\, this drama stars Natascha McElhone as Carmen\, a Maltese spinster who has spent her adult life serving as a caretaker for her brother\, a Catholic priest; as she approaches 50\, she finds herself feeling free to explore her own desires and goals in life … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/carmen-dir-valerie-buhagiar-2021/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250625T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250625T173000
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SUMMARY:Bigman: dir Camiel Schouwenaar (2022)
DESCRIPTION:Much-awarded family movie that follows friends Dylan and Youssef\, who are connected by their passion for football. But then Dylan is paralysed following an accident: his dad and former coach wants him to accept his disability\, but though Dylan has to come to terms with his new life he is determined to play football again. With the help of skater girl Maya he learns to play football in a completely new way … Bigman is a film about true friendship\, not giving up\, resilience and striving to win. \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bigman-dir-camiel-schouwenaar-2022/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250624T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250624T213000
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SUMMARY:Dangerous Gentlemen: dir Maciej Kawalski (2022)
DESCRIPTION:Crime comedy featuring four distinguished figures from Polish culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – novelist Joseph Conrad\, translator Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński\, anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski and painter and writer Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Their hangovers headaches are killing them\, none of them remembers anything\, and finding the corpse of a male stranger on the floor doesn’t help … \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dangerous-gentlemen-dir-maciej-kawalski-2022/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250624T193000
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SUMMARY:Mountain Boy: dir Zainab Sheheen (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Feel-good family feature film based on Michele Ziolkowski’s award-winning children’s book The Boy Who Knew the Mountains. Suhail\, a lad with autism\, flees to the mountains when his father shuns him. With his new friend Barakah\, an Arabian Saluki\, Suhail makes an epic journey to find acceptance\, family\, and redemption. Mountain Boy is an inspiring epic that remind us how differences can be celebrated – and that kindness can be contagious. \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s week-long European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025. The films are given individual entries in the Agenda\, but they’re also all listed here. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mountain-boy-dir-zainab-sheheen-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Flow: dir Gints Zilbalodis (2024)
DESCRIPTION:An absolutely stunning low-budget (and largely handmade) antidote to Disneyification – a wordless animated fable about a cat reluctantly making friends with a dog\, a ring-tailed lemur\, a capybara and a secretary bird in a post-apocalyptic world. There’s a message\, but the visuals and the drama are what really grab the senses. It deservedly won an Oscar this year; do not on any account miss the chance to see this film. \nScreens as part of the Cultural Foundation’s European Film Festival Abu Dhabi 2025\, a week of films all priced at AED 25 (and the all-week pass at AED 150 looks a real bargain). All films that need them have subtitles in English. The films: \n23 June 7pm Flow Latvia \n24 June 6pm Mountain Boy UAE\n24 June 8pm Dangerous Gentlemen Poland \n25 June 4pm Bigman Netherlands\n25 June 6pm Carmen Malta\n25 June 8pm Two to One Germany \n26 June 4pm Living Large Czechia\n26 June 6pm Mond Austria\n26 June 8pm The Musicians France \n27 June 4pm Io Sto Bene Italy\n27 June 6pm The Trap Bulgaria\n27 June 8pm Remember to Blink Lithuania \n28 June 4pm Tarrac Ireland\n28 June 6pm Four Souls of Coyote Hungary\n28 June 8pm UFO Sweden Sweden \n29 June 2pm Ramona Spain\n29 June 4pm Horia Romania\n29 June 6pm Riders Slovenia \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/flow-dir-gints-zilbalodis-2024/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250620T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250620T210000
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SUMMARY:This Is Not a Burial\, It's a Resurrection: dir Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (2019)
DESCRIPTION:Much-awarded poetic and emotional feature from Lesotho\, a vivid\, beautifully crafted reflection on identity\, community and the tension between respecting age-old traditions and accepting the seemingly unstoppable march of progress. When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir\, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community; her grief becomes the catalyst for a community’s growing defiance in a mesmerising fictional debut by writer/director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. \nShows with Happy Times (dir Khalil Agboola\, 2024: 15 mins) as part of a programme of Friday-evening films selected by Ose Ekore to support Efie Gallery’s current group exhibition time heals\, just not quick enough (runs to 30 July).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/this-is-not-a-burial-its-a-resurrection-dir-lemohang-jeremiah-mosese-2019/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Une affaire d'honneur | The Edge of the Blade: dir Vincent Perez (2023)
DESCRIPTION:The fourth film from veteran actor Vincent Perez is set in 1887 Paris\, when illegal duals were common practice. The drama follows the blood feud that slowly develops between fencing master Clément Lacaze (Roschdy Zem)\, desperate to dissuade his nephew from engaging in an unevenly matched duel\, and the young man’s opponent\, Colonel Berchère (Perez). But then Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre (Doria Tillier) enters the scene: a feisty feminist thinker far ahead of her times\, she does her darnedest to prove that honour is not exclusively the domain of men … \nIn French with English subtitles. AF members pay AED 25.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/une-affaire-dhonneur-the-edge-of-the-blade-dir-vincent-perez-2023/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250613T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250613T210000
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SUMMARY:Mami Wata: dir CJ Obasi (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Much-awarded black-and-white fantasy thriller\, based on Nigerian folklore. Said the LA Times: “That balance between light and dark is how Obasi most potently underscores all his themes: faith and proof\, tradition versus modernity\, the otherworldly alongside the human\, and of course\, Mami Wata’s power to give and take”. \nScreens with Baptized by Fire (dir Kach Offor\, 2024: 15 mins) – a psychedelic exploration of anxiety\, social alienation and the inefficacy of escapism: a regular visit to a dealer in the slums of Lagos takes an unexpected turn and forces this anxious stoner on a different kind of trip. \nThis is the opener for a programme of Friday-evening films selected by Ose Ekore to support the gallery’s current group exhibition time heals\, just not quick enough (runs to 30 July). \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mami-wata-dir-cj-obasi-2023/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250611T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250611T210000
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SUMMARY:Gloria! dir Margherita Vicario (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Set in a Venetian boarding school for orphaned girls at the end of the 18th century\, Gloria! tells the story of a group of talented young musicians who are dteermined to make music. There’s a mischievous musical anachronism at the film’s heart\, and the young female cast that delivers it has real chemistry It’s the directorial debut of actor-musician Margherita Vicario\, who knows what she’s talking about … \nThe film screens as part of the NAAS: She Reel programme\, subtitled ‘Women in Society: Stories That Inspire\, Change That Empowers’ and dedicated to showcasing women’s stories and raising awareness about their roles in our lives. The initiative is a collaboration among various cultural institutions in the UAE\, including the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region\, the embassies of France\, Canada\, Switzerland\, and Austria\, as well as the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/gloria-dir-margherita-vicario-2024/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250610T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250610T170000
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SUMMARY:Summer Cinema: Cities\, Cinema and People
DESCRIPTION:Jameel’s Summer Cinema\, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina\, ia a season of free-to-attend films about cities\, archives\, and the ways we live and remember together – plus a special evening celebrating David Lynch. Audiences are encouraged to engage in “collective viewing” – each screening includes informal talks with filmmakers\, artists\, and special guests – and food and refreshments will be available. \nThe films: \nBehind the Sun: dir Bentley Brown (2023\, 17 min) \nThrough metaphor\, biography and stunning NASA footage\, Canadaina filmmaker Bentley Brown presents us with a very personal filmic essay that explores a failed relationship and sweeping societal changes in the city of Jeddah. \nCairo\, As Told By Chahine: dir Youssef Chahine (Egypt\, 23 min – still above) \nA concise masterpiece by the noted Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine that utilises his characteristic sense of artistic digression to transform this portrait of a city into a self-portrait of a filmmaker. The film was banned in Egypt for its realistic portrayal of Cairo. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/summer-cinema-cities-cinema-and-people/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Dahomey: dir Mati Diop (2024)\,
DESCRIPTION:A timely documentary by French-Senegalese filmmaker and actress Mati Diop which won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The film follows the return of 26 royal treasures from France to the Republic of Benin\, tracing the impact of colonial plunder and the evolving dialogue around repatriation. The Hollywood Reporter review described it as “richly layered and resonant … This directorial flourish liberates the looted treasures from being mere objects\, with smart use of subjective camera helping to make them come alive as characters”. Recommended.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dahomey-dir-mati-diop-2024/
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250529T190000
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SUMMARY:The Host: dir Bong Junho (2006)
DESCRIPTION:A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul’s Han River after toxic waste had been dumped in it\, The victim’s loving family is thrust into battle with the creature to rescue her .. This film by the director of Parasite focuses on humanising the dysfunctional family at the heart of a story that avoids obvious villains\, and though it is loaded with allegories the narrative zips along … The film also has a quirky soundtrack by Lee Byung-woo. \nThis film screens as part of the ninth edition of the Korean Film Festival\, presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Cultural Center. This year’s festival has the theme ‘Music’ and showcases a selection of Korean films that highlight the power of music in storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-host-dir-bong-junho-2006/
LOCATION:Mohammed Bin Rashid Library\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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