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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:20250629T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T153000
DTSTAMP:20250617T161908Z
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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:20250629T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T173000
DTSTAMP:20250617T162932Z
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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
GEO:24.4856096;54.357172
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250629T193000
DTSTAMP:20250617T162902Z
CREATED:20250617T162902Z
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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
GEO:24.4856096;54.357172
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250704T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250704T210000
DTSTAMP:20250611T093553Z
CREATED:20250611T093534Z
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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:20250705T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250705T210000
DTSTAMP:20250610T152049Z
CREATED:20250610T150941Z
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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:20250711T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250711T210000
DTSTAMP:20250708T161204Z
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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
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250719T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250719T213000
DTSTAMP:20250716T125504Z
CREATED:20250610T151834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T125504Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250725T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250725T210000
DTSTAMP:20250702T104322Z
CREATED:20250611T100228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T104322Z
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SUMMARY:I Am Cuba: dir Mikhail Kalatozov (1964)
DESCRIPTION:A landmark in radical political cinema and one of the most visually ravishing films ever made\, this legendary hymn to revolution was the product of an ambitious collaboration between the Soviet and Cuban film industries\, I Am Cuba unfolds in four explosive vignettes that capture Cuban life on the brink of transformation\, as crushing economic exploitation and inequality give way to a working-class uprising. \nThe film the last 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/i-am-cuba-dir-mikhail-kalatozov/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250802T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250802T213000
DTSTAMP:20250701T145541Z
CREATED:20250610T153127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250701T145541Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Cinema: Home\, Longing and Solitude
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. The four short films this evening explore ideas of belonging\, identity\, and human connection with humour\, tenderness\, and insight: \nWhy is My Grandfather’s Bed in Our Living Room? dir Sarah Alhashimi (2021\, 7 min) \nAn Emirati family recall the sudden loss of their ancestral house to development plans aimed at modernising the city. A century-old wooden bed\, the only tangible memory that remains\, is a poignant feature of their story. \nPractical Dreams: dir Yulia Piskuliyska (2019\, 9 min) \nAn experimental documentary which examines the existential outlook on life of Antony\, a long-time UAE resident who builds houses for a living but is at a loss when it comes to explaining what home really means to him. \nThe Tobacconist: dir Keifer Nyron Taylor (2024\, 22 min) \nTobias\, an unemployed British-Jamaican personal trainer\, sells counterfeit tobacco for his mother who is moving back to Jamaica after deportation threats. One violent encounter with a war veteran rough sleeper\, a spectral reminder of his father who also fought for Britain\, turns his quick cash scheme into a haunting odyssey across South London. \nTender Loving Care: dir Kalina Pulit (2023\, 20 min) \nA single woman in her 30s living in London calls up various customer care lines in search of some kind of connection. She pushes the boundaries of people she speaks to\, with varying results; she seeks dating advice from her bank\, talks about films with her doctor and bonds with her Internet provider over the topic of reincarnation. Call centres become a backdrop for conversations about the meaning of life and big city loneliness. \nFollowing the screening\, Sarah Alhashimi will discuss the films with Hind Mezaina. Audiences are encouraged to engage in collective viewing\, stay for the discussion\, and enjoy food and refreshments available throughout the evening.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/summer-cinema-home-longing-and-solitude/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250917T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250918T210000
DTSTAMP:20250917T141723Z
CREATED:20250917T141723Z
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SUMMARY:Hester Street: dir Joan Micklin Silver (1975)
DESCRIPTION:Carol Kane is extraordinary as a Jewish immigrant arriving in late 19th-century New York with her young son Yossele (Paul Freedman) to join a husband (Steven Keach) who she hasn’t seen in three years. He’s embraced the new world and regards his wife as a throwback to a culture that he desperately wants to forget; she finds it hard to adapt to the new life\, too attached to the traditions of her former community to envelop herself fully in New York’s modernity. It could’ve been gloomy\, the underbelly f the Gilded Age\, but in fact it’s an entertaining and humorous film that earned Kane an Oscar nomination.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/hester-street-dir-joan-micklin-silver-1975/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250928T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250928T171500
DTSTAMP:20250922T062916Z
CREATED:20250922T062916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T062916Z
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SUMMARY:20\,000 Leagues Under The Sea: dir Richard Fleischer (1954)
DESCRIPTION:Another of Cinema Space’s free-to-view classics\, this one a restored version of the Oscar-winning Jules Verne story: Kirk Douglas\, Paul Lukas\, and Peter Lorre are shipwrecked\, taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo (James Mason) on his submarine Nautilus. Wavering between genius and madness\, Nemo has launched a deadly crusade across the seven seas – so can the captive crew foil his evil plan before he destroys the world? (Spoiler alert: yes\, but there’s a rip-roaring adventure to be had along the way.)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-dir-richard-fleischer-1954/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250929T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250929T210000
DTSTAMP:20250922T064643Z
CREATED:20250922T064255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T064643Z
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SUMMARY:Sorry We Missed You: dir Ken Loach (2019)
DESCRIPTION:Characteristically powerful social drama of the British working class from Ken Loach. This wrenching\, intimate family drama exposes the dark side of the so-called ‘gig economy; an unrelenting work schedule\, a ruthless supervisor and the needs of their two teenage children cripple the dreams of delivery van driver Ricky and his care-assistant wife Abby. As always\, Loach gets superb acting from his relatively unknown ensemble cast\, and the reviews wwre uniformly enthusiastic – “brilliant”\, “utterly absorbing”\, “unmissable”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sorry-we-missed-you-dir-ken-loach-2019/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
DTSTAMP:20251001T151106Z
CREATED:20250930T142641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T151106Z
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SUMMARY:Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFF)
DESCRIPTION:The 12th Edition of SIFF takes place 6 to 11 October at VOX Cinemas in City Centre Al Zahia with what looks like a strong lineup – 76 films (chosen from 1\,740 submissions!) representing 26 countries. South Korea is participating as a Country of Honor\, giving audiences the opportunity to explore the way Korean cinema’ has become a major contributor to South Korea’s creative economy\, soft power\, and tourism industry. \nThey include three Middle East premieres – animated feature Miss Moxy (dir Wip Vernooij and Vincent Bal\, Netherlands)\, the story of a cat who has to find her way back home with a couple of unlikely friends; Sarah Talab’s Saudi feature Hajeer\, about a young musician whose life is turned upside down after suffering a childhood illness that causes him to lose his hearing; and Seryeong Jeong’s 2:15PM\, a remarkable poignant tale that you should really see if you can. Ten-year-old Hyunsu comes across six-year-old Jo Minha\, who has been isolated from the world by her abusive father; understanding the power of kindness\, Hyunsu sneaks visits to Jo Minha at precisely 2:15pm each day for a fleeting ten minutes together … \nOn the sidelines\, SIFF Pop-Up will be hosted in Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park with a series of activations and workshops aiming to encourage the young to get involved with film. \nThe website is less than helpful at the moment: right now you can’t tell exactly what’s showing when\, or how much the tickets might be. Hopefully it will get sorted out …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sharjah-international-film-festival-for-children-youth-siff/
LOCATION:Vox Cinema\, City Center Al Zahia\, University Road\, Al Zahia\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Family/kids,Festival,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251006T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251006T210000
DTSTAMP:20251004T071059Z
CREATED:20251003T104102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251004T071059Z
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SUMMARY:La Llorona: dir Jayro Bustamante (2019)
DESCRIPTION:Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamante’s transfixing fusion of folklore\, magical realism and searing political commentary was inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious\, indignant\, ageing former military dictator\, Enrique stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala’s Maya communities; as a horde of angry protestors threatens to invade his opulent home\, the women of the house – his haughty wife\, conflicted daughter\, and precocious granddaughter – weigh their responsibility to shield the erratic\, senile Enrique against the devastating truths being publicly revealed. While battling legal repercussions and the people’s demands for justice\, he and his family are plagued by a series of increasingly strange and disturbing occurrences\, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper. With a restraint that renders the film’s shocks all the more potent\, Bustamante crafts a chilling vision of a nation reckoning with collective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die … Recommended. \nIn Spanish\, Mayan-Caqchickel and Mayan-Ixil\, subtitled in English.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/la-llorona-dir-jayro-bustamante-2019/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251009T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251009T213000
DTSTAMP:20251007T153841Z
CREATED:20251007T153841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T153841Z
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SUMMARY:Psycho: dir Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
DESCRIPTION:It doesn’t get much better than the original if you want a psychological thriller dripping with suspense. Janet Leigh stars as Phoenix secretary Marion Crane\, absconding with a small fortune of her employer’s money; she takes a wrong turn in a storm and finds herself at the Bates Motel\, where Anthony Perkins is in suitably scary form as proprietor Norman Bates. We all know what happens next\, but as private detective Martin Balsam and Marion’s sister (Vera Miles) search for Marion\, the horror and the suspense mount to a terrifying climax … Hitchcock’s film\, definitely one of his greatest movies\, has become a cultural phenomenon with its mix of suspense\, horror\, mystery\, black comedy; this is the original cut of the movie\, exactly as intended by the director.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/psycho-dir-alfred-hitchcock-1960/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251010T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251010T210000
DTSTAMP:20250923T161334Z
CREATED:20250923T161334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T161334Z
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SUMMARY:Les Choristes: dir Christophe Barratier (2004)
DESCRIPTION:This French-language musical drama has a famed French conductor performing in the United States returning to his home in France for his mother’s funeral. An old friend calls round with a diary that belonged to their old teacher; reading it together\, they learn how he tamed an unruly group of kids by forming a choir and teaching them to sing … The result is a low-key heartwarmer that manages to be uplifting without overdoing the sentimentality.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/les-choristes-dir-christophe-barratier-2004/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
GEO:24.453884;54.3773438
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251012T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251012T153000
DTSTAMP:20251007T155633Z
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SUMMARY:Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: dir Charles Barton (1948)
DESCRIPTION:Gratifyingly\, this does exactly what it says on the tin (or rather\, in the title): the world of railroad baggage handlers Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) is turned upside down when they receive a strange shipment – the last remains of Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and Frankenstein (Glenn Strange) en route to the House of Horrors museum. Chaos ensues as Chick and Wilbur get mixed up in an evil plot to switch Wilbur’s brain with Frankenstein’s; things aren’t helped by the presence of Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney\, Jr.)\, who turns into The Wolf Man when the moon is full … Plays in a double with The Mummy at 3.25pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/abbott-and-costello-meet-frankenstein-dir-charles-barton-1948/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251012T152500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251012T170000
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SUMMARY:The Mummy: dir Stephen Sommers (1999)
DESCRIPTION:Action-packed tongue-firmly-in-cheek adventure. Deep in the Egyptian desert\, a band of explorers searching for long-lost treasure have accidentally unearthed and resurrected a 3\,000-year-old Egyptian priest. Adventurer Rick O’ Connell (Brendan Fraser) pairs up with librarian (?) Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and a motley archaeological crew to conquer the curse of the living dead … \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-mummy-dir-stephen-sommers-1999-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251013T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251013T210000
DTSTAMP:20251007T160246Z
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SUMMARY:The Teachers' Lounge: dir İlker Çatak (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is an idealistic new high-school teacher. She seems to have connected with her Year 8 students\, who are engaged and eager to learn in her maths class. But something is bubbling underneath the surface\, and she’s quickly thrust into a delicate situation when a Turkish boy is suspected of theft. Not convinced of his guilt\, Carla takes matters into her own hands and inadvertently starts down a path that soon begins to spiral out of control. As she tries to mediate between students\, parents and opinionated colleagues\, she is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. Carla is pushed to her limits\, and the school becomes a proxy for the cultural and ethical clashes of modern day society … \nThe Teachers’ Lounge is a study in power dynamics\, with themes of truth\, justice\, racism\, respect\, and children’s rights that demonstrate how individuals are worn down between entrenched positions. Playing out like a thriller\, the film expertly explores the fault lines of contemporary society; the award-winning German writer-director İlker Çatak has produced a brilliantly observed drama that was deservedly nominated for an Oscar and is a favourite on the festival circuit. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-teachers-lounge-dir-ilker-catak-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251014T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251014T220000
DTSTAMP:20251008T083205Z
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SUMMARY:Happy Holidays: dir Scandar Copti (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Studying away from home has given Fifi (Manar Shehab) a new sense of autonomy\, but waking up in a hospital room after minor car accident in Jerusalem and surrounded by her family she will have to decide how much of her new self she’s willing to reveal. \nMeanwhile\, back in Haifa\, Fifi’s brother\, Rami (Toufic Daniel)\, has secrets of his own; his girlfriend’s change of heart has shaken his confidence in the future\, leaving him in a tense battle between ego and paranoia. Not knowing where to turn\, Rami fixates on the little control he has\, desperately searching for a way to steer an outcome that may ultimately be beyond his control. \nThis panoramic family drama has no perfect characters\, yet everyone’s opinion matters. Structured like glimpses into private moments\, the story unfolds through a destructive blend of personal quests\, poor choices\, and the quiet weight of social expectations. Bit by bit\, the fractured foundation of one lie gives way to another until all that’s left is the truth … \nThe film\, which screens in the CinemaNA  series of contemporary Arab cinema\, premiered at last year’s Venice International Film Festival\, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay. The film also received the Étoile d’Or at the Marrakech International Film Festival and the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival\, among its other awards. \nThe screening is following by a conversation with the director\, Scandar Copti\, about the creative process and the cultural realities that shape his work.  “Sharing Happy Holidays through CinemaNA at The Arts Center at NYUAD feels like bringing the film home\,” says Copti. “For the past eight years\, I’ve been curating this Arab film series\, and teaching film here at NYU Abu Dhabi for more than 12 years\, so this space is part of my own cinematic journey.” \nThe film is in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/happy-holidays-dir-scandar-copti-2024/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251019T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251019T190000
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SUMMARY:The Wanted 18: dir Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan (2014)
DESCRIPTION:As part of its current SILA: All That Is Left To You exhibition\, Maraya Art Centre is hosting two film screenings that extend the exhibition’s exploration of Palestinian memory\, resistance\, and cultural legacy. The Wanted 18 is a film about a Palestinian dairy collective in Beit Sahour that hid a herd of 18 dairy cows from Israeli security forces during the First Intifada when the dairy collective was deemed a threat to Israel’s national security. The film combines animation\, interviews\, archival footage and re-enactments to tell a story of resistance and survival. \nThe screening will be preceded by a conversation with co-director Amer Shomali.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-wanted-18-dir-amer-shomali-and-paul-cowan-2014/
LOCATION:Maraya Art Centre\, Al Qasba\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251024T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251024T201500
DTSTAMP:20251003T084206Z
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SUMMARY:SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day one
DESCRIPTION:After a successful debut in 2024\, SCHLiNGEL returns to Abu Dhabi. It’s an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz\, Germany\, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. \nThe Abu Dhabi edition runs 23-25 October\, with the first day reserved for school screenings. The opening film for Friday 24 Oct is … \nWow! Message from Outer Space dir Felix Binder  (2023) \nEleven-year-old Billie has just moved to a new town with her dad. Her mother\, a famous astronaut\, died during a space mission. At a junkyard\, she meets Dino\, a boy her age who loves tinkering with machines. Together\, they build a radio telescope – and they pick up signals that could only come from aliens! No one believes them\, but Billie and Dino don’t give up. Their search for answers takes them all the way to the spaceport in Kourou\, French Guiana – and into an unmanned rocket that launches them into space. The film is an exciting story\, but it’s also about friendship\, curiosity\, and the courage to chase the impossible. Suitable for 7 years up; in German with English subtitles. \nEach of the SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi sessions is charged at AED 25\, but there’s a multi-show pass at AED 75 to cover any or all of the films. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/schlingel-abu-dhabi-day-one-2/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Family/kids,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251025T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251025T200000
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SUMMARY:SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi: day two
DESCRIPTION:SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi’s return continues with a full day of films for the young\, taken from the international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Germany. All films with dialogue have English subtitles. \nThere are three sessions today\, each charged at AED 25 (and there’s a multi-show pass at AED 75 to cover any or all of the films\, including the opener on 24 October). \nToday’s programme: \n11am-1pm Animation Programme: Best of German SCHLiNGEL Shorts \nScrubby (2023): Scrubby lives a secure and warm life in his mother’s fur\, until she slowly loses it. When he’s searching for her\, he meets a naked\, freezing creature. Is his fur enough for the both of them? \nGlow (2023): A short meditative mood piece about being and observing\, made from a place of joy and curiosity around other living creatures. \nMaster Painter Ernst (2022): Forgetful squirrel Ernst almost goes nuts looking for his meticulously hidden acorns. Only a shift in perspective can help him … \nMaster Painter Dotty (2024): The highly inspired turtle Dotty enthusiastically paints one picture after another. Whu doesn’t her grandma like any of them? \nOperation Rising Tusk (2015): The US space programme Operation Rising Tusk sends an elephant into space to challenge the USSR and the space-dog Laika. \nRed (2020): A story about a little girl who lives in a red world – and accidentally discovers that there are other colours too \nMeta (2022): A short animated film that playfully and experimentally explores themes such as transformation\, transience\, cycles\, connection\, and interaction to show that everything consists of many parts and that in the end we are all connected with each other. \n3pm-5pm Pettersson und Findus dir Ali Samadi Ahadi (2014: still above) \nIn search of a home\, the bold young tomcat Findus finds shelter in the farmyard of old Pettersson\, breaking the silence of the old man’s life once and for all. It’s the beginning of a wonderful friendship. This live-action film with an animated cat is based on the bestselling children’s book series of the same name by Sven Nordqvist. \n6pm-8pm Fritzi\, a Revolutionary Tale dir Matthias Bruhn & Ralf Kukula (2019) \nThis full-length animation covers the protests against the Communist regime in East Germany and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989\, told from the perspective of a 12-year-old girl who’s taking care of her best friend Sophie’s dog Sputnik while Sophie and her family are on holiday. When Sophie does not return\, Fritzi and Sputnik set out in search of her … \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/schlingel-abu-dhabi-day-two-2/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Family/kids,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T133000
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SUMMARY:La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises | The Most Precious of Cargoes: dir Michel Hazanavicius (2024)
DESCRIPTION:This moving animated feature was deservedly selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The story centres on a woodcutter and his family; they find a small girl in the forest who has been thrown from a moving train. The train is heading to Auschwitz\, and she was thrown to some kind of safety by her father … The film is adapted from a 2019 novel by French author and playwright Jean-Claude Grumberg\, about which one reviewer said: “It is difficult … to write a work of fiction about the Holocaust that is original; even simply in this sense\, Grumberg’s work succeeds where many have failed”. Much the same applies to the film. Recommended. \nIn French with English subtitles. AF members pay AED 25.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/la-plus-precieuse-des-marchandises-the-most-precious-of-cargoes-dir-michel-hazanavicius-2024/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T183000
DTSTAMP:20251021T122235Z
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SUMMARY:Stitching Palestine: dir Carol Mansour (2017)
DESCRIPTION:As part of its current SILA: All That Is Left To You exhibition\, Maraya Art Centre is hosting two film screenings that extend the exhibition’s exploration of Palestinian memory\, resistance\, and cultural legacy. Carol Mansour’s documentary features 12 Palestinian women living in Lebanon\, Jordan and Palestine\, who draw upon the ancient and enduring art of Palestinian embroidery to share stories about their identities\, tales of resistance and memories of their homeland. As lawyers\, artists\, housewives\, activists\, architects and politicians\, each recounts a distinctly personal story; through the course of the film a collective embroidery begins to take shape\, linking one woman to another.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/stitching-palestine-dir-carol-mansour-2017/
LOCATION:Maraya Art Centre\, Al Qasba\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251026T200000
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SUMMARY:Bedouins of the Wind: dir Danish Farhan (2024)
DESCRIPTION:This 49-minute documentary\, shot on location in Al Dhaid\, provides an intimate portrait of the world of Bedouin culture – camel racing\, falconry\, the unseen life rooted in the desert. The protagonist Abdulaziz Al Tunaiji trains camels for the nation’s most anticipated race\, while two generations ponder whether they will be the last of the Bedouins … \nThis premiere marks the beginning of the film’s regional and international release. \nThe screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Danish Farhan and protagonist Abdelaziz Alteneiji on storytelling as preservation and how unrecorded histories can speak to the present\, with Sara Al Mheiri\, curator and author of Under the Ghaf Tree\, joining as a guest panellist.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bedouins-of-the-wind-dir-danish-farhan-2024/
LOCATION:Etihad Museum\, 1 Jumeirah St\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251028T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251028T220000
DTSTAMP:20251008T083352Z
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SUMMARY:Cineolio's Cinenights
DESCRIPTION:Founded by filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020\, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen\, celebrating cinematic togetherness and promoting intellectual and cultural exchange. \nThe programme for 28 October explores memory\, resilience\, and the universality of human connection. The films: \nDreamLink dir Kalani Gacon (2023\, Australia: 19 min) \nA troubled teenager seeks solace in DreamLink\, a revolutionary app that merges dreams and reality and promises to connect the user with the person they need the most … \nInto the Night dir Faycal Hammoum (2021\, Algeria: 17 min) \nLouisa moves through the streets of Algiers putting up missing-person posters in search of her daughter\, Souad. Her quest ounderlines the profound divide between the generation of independence and Algerian youth today … \nLife in Pink Like in the Movies dir Christophe Saber (2013\, Switzerland: 14 min) \nNineteen old Super 8 film reels bought in a second-hand store take a young filmmaker into the past of an unknown family. He decides to return the memories to their original owner\, only to find that the image of a perfect family vanishes in reality … \nThe Shore dir Eron Sheean (2023\, Netherlands: 20 min – still above) \nInexplicably abandoned by his parents on a windswept\, empty beach\, a young boy embarks on a surreal journey through time – and a contemplation of his own mortality … \nWintry Spring dir Mohamed Kamel (2015\, Egypt: 16 min) \nA schoolgirl living alone with her father faces a crisis as puberty arrives. Unable to confide in her father\, who struggles to comprehend the changes she’s experiencing\, their relationship becomes strained … \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cineolios-cinenights-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251028T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251028T213000
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SUMMARY:Le royaume | The Kingdom: dir Julien Colonna (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Colonna’s debut features brings an interesting angle to the mafia movie: Le royaume shows the Corsican underworld through the eyes of the 15-year-old daughter of a clan head. Caught up in a war between rival factions and on the run\, the father and daughter have to learn to understand each other and love each other. \nIn French with English subtitles. AF members pay AED 25.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/le-royaume-the-kingdom-dir-julien-colonna-2024/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251031T210000
DTSTAMP:20251029T090932Z
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SUMMARY:The Wind Will Carry Us: dir Abbas Kiarostami (1999)
DESCRIPTION:Kiarostami wrote and directed this deceptively simple but highly affecting film about a journalist posing as a city engineer who arrives in a Kurdish village to document the locals’ mourning rituals in anticipation of the death of an old woman. She doesn’t die\, though\, and the journalist is forced to slow down and appreciate the lifestyle of the village. The result is a beautifully shot movie\, simple and honest\, about life\, death\, and living … \nScreens as part of a new monthly film programme in Efie’s Rekord Gallery tracing the intertwined histories of African and Arab Liberation Cinema: “through a carefully curated selection of films\, the series interrogates how revolutionary aesthetics\, political struggle\, and the diasporic imagination have shaped\, and continue to shape\, the language of cinema across continents”. It’s organised with Bootleg Griot\, an independent public library project currently ensconced in the Rekord Gallery that is aimed at improving access to literature and print media – especially from writers and collectives of African descent.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-wind-will-carry-us-dir-abbas-kiarostami-1999/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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