A short (10 mins) documentary about Laila Abdulaziz, a pioneer of music in the Arabian Gulf and staple of Kuwaiti history who had a vision for the future that no one was ready for, not even herself … In Arabic with English subtitles.
An inspiring, glittering survey of the art scene of 1970s Morocco, pivoting around a Moroccan independent film from 1974 where a group of young filmmakers explored the role the new Moroccan cinema should play in society. The counterculture arose from Marxist student movements which saw cinema as an “instrument for sensitisation” and self-discovery. In Arabic and French with English subtitles.
Affectionate, excited, fun survey of an 80s disco style that featured synthesisers, drum machines, catchy melodies, visionary music videos, and bizarre English lyrics. The comments are delivered with an appropriate mix of seriousness and irony by international trend watchers, sociologists, and of course the Italo Disco pioneers themselves. In German and Italian with English subtitles.
The story of an independent musical culture developed by Turkish ‘guest workers’ in Germany. In German and Turkish with English subtitles.
One ticket gives you all the films; CineMAS runs for a week, so the seven-day pass at AED 150 is something of a bargain (it would be AED 250 if you paid separately for each day).
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