Cineolio’s Cinenights

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.

The programme for 28 October explores memory, resilience, and the universality of human connection. The films:

DreamLink dir Kalani Gacon (2023, Australia: 19 min)

A 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 …

Into the Night dir Faycal Hammoum (2021, Algeria: 17 min)

Louisa 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 …

Life in Pink Like in the Movies dir Christophe Saber (2013, Switzerland: 14 min)

Nineteen 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 …

The Shore dir Eron Sheean (2023, Netherlands: 20 min – still above)

Inexplicably 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 …

Wintry Spring dir Mohamed Kamel (2015, Egypt: 16 min)

A 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 …