{"id":55840,"date":"2024-05-21T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?p=55840"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:51:14","slug":"rascals-in-abu-dhabi-the-schlingel-film-festival-comes-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/rascals-in-abu-dhabi-the-schlingel-film-festival-comes-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Rascals in Abu Dhabi: the SCHLiNGEL film festival comes to town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The German word ‘Schlingel’ loosely translates as \u2018rascal\u2019. It\u2019s also the name of one of the world\u2019s best established film festivals for children and young people, held since 1995 in the German city of Chemnitz and set this year for its 29th<\/sup> edition (25 September to 3 October).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival<\/a> always has a large selection of international short and feature films \u2013 last time 171 films from over 50 countries were screened to 20,000 film fans of all ages \u2013 and any filmmaker active in this field wants to be shown at SCHLiNGEL, not least because its juried prizes are so highly rated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Abu Dhabi is getting a taste of SCHLiNGEL, with a mini festival of films that were first screened in Chemnitz. SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi is organised by Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, the local arm of the Federal Republic of Germany\u2019s international cultural institute, and for this year it\u2019s a weekend of films mostly suitable for ages from 9 or 10 up; if it goes well, we can expect an expanded version in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In part the goal is to introduce new audiences to German talent \u2013 all the features being shown and most of the shorts were made in Germany. But it will surely also have the effect of introducing new possibilities to local filmmakers; because SCHLiNGEL provides an overview of the latest international productions, and one of its goals is to motivate distributors and television stations in the Federal Republic to include such films in their programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi runs in the Black Box theatre at The Arts Center, NYUAD, between 6 and 8 June. All screenings are free, but prebooking<\/a> is recommended; the features are all in German, but with English subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the films being shown are directed by one of Germany\u2019s top filmmakers for young people, Stefan Westerwelle, and he\u2019ll be at the screenings of his films to talk about his work and take audience questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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