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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240525T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240525T190000
DTSTAMP:20240510T093627Z
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Live Comedy Podcast: Ali Al Sayed
DESCRIPTION:A second chance to sit in on what’s promised to be a “raw\, real and hilarious” live podcast\, hosted by top local comedian Ali Al Sayed with guests as a contribution to Abu Dhabi Comedy Week. Free to attend\, but you need to pre-register (if you can’t get into this one there’s a final session on 26 May).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/exclusive-live-comedy-podcast-ali-al-sayed-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240525T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240525T143000
DTSTAMP:20240510T095354Z
CREATED:20240510T095354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T095354Z
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SUMMARY:Improv Comedy Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A second improv workshop\, billed as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week\, that focuses on the nuts and bolts of improvisational comedy\, short-form games\, and exercises you can take away; it’s open to all levels (min age 15) and is led by teacher/comedian Mina Liccione from Dubomedy. Looks a bit of a bargain at AED 50.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/improv-comedy-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Improv,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240526
DTSTAMP:20240520T152227Z
CREATED:20240520T152227Z
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SUMMARY:CinemaMAS Weekend day two
DESCRIPTION:The final afternoon of films in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival; there’s a single price (AED 50) for the whole programme. (Individual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150 that includes the weekends.) \n\n  \n3pm BlueBack dir Robert Connolly (2022\, 102 mins: still above) \nEco-adventure following a young girl who befriends a magnificent wild blue groper while diving\, becomes a passionate activist for protecting the ecosystem of Australia’s coral reefs from destruction\, and takes on poachers to save her finny friend. \n4.45pm The Diary of a Sky dir Lawrance-Abu Hamdan (2023\, 45 mins) \nWhile the world came to a standstill in many places in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic\, and an almost eerie silence set in\, noise levels in Beirut increased massively – the roar of the generators that compensate for the lack of electricity supply from the gird mingles with the noise of the 50 or so Israeli army drones and fighter jets that fly over the country every day. This documentary is an essayistic collage of videos aggregated by the artist between 2020 and 2021\, a diary that bears witness to the ways in which this atmospheric violence is both terrifying and yet so integrated into daily life that it becomes ignorable in its monotony. \n5.30pm 45th Parallel dir Lawrance-Abu Hamdan (2022\, 15 mins) \nAnother thoughtful piece by the artist Lawrance-Abu Hamdan\, this one analysing the contradictions of borders and laws that govern the Haskell Free Library and Opera House – a building constructed in 1904 that straddles the US-Canadian border. This peculiar site becomes the stage for an investigative monologue about the 2010 shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent and America’s remote murders-by-drone in Afghanistan\, Yemen\, and Pakistan. \n\n5.45pm Walled Unwalled dir Lawrance-Abu Hamdan (2018\, 21 mins) \nIn 2000 there were a total of 15 fortified border walls and fences between sovereign nations. By 2018 there were 63. And yet\, all the time\, millions and millions of invisible cosmic particles called muons are descending into the Earth’s atmosphere and penetrating metres deep through layers of concrete\, soil\, and rock. Scientists have developed a technology to leverage their peculiar physical capacities to allow us to see what lies beneath us – from contraband hidden in lead-lined shipping containers\, to secret chambers inside the pyramids. Now no wall on Earth is impermeable … \n6.05pm Rubber Coated Steel dir Lawrance-Abu Hamdan (2016\, 22 mins) \nIn 2014\, artist and audio investigator Lawrence Abu Hamdan was asked to examine audio files that recorded the shots that killed Nadeem Nawara and Mohamed Abu Daher on the West Bank. Rubber Coated Steel is a work that reflects on that process. It does not preside over the voices of the victims but seeks to amplify their silence\, questioning the ways in which rights are being heard today. \n6.30pm Once Removed dir Lawrance-Abu Hamdan (2019\, 29 mins) \nDocumentary in the life and work of Bassel Abi Chahine\, a writer and historian who managed to obtain rare objects\, photographs and interviews related to the militias led by Walid Jumblatt during the Lebanese Civil War. \n7pm Yellow Bus dir Wendy Bednarz (2023\, 112 mins) \nSet in an unnamed Arabian Gulf country (but you probably know which it is)\, this film follows the unbearable tragedy of a young girl who dies in the sweltering desert heat on a school bus. Consumed by grief\, mother Anada sets out to find the truth about who is accountable … Arabic and Hindi with English subtitles.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cinemamas-weekend-day-two/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240526
DTSTAMP:20240520T152804Z
CREATED:20240520T151042Z
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SUMMARY:CinemaMAS Weekend day one
DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of films\, some full-length and some shorts\, for a single price (AED 50) as part of the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival. (Individual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150 that includes the weekends.) \n\n  \n3pm Butterfly Tale dir Sophie Roy (2023\, 82 mins) \nThis delightful full-length Canadian animation is based on the real-life migration of monarch butterflies. The plot follows a young butterfly who is unable to fly but who dreams of joining his friends and family on the great butterfly migration over North America … So with two friends he embarks on an adventure full of obstacles that will force him to face his own fears\, embrace his uniqueness\, and triumph over adversity. \n4.25pm Helena dir Ayarush Paudel (2021\, 10 mins) \nHelena is working in the UAE as a waitress. Her son in Nepal has been asking for a laptop for the last four months; finally\, when she’s saved enough money to buy one\, she finds out that she’s lost some of the cash. In between the pressure from work and from her family\, how will she get through this? Hindi with English subtitles \n4.35pm Simo dir Aziz Zoromba (2022\, 23 mins) \nTo impress his older brother\, Simo sneakily takes over Emad’s online gaming channel. His actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family. Arabic and French with English subtitles. \n4.50pm Metabolism dir Misho Antadze (2023\, 12 mins) \nA strangely serene portrait of the intimate relationship between robots and living beings\, all in the service of human consumption. Robots are the protagonists here and with close observation their personalities start to shine through. \n5.05pm Les Chenilles dir Michelle Keserwany\, Noel Keserwany (2023\, 29 mins) \nAsma and Sarah\, two women from the Levant\, find themselves working in the same restaurant in Lyon. Initially wary of each other\, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them — one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. Arabic and French with English subtitles \n6pm The Key dir Rakan Mayasi (2023\, 18 mins) \nA psychological thriller based around the Palestinian right of return. Young Edina is frequently kept awake by a mysterious sound in the middle of the night. What will her parents do when the sound creeps in further? Hebrew with English subtitles \n7pm Monster dir Hirokazu Kore-eda (2023\, 81 mins: still above) \nAfter discovering that a teacher is responsible for her young son’s sudden change of behaviour\, the mother storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. As the story unfolds through the eyes of the mother\, teacher and child\, the truth gradually emerges. Japanese with English subtitles \n9pm LYD dir Sarah Ema Friedland & Rami Younis (2023\, 78 mins) \nThis feature-length “sci-fi documentary” shares multiple pasts\, presents\, and futures of the city of Lyd in Palestine/Israel. From the perspective of the city herself\, the viewer is taken on a journey through the lifespan of a 5\,000-year-old city and its residents. A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – what it once was\, what it is now\, and what it could have become. Arabic with English subtitles
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cinemamas-weekend-day-one/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T223000
DTSTAMP:20240520T150444Z
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SUMMARY:Goodbye Julia: dir Mohamed Kordofani (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Mona is a retired singer in a tense marriage in Northern Sudan. Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder\, she tries to make amends by taking in the dead man’s southern Sudanese widow\, Julia\, and her son\, Daniel. Mona can’t confess her transgressions to Julia\, so she tries to adjust to a new status quo — but the country’s turmoil is going to find its way into her home and make her come face to face with her sins … The Cineuropa review said: “Mohamed Kordofani offers up wonderful snapshots\, overviews and explanations of all the nuances of the acute Sudanese situation of the time”. Recommended. Arabic with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/goodbye-julia-dir-mohamed-kordofani-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T203000
DTSTAMP:20240520T150256Z
CREATED:20240520T150256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T150256Z
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SUMMARY:Nezouh: dir Soudade Kaadan (2022)
DESCRIPTION:Fourteen-year-old Zeina lives with her mother and father in Damascus\, one of the few remaining families in a devastated neighbourhood. Covert visits from a local boy offer Zeina glimpses of freedom outside the oppressive control of her father – but her escape comes as much through her imagination as it does through her connection with the boy. Nezouh finds real poetry in the dust and wreckage of the city. Arabic with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nezouh-dir-soudade-kaadan-2022/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240524T183000
DTSTAMP:20240520T145947Z
CREATED:20240520T145947Z
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SUMMARY:All That Breathes: dir Shaunak Sen (2022)
DESCRIPTION:From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement\, two brothers —  Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad – try to care for thousands of the black kites that struggle in New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate\, this documentary shows how the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected bird provides a poetic commentary on the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus calls the film “a poetic tribute to tenacity” that makes “a broader point about finding triumph within tragedy”. Hindi with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/all-that-breathes-dir-shaunak-sen-2022/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240523T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240523T223000
DTSTAMP:20240520T145745Z
CREATED:20240520T145303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T145745Z
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SUMMARY:The Burdened: dir Amr Gamal (2023)
DESCRIPTION:This drama\, Gamal’s second feature\, is based on a true story: Isra’a and Ahmed and their five children are engaged in a daily struggle against poverty in war-torn Yemen. When they discover that Isra’a is pregnant\, they scrape together the funds they think they will need to procure an abortion. But money proves to be the least of their worries as the bureaucratic labyrinth and the country’s strict social mores drive the family to the brink. Arabic with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-burdened-dir-amr-gamal-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240523T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240523T203000
DTSTAMP:20240520T145115Z
CREATED:20240520T145051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T145115Z
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SUMMARY:No Bears: dir Jafar Panahi (2022)
DESCRIPTION:The jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi plays a version of himself\, forced to shoot his new film in a village near the Turkish border whose inhabitants are encouraged to be scared of supposed “bears” roaming the countryside – just as the Iranian people are supposed to be afraid of their morality police … There’s a convoluted plot that mixes reality with the story being film\, but ultimately No Bears taps into an Iranian movie-making strategy based on the need to evade censorship with complexity and ambiguity in tackling contemporary political issues. Recommended. \nIn Turkish\, Persian\, and Azerbaijani with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/no-bears-dir-jafar-panahi-2022/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240522T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240522T223000
DTSTAMP:20240520T151725Z
CREATED:20240520T144330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T151725Z
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SUMMARY:Fremont: dir Babak Jalali (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Beautiful but troubled\, 23-year-old Donya finds her promoted to writing the mantras inside fortune cookies because the wise owner of the factory believes that people with memories write beautifully. Donya\, an Afghan refugee with PTSD\, Donya already has memories aplenty – which may explain her insomnia\, the way she stares solemnly into space\, or the maturity that she possesses as a 23-year-old. It also means that\, as her boss predicts\, her fortune cookie messages pierce the hearts of strangers … This Jarmusch-like black-and-white comedy is a deadpan delight that eschews ostentatious set pieces and favours sombre reflection. It was a big hit at Sundance and SWSX last year. Recommended. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/fremont-dir-babak-jalali-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240522T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240522T203000
DTSTAMP:20240520T144705Z
CREATED:20240520T144410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T144705Z
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SUMMARY:Déserts: dir Faouzi Bensaïdi (2023)
DESCRIPTION:A road buddy comedy with a twist or two\, wry humour throughout\, gorgeous camerawork\, and an all-pervading good sense of humanity and absurdity. Two petty crooks\, Mehdi and Hamid\, drive around the villages of southern Morocco\, trying to recover a backlog of loans for their agency that have not been repaid by villagers overwhelmed by poverty and drought. But then they meet a highwayman … In Arabic with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/deserts-dir-faouzi-bensaidi-2023-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T223000
DTSTAMP:20240520T144432Z
CREATED:20240520T144432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T144432Z
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mountains: dir Mohamed ben Attia (2023)
DESCRIPTION:In this quite surprising supernatural drama\, a man fed up with the chains of his humdrum life lashes out only to discover he possesses a logic-defying gift – the power to fly. The film departs from the director’s previous social realism\, but retains his well-established interest in emotionally intricate protagonists and the complications of parent-child relationships; for the son\, the flying is a literal leap of faith and validation that his father is more than the negative stories he’s heard all his young life. Arabic with English subtitles; recommended. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/behind-the-mountains-mohamed-ben-attia-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240521T203000
DTSTAMP:20240520T142935Z
CREATED:20240520T142935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T142935Z
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SUMMARY:Seven Winters in Tehran: dir Steffi Niederzoll (2023)
DESCRIPTION:An important documentary: Reyhaneh Jabbari was a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder\, but she had acted in self-defence against a rapist. She would have received a pardon and a short jail term if she had retracted her testimony; she didn’t. Niederzoll has had access to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh’s family\,plus their testimonies and the letters written by Reyhaneh Jabbari in prison; the result is a powerful and poignant story of a woman who became a symbol of resistance and women’s rights in Iran and beyond. Farsi with English subtitles. \nThis film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat’s CinemaMAS film festival\, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti – head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently\, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film. \nIndividual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head\, weekends are AED 50 per day\, and there’s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/seven-winters-in-tehran-dir-steffi-niederzoll-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240519T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240519T190000
DTSTAMP:20240510T093503Z
CREATED:20240510T093503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T093503Z
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Live Comedy Podcast: Ali Al Sayed
DESCRIPTION:“Raw\, real and hilarious” live podcasts\, hosted by top local comedian Ali Al Sayed with guests as a contribution to Abu Dhabi Comedy Week. Free to attend\, but you need to pre-register (if you can’t get into this one there are two further sessions\, on 25 and 26 May).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/exclusive-live-comedy-podcast-ali-al-sayed/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240518T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240518T143000
DTSTAMP:20240510T095254Z
CREATED:20240510T095254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T095254Z
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SUMMARY:Improv Comedy Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Improvisation is the art of thinking on your feet\, and while it’s an essential tool for performers who get involved with audience interaction it’s useful more generally for verbal and physical communication and team collaboration. This workshop\, billed as part of Abu Dhabi Comedy Week\, will focus on the nuts and bolts of improv comedy\, short-form games\, and exercises you can take away; it’s open to all levels (min age 15) and is led by teacher/comedian Mina Liccione from Dubomedy. Looks a bit of a bargain at AED 50. \nThere is a second session on 25 May.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/improv-comedy-workshop/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Improv,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240516T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240516T200000
DTSTAMP:20240426T143430Z
CREATED:20240426T143430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T143430Z
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SUMMARY:DuoCalva
DESCRIPTION:A rare chance to catch the Swiss ‘cellocomedy’ duo outside Europe. Alain Schudel and Daniel Schaerer are excellent cellists in their own right\, but on the stage with pieces by the likes of Mozart\, Strauss\, Holst and David Bowie (ok\, maybe just Major Tom) they provide an accessible family-friendly musical treat. This is a good pick (and a good price) in the Abu Dhabi Classics series.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/duocalva/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Family/kids,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240501T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240501T211500
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SUMMARY:Siccità (Drought): dir Paolo Virzi (2022)
DESCRIPTION:In a dystopian present\, it hasn’t rained in Rome for three years: the drought has reduced water reserves to a minimum and there’s an epidemic of sleeping sickness carried by cockroaches. Through a city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people\, young and old\, marginalized and successful\, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design\, while each seeks his or her deliverance … “An intelligent\, ambitious modern melodrama with a bracingly cynical streak\,” said one reviewer. \nIn Italian\, subtitled in English. Shows in the NAAS film programme\, a collaboration between several cultural institutions in the UAE: Goethe-Institut Gulf Region\, Embassies of France\, Canada and Switzerland\, and the Italian Cultural Institute
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/siccita-drought-dir-paolo-virzi-2022/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240306
DTSTAMP:20240108T165100Z
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SUMMARY:Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
DESCRIPTION:The sixth edition of the Summit\, which runs 3 to 5 March\, again brings together “leaders from fields of art\, heritage\, media\, museums\, music\, public policy and technology from over 90 countries”. Under the theme A Matter of Time\, this edition will investigate the role that culture could play “in helping us navigate this moment of inflection in the way we relate to the notion of time … The sessions will shift away from ‘mechanical time’ – characteristic of our contemporary era – to a ‘new cultural time’\, one that is realigned with the rhythm of human awareness and nature”. \nEach day\, the Summit programme will follow a specific sub-theme to unpack how our relation to time is evolving\, examine the challenges this evolution represents for the culture and creative sectors\, and provide focused\, functional solutions. The agenda will feature keynotes\, plenary sessions\, panel discussions\, artist talks\, case study workshops\, creative conversations\, policy sessions\, cultural performances\, and a visual art exhibition. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/culture-summit-abu-dhabi-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240226T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240226T210000
DTSTAMP:20240219T150847Z
CREATED:20240219T150836Z
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SUMMARY:Germany Year Zero: dir Roberto Rossellini (1948)
DESCRIPTION:Amid the ruins of war-torn Berlin immediately after the Second World War\, 12-year-old Edmund struggles to support his ailing father; he gets caught up in black market schemes and falls to a Nazi-sympathising former teacher – with tragic consequences. The concluding part of Rossellini’s celebrated War Trilogy\, this daring and heart-rending portrait of a decimated post-war European city remains one of the most affecting films in the history of cinema. Recommended.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/germany-year-zero-dir-roberto-rossellini-1948/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240225T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240225T180000
DTSTAMP:20240219T094800Z
CREATED:20240219T094800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T094800Z
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SUMMARY:Gone With the Wind: dir Victor Fleming (1939)
DESCRIPTION:Clark Gable\, Vivien Leigh\, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel star in one of the classic American movies. It won 10 Academy Awards\, including Best Picture. A genuine bucket-list movie\, another good pick by the inestimable Cinema Space\, and good value for a run time of nearly four hours … \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/gone-with-the-wind-dir-victor-fleming-1939-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240222T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240222T210000
DTSTAMP:20240219T094830Z
CREATED:20240219T094830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T094830Z
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SUMMARY:The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita): dir Maite Alberdi (2023)
DESCRIPTION:This critically acclaimed Chilean documentary film follows the relationship of Chilean journalist Augusto Góngora\, one of Chile’s most prominent cultural journalists and TV presenters\, and actress Paulina Urrutia (who served as Minister of Culture and the Arts of the country from 2006 to 2010). They have been a couple for 23 years; eight years ago\, Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease\, and since then\, Paulina has been caring for him. Today\, it is up to him and his wife to maintain his identity despite the challenges of his illness … This is a moving\, loving portrait with absolutely no mawkishness about it. Recommended. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-eternal-memory-la-memoria-infinita-dir-maite-alberdi-2023-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240218T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240218T173000
DTSTAMP:20240214T173115Z
CREATED:20240214T173115Z
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SUMMARY:The Holdovers: dir Alexander Payne (2023)
DESCRIPTION:A warm-hearted and thoughtful holiday story of three lonely\, shipwrecked people who find support in the most unlikely of places. A curmudgeonly teacher (Paul Giamatti) is forced to remain on campus at a New England prep school over Christmas to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go; as the days pass\, the grumpy prof forms an unexpected bond with smart-but-troubled student Angus (Dominic Sessa) and the school’s head cook Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). A surprisingly engaging and really rather sweet comedy-drama with some superb acting \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-holdovers-dir-alexander-payne-2023-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240218T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240218T153000
DTSTAMP:20240214T172906Z
CREATED:20240214T172906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T172906Z
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SUMMARY:Past Lives: dir Celine Song (2023)
DESCRIPTION:Celine Song’s first feature has been nominated in two of this year’s Oscar categories (Best Motion Picture category and Best Original Screenplay – but criminally not Best Director). It’s the story of a modern romance; Na Young’s family emigrated from Seoul to Canada when she was 12\, she lost touch with her childhood sweetheart Hae Sung\, and a decade later they find each other again … \nPast Lives is a deeply romantic love story that also embraces destiny\, nostalgia and the immigrant experience. The result is a masterclass in how you have to make a story specific for it to be universal. It’s also (almost incidentally) a portrait of a very specific form of masculinity\, one that’s about decency\, selflessness\, understanding and fear – not something you see very often\, and perhaps a portrait that could only have been realised by a woman. \n“A divine cinematic experience; this is what we go to the movies for” says Cinema Space\, which has programmed this brilliantly realised film for us at no charge. \nVery highly recommended. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/past-lives-dir-celine-song-2023-3/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240215T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240215T210000
DTSTAMP:20240214T172414Z
CREATED:20240214T172414Z
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SUMMARY:An Affair to Remember: dir Leo McCarey (1957)
DESCRIPTION:A poignant love story\, delivered impeccably (as always) by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr who fall in love on an ocean liner headed for New York. Sadly they’re each engaged to someone else\, so they take the mature option and agree to meet six months later at the top of the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. An accident keeps her from their rendezvous\, he thinks he’s been stood up; but fate conspires to bring the lovers back together again for one of the most breathtakingly romantic endings in cinema history. Another good pick by Cinema Space … \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/an-affair-to-remember-dir-leo-mccarey-1957-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240212T210000
DTSTAMP:20240206T161217Z
CREATED:20240206T161217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T161217Z
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SUMMARY:The Eternal Memory (La memoria infinita): dir Maite Alberdi (2023)
DESCRIPTION:This critically acclaimed Chilean documentary film follows the relationship of Chilean journalist Augusto Góngora\, one of Chile’s most prominent cultural journalists and TV presenters\, and actress Paulina Urrutia (who served as Minister of Culture and the Arts of the country from 2006 to 2010). They have been a couple for 23 years; eight years ago\, Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease\, and since then\, Paulina has been caring for him. Today\, it is up to him and his wife to maintain his identity despite the challenges of his illness … This is a moving\, loving portrait with absolutely no mawkishness about it. Recommended. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-eternal-memory-la-memoria-infinita-dir-maite-alberdi-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240211T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240211T180000
DTSTAMP:20240206T160346Z
CREATED:20240206T160346Z
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SUMMARY:Gone With the Wind: dir Victor Fleming (1939)
DESCRIPTION:Clark Gable\, Vivien Leigh\, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel star in one of the classic American movies. It won 10 Academy Awards\, including Best Picture. A genuine bucket-list movie\, and good value for a run time of nearly four hours … \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/gone-with-the-wind-dir-victor-fleming-1939/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240209T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240209T213000
DTSTAMP:20240127T152028Z
CREATED:20240127T152028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240127T152028Z
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SUMMARY:Timothy Chooi & Chanyong Chin: Massenet\, Prokofiev\, de Saraste
DESCRIPTION:An evening featuring some of the favourite pieces of violin virtuoso Timothy Chooi  – notably Pablo de Saraste’s thundering Zigeunerweisen (Gipsy music) and Massenet’s more delicate Méditation from Thaïs – in a programme that mixes popular works of the classical repertoire with some interesting discoveries. \nThis looks like an exceptional evening\, and the ticket prices are very good too. Chooi will be accompanied by the young Korean pianist Changyong Shin\, a multiple international competition winner. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/timothy-chooi-chanyong-chin-massenet-prokofiev-de-saraste/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Recital
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240208T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240208T210000
DTSTAMP:20240206T155540Z
CREATED:20240206T155540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T155540Z
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SUMMARY:Paisan (Paisà): dir Roberto Rossellini (1946)
DESCRIPTION:Rossellini’s follow-up to his breakout Rome Open City (Roma città aperta) is an ambitious and moving look at the final days of war in Italy and the confusion that follows in its wake. This classic of neo-realist cinema is presented in its full original release version. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/paisan-paisa-dir-roberto-rossellini-1946/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240207T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240207T213000
DTSTAMP:20240201T103446Z
CREATED:20240201T103446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T103446Z
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SUMMARY:Ökozid | Ecocide: dir Andres Veiel (2020)
DESCRIPTION:ÖKOZID / ECOCIDE\nDirector: Andres Veiel\nFeature\, Germany\, 2020\, 90 min. \nStarring Nina Kunzendorf\, Friederike Becht\, Edgar Selge and Ulrich Tukur \nFebruary 7\, 2024 @ 7pm\, at Manarat Al Saadiyat \nIt is the year 2034 and drought and flooding are destroying the livelihoods of millions of people. The International Court of Justice has had to evacuate to Berlin\, where the climate catastrophe is the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers are representing 31 countries of the Global South\, which are doomed without the support of the international community; they raise the question of responsibility\, demanding compensation and a right to the integrity of nature in order to ensure their own survival. The court must decide whether German politicians will be held accountable for their failure to protect the climate and thus set a precedent … Andres Veiel has designed a meticulously researched setting\, and the facts of present events make this film a bold\, effective and prescient work of art. \nThis film is screened as part of the NAAS film programme\, a collaboration by several cultural institutions in the UAE: the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region\, the French and Canadian Embassies\, the Italian Cultural Institute\, and Manarat Al Saadiyat.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/okozid-ecocide-dir-andres-veiel-2020/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240205T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240205T210000
DTSTAMP:20240130T140219Z
CREATED:20240130T134432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T140219Z
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SUMMARY:The Holdovers: dir Alexander Payne (2023)
DESCRIPTION:A warm-hearted and thoughtful holiday story of three lonely\, shipwrecked people who find support in the most unlikely of places. A curmudgeonly teacher (Paul Giamatti) is forced to remain on campus at a New England prep school over Christmas to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go; as the days pass\, the grumpy prof forms an unexpected bond with smart-but-troubled student Angus (Dominic Sessa) and the school’s head cook Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). A surprisingly engaging comedy-drama with some superb acting \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-holdovers-dir-alexander-payne-2023/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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