• Journey to The Moon (Rihla Ila Alqamar): dir Hamada Abdelwahab (1959)

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    An Egyptian space travel adventure-comedy, complete with dance numbers, drinking games, and a cardboard robot called Otto. In Cairo, eccentric German scientist Mr Sharfin is about to launch the first rocket to the moon. Astronomer Ahmed Rushdy is on site [ ... ]

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  • A Cosmic Voyage: dir Vasilij Zuravlëv (1936)

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    This Soviet-era silent film was one of the earliest to represent a realistic spaceflight, including weightlessness. It's pitched in the year 1946, with Professor Sedikh, who is planning to lead the first crewed exploration to the Moon, denounced by a [ ... ]

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  • Mirai: dir Mamoru Hosoda (2018)

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    Animated feature with a story that has a surprising and affecting emotional depth. Four-year-old Kun becomes jealous of his new baby sister Mirai; one day, he storms off into the garden, where he encounters people from the past and future [ ... ]

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  • Sirocco and The Kingdom of the Winds: dir Benoît Chieux (2023)

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    This slightly trippy animation features two intrepid sisters, four-year-old Juliette and eight-year-old Carmen, who discover a passage into the extraordinary world of their favourite book, Kingdom of the Air Streams. Transformed into cats and separated from each other, the girls [ ... ]

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  • Song of the Sea: dir Tomm Moore (2014)

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    This engaging animated feature takes inspiration from the Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land. 10-year-old Ben and his mute little sister Saoirse, the last Seal-child, embark on a fantastic journey [ ... ]

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