FilmFest 2018

UAE 2017; color; English and Arabic with English subtitles; 9 minutes; dir. Sachin Augustine

Oman 2018; color animation; Arabic with English subtitles; 2 minutes; dir. Arwa Jamil AlGhafri

An animated view of Omani life before the modern era.

Yemen 2018; color; Arabic with English subtitles; 9 minutes; dir. Katherine Hennessey

Amidst civil war Yemeni actors and poets search for hope and inspiration in the wordsof the world’s greatest playwright. In this film they perform some of Shakespeare’smost famous lines and a Yemeni poet recites a Shakespeare inspired qasidah.

Qatar 2018; color; English and Arabic with English subtitles; 13 minutes; dir. Ibrahim Nash’at

A kite in the sky, a board on his feet and natures key ingredient; the wind. A passionate rider perfecting the art of Kitesurfing to balance mind, body and soul.

Oman 2018; color animation; Arabic with English subtitles; 4 minutes; dir. Arwa Jamil AlGhafri

This animated drama suggests returning to traditional social values is the solution to company’s economic problems.

Qatar 1962; color; Danish with English subtitles; 16 minutes; dir. Jette BangFeaturing a Cineforum with Jocelyn S. Mitchell and Scott Curtis

Filmed by the 1959 Danish Expedition, Beduiner shows life before oil revenues transformed Qatar. The film presents the Al-Murrah tribe, highlighting many aspects of their nomadic life. This is the first screening with English subtitles before an international academic audience.

UAE 2017; color; Arabic with English subtitles; 10 minutes; dir. Nada ElAzhary

Instead of sending a text to a boy with whom she is flirting, a young girl accidently sends it to her father. Can she delete it from his phone before he sees it?

Bahrain 2017; color; Arabic with English subtitles; 10 minutes; dir. Saleh Nass

Desperate to get home, a schoolgirl is embarrassed when her father picks her up in a dusty old pickup truck. Undeterred, he makes a detour to take her on a small fishing trip.