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SHARJAH FILM PLATFORM SCREENING SCHEDULE 19–26 January 2019 SHARJAH FILM PLATFORM SCREENING SCHEDULE 19–26 January 2019 Programme 1 Friday, 18 January - 9:00 pm Mirage City Cinema Saturday, 26 January - 3:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Sharjah Film Platform annually awards Short Film Production Grants in support of film production in the UAE and internationally. Selected through an open call, this year’s grant winners are Abdulrahman Al Madani and Mohammed Al Hammadi, whose films Laymoon and Maryam, respectively, will be premiered at the festival. Al Madani and Al Hammadi will discuss their films after the screenings on opening night. Laymoon (2019) Director: Abdulrahman Al Madani United Arab Emirates Narrative | 16 min Arabic with English subtitles A neglected housewife’s constant attempts to regain her short-tempered husband’s interest in their marriage prove futile. Influenced by her best friend, she realises her efforts need to stretch beyond a wholesome meal. Abdulrahman Al Madani started making films in 2012, focusing particularly on social issues. His first documentary short, The Gamboo3a Revolution (2012), won awards from the Gulf Film Festival and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, and he also directed the two short films Guilt (2013) and Nagafa (2014). He received a bachelor's degree in applied media studies from the Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai (2014) and completed a one-year filmmaking diploma programme at the New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi (2015). His thesis film, Beshkara, received its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival the same year. Al Madani was born in 1992 in Dubai, where he currently lives and works. Maryam (2019) Director: Mohammed Al Hammadi United Arab Emirates Narrative | 22 min Arabic with English subtitles An ambitious young Emirati’s dream to pursue an acting career in New York is challenged by the sudden of her father and the opposition of her mother, who wants her to marry. Mohammed Al Hammadi is an Emirati filmmaker with a background in directing, writing, acting and producing. He participated in theatre courses at the Sharjah Art Institute (2013–2014) and made his cinematic acting debut in the feature film Abdulla in 2015. He then travelled to Los Angeles to develop his filmmaking skills further at the New York Film Academy (2015–2016). After his return to the UAE, he wrote, directed and produced his sci-fi film The Remaining Time, which had its world premiere in the Muhr Emirati category at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival. He had an acting role in the feature film Musk, released at the end of 2018. Al Hammadi was born in 1989 in Dubai, where he currently lives and works. Programme 2 Saturday, 19 January - 9:00 pm Mirage City Cinema Saturday, 26 January - 3:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Spaces of Exception will have its world premiere at Sharjah Film Platform on Saturday, 19 January. The filmmakers will discuss their film after the premiere. Spaces of Exception (2018) Directors: Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny United States of America, Lebanon and Palestine Documentary | 90 min Arabic and English with English subtitles Profiling the American Indian reservation alongside the Palestinian refugee camp, Spaces of Exception was filmed from 2014 to 2017 in Arizona, New Mexico, New York and South Dakota as well as Lebanon and the West Bank. It is an attempt to understand the significance of the land—its memory and divisions—and the conditions for life, community and sovereignty. Programme 3 Saturday, 19 January - 6:00 pm Africa Hall Tuesday, 22 January - 9:00 pm Africa Hall Youssef Chahine (1926–2008), the acclaimed Egyptian film director, is one of the few Arab filmmakers to gain international recognition. In his more than 40 films, including dramas, comedies and musicals, he addressed issues of power, social oppression, corporate and political corruption, nationalism and religious fundamentalism. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Chahine's death, three of his restored films, each from a different decade, will be screened in collaboration with The Africa Institute at Africa Hall. Programmed by Dr Salah M. Hassan and Hind Mezaina, these films will be shown in three separate programmes. Cairo Station (1958) Director: Youssef Chahine Cast: Youssef Chahine, Hind Rostom, Farid Shawki Egypt Narrative | 73 min Arabic with English subtitles Chahine plays a disabled news vendor whose obsession with a beautiful young lemonade stand vendor leads to violence. Cairo Station marked a new approach to Egyptian cinema in the 1950s, tackling controversial subject matter and drawing on formal and thematic elements from both neo-realism and German expressionism. Programme 4 Saturday, 19 January - 9:00pm Africa Hall Tuesday, 22 January - 6:00pm Africa Hall Osha's Gift (2016) Director: Hind Abdullah United Arab Emirates Documentary | 8 min Arabic with English subtitles Ashwaq Abdullah is a successful Emirati artist who discovers a new sense of what art means by attending an art therapy session and befriending Osha, a very special girl. My Name Is Nour (2018) Director: Haisam Abdelhamed Egypt Documentary ǀ 14 min Arabic with English subtitles Born with Down syndrome, Nour rebels against the way society looks at her and becomes a heroine. New Year's Eve (2016) Director: Salah Elgazzar Egypt Narrative | 11 min Arabic with English subtitles Two children selling packages of tissues at traffic lights in Cairo dream of spending New Year’s Eve in a theme park as other children do. In order to enter the park, they need to sell enough tissues to buy new shoes. Will they make it? Baitna Cheshire (2017) Director: Muzamil Elrayah Sudan Documentary | 82 min Arabic with English subtitles This documentary highlights the unique work of the Khartoum Cheshire Home, a comprehensive facility for the care and treatment of disabled children. The centre has a musical ensemble for young people who receive treatment at the facility and participate in the educational programme. Programme 5 Saturday, 19 January - 6:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Wednesday, 23 January - 9:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Dimmed Light (2017) Director: Waleed Alshehhi United Arab Emirates Narrative ǀ 8 min Arabic with English subtitles This film is a poetic response to an unlit wick inside a broken lantern, which is located in an exterior space seemingly destroyed by war or an earthquake. The wick is a source of light in the darkness, but will it be able to restore the lantern’s light so it can shine again? A Regular Day (2018) Director: Abdulla Al Benhumdah Saudi Arabia Narrative ǀ 6 min Arabic with English subtitles In the middle of the night, two men drive into the desert to complete a mysterious errand. Stone on the Road (2016) Director: Mohammed Bloshi Kuwait Narrative ǀ 8 min Arabic with English subtitles The manager of a company tests the applicants for a new job by pretending to be a beggar at the entrance to the company. After encountering their varied reactions, he goes back to the office to meet them and share the results of this surprise assessment. Chess Turn (2017) Director: Ramy Ayman Egypt Narrative | 15 min Arabic with English subtitles Judge Hazem Al Hawari refuses to take a bribe from Haj Mahmoud Al Qassas and his corrupt lawyer Munir Makram, which they offer in exchange for the release of Haj Al Qassas’ son. Reporting them to the police makes Al Hawari the target of an assassin. Will he survive? Human (2017) Director: Issam Taachit Algeria Narrative | 7 min Arabic with English subtitles A young boy with Down syndrome goes to a stadium to play football, only to be bullied and pushed into the grass. Feeling sad, he lies down on the grass and dreams of a world full of children with Down syndrome. He wakes to a pleasant surprise. Balloons (2018) Director: Mohamed Mokhtar Egypt Narrative ǀ 6 min Arabic with English subtitles Despite his limited means, a father wants to surprise his son with helium balloons on his birthday. This animated film revolves around a moment of excitement. Straight Outta Cairo (2018) Director: Mohamed Higazy Egypt Documentary | 15 min Arabic with English subtitles Egyptian documentary film examines the artistic environment of the underground independent art scene in Cairo through the experience of four artists. In the Name of God 333 (2018) Director: Abdelrahman Nached Egypt Experimental | 5 min Arabic with English subtitles This experimental film simulates perceptions and self-reflection in an attempt to translate internal conflicts and alienation to the screen. The director believes that failure on both personal and national levels can best be reflected in the Arabic song .(If you go east, you will find yourself going west] (2014] ’ رشق راح تغرب‘ Asphalt (2016) Director: Ali Hammoud Lebanon Documentary | 70 min Arabic with English subtitles Two truck drivers, one Lebanese and one Egyptian, make their living on asphalt roads that stretch miles across the ever- changing Arab landscape. Asphalt takes viewers on a journey to examine the subtle relationship between man and machine, providing a reflection on life from behind the wheel. Programme 6 Saturday, 19 January - 9:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Wednesday, 23 January - 6:00 pm Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts Wudu (2017) Director: Ahmed Hasan Ahmed United Arab Emirates Narrative | 22 min Arabic with English subtitles Baheet is a cook celebrating delicious flavours by day and an oud musician by night. Bahia is an undertaker working with perfumes, scents and camphor who lives with death every day. Two people with strikingly different jobs reside under one roof, but their intellectual differences and lifestyles come between them. Birth (2017) Director: Abdulla Hasan United Arab Emirates Narrative | 82 min Arabic with English subtitles On the same day, death and birth bring a family together in their mountain village.
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