Berlin-Dubai Festival
thejamjar and the Goethe-Institut in Dubai have collaborated to bring us the first Berlin-Dubai festival this weekend which will include a film screening, a book reading and panel discussions. The festival will introduce us to the cultural diversity of Berlin and some of the challenges it faces - and how some of the same challenges are faced here in Dubai.
28th October: Movie night and panel discussion
Let it Rock is about the Berlin artists scene, who have made the German capital one of the hippest and most international cities in Europe. The movie gives answers to the question like how do artists live in a surrounding in which they are commercially abused by clever marketing managers in order to promote a certain image?
The screening will be followed by a discussion on the topic of culture and commerce and whether they can work together and looking at the impact this has on artists as they are challenged to prevail within the limits of commercialising and avant-garde underground. Participants are German film producer Frank Kuenster and German author Jasna Zajcek, the Emirati artist Ebtisam Abdulaziz and Hetal Pawani, director of thejamjar gallery.
The movie and the discussion will both be in German and English. Arabic translators will be available.
Free admission
Date and time: 28th October, 8 pm
Location: thejamjar, Street 17a, Comm 368, Al Quoz 3 (location map)
30th October: Berlin and Dubai - The Fascination of Multicultural Metropoles
German journalist Jasna Zajcek and German novelist and filmmaker Norman Ohler will read from their books on living in the multi-cultural metropolis Berlin and their experiences with the Arabic region. This will be followed by a discussion on the challenges and fascinations of multicultural metropolises. Beside the two authors, Mishaal Al Gergawi, Emirati commentator on socio-economic and cultural affairs, and Alexander Smoltczyk, SPIEGEL-correspondent in the UAE, will participate.
The reading and the discussion will both be in German and English. Arabic translations will be available
Free admission
Date and time: 30th October, 2 pm
Location: thejamjar, Street 17a, Comm 368, Al Quoz 3 (location map)