Cinema Akil - Outbox Short Film Festival - 16-18 & 20-22 March 2015
The Cinema Akil Outbox Short Film Festival is a collaboration with Beirut-based Outbox International Short Film Festival. The festival will take place during the Dubai Art Week from 16th-18th March and from 20th-22nd March 2015 in Alserkal Avenue.
The theme of the festival is "Space Under Construction".
The festival will reflect on the ideas of building, construction, reassessment, consideration, intervention and transformation and change – concepts the surrounding space across the MENA region is grappling with.
The theme also reflects the state of Cinema Akil which is still under construction. The film festival will take place in a special pop-up style set up inside the home of Cinema Akil - which I am looking forward to seeing and visiting when ready.
The screenings are free. Here's the trailer for the festival. Below it is the schedule and list of films, which you can also find on www.cinemaakil.com.
Program 1: Construction / Space vs Individual
16 + 20 March (1-3pm & 7-9pm) & 22 March (1-3pm)
Rhino Full Throttle
Directed by: Erik Schmitt | Year: 2013 | Duration: 15’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: German (English subtitles) | Country of Production: Germany
Tom Thumb (Pollicino)
Directed by: Cristiano Anania | Year: 2011 | Duration: 8’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: none | Country of Production: Italy
Studio Beirut
Directed by: Mokhtar Beyrouth | Year: 2013 | Duration: 14’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: Arabic (english subtitles) | Country of Production: Lebanon
Dig A Hole in My Soil
Directed by: Elizabeth Wurst | Year: 2012 | Duration: 9’ | Genre: Documentary | Language: none | Country of Production: Peru/Germany
Astigmatismo
Directed by: Nicolai Troshinsky | Year: 2013 | Duration: 4’ | Genre: Fiction (animation) | Language: none | Country of Production: Spain
Yala To the Moon (Yala Al Amar)
Directed by: Jackie Salloum & Suhel Nafar | Year: 2012 | Duration: 7’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: Arabic (english subtitles) | Country of Production: Palestine
Second Wind
Directed by: Sergey Tsyss | Year: 2012 | Duration: 6’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: none | Country of Production: Russia
The House
Directed by: David Buob | Year: 2011 | Duration: 6.5’ | Genre: Fiction (animation) | Language: none | Country of Production: Germany
Luminaris
Directed by: Juan Pablo Zaramella | Year: 2011 | Duration: 6’ | Genre: Fiction (stop motion) | Language: none | Country of Production: Argentina
The Solitary Life of Cranes
Directed by: Eva Weber | Year: 2008 | Duration: 27’ | Genre: Documentary (live action) | Language: English | Country of Production: United Kingdom
Mirrors of Silence (Maraya Al Samt)
Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi | Year: 2006 | Duration: 20’ | Genre: Fiction (live action) | Language: no language | Country of Production: United Arab Emirates
Program 2: Construction / Space for Power
17 + 21 March (1-3pm & 7-9pm) & 22 March (3-5pm)
Oru Buros
Directed by: Anton Brand, Guillaume Klein, Charlotte Quillet, Raphaël Théolade | Year: 2012 | Duration: 5' | Genre: Fiction (animation) | Language: none | Country of Production: France
Fatum!
Directed by: Pablo Millan | Year: 2010 | Duration: 9’ | Genre: Experimental (animation) | Language: none | Country of Production: Spain
Construction Assault (突击建房 Bauangriff)
Directed by: Laura Engelhardt | Year: 2014 | Duration: 7' |
Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: German (English SUB) | Country of Production: Germany
Model Village
Directed by: Hayoun Kwon | Year: 2014 | Duration: 10' |
Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: Korean (English SUB) | Country of Production: South Korea
Sleight of Hand
Directed by: Michael Cusack | Year: 2012 | Duration: 9.5' | Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: none | Country of Production: Australia
Anemone
Directed by: Maureen Zalloum | Year: 2013 | Duration: 8' |
Genre: Fiction - Live Action | Language: none | Country of Production: United Kingdom
Tabogo
Directed by: Dairo Cervantes | Year: 2013 | Duration: 16' |
Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: none | Country of Production: Colombia
Supervenus
Directed by: Frédéric Doazan | Year: 2013 | Duration: 2'' |
Genre: Experimental - Animation | Language: none | Country of Production: France
The Rope
Directed by: Hiba Tawaji | Year: 2013 | Duration: 20' |
Genre: Fiction - Live Action | Language: Arabic (English SUB) | Country of Production: Lebanon
Rise
Directed by: Ali Mustafa | Year: 2014 | Duration: 14' |
Genre: Fiction - Live Action | Language: Arabic and English (English SUB) | Country of Production: United Arab Emirates
Reality 2.0
Directed by: Victor Orozco Ramirez | Year: 2013 | Duration: 11' |
Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: Spanish (English SUB) | Country of Production: Mexico/Germany
Impermanence
Directed by: Tien-Yu Miao | Year: 2012 | Duration: 6.5' |
Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: None | Country of Production: Taiwan
Rather Be A Stranger
Directed by: Ryan Wilson | Year: 2014 | Duration: 7' |
Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: English | Country of Production: Lebanon
Choir Tour
Directed by: Edmunds Jansons | Year: 2012 | Duration: 5' |
Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: None | Country of Production: Latvia
Program 3: Construction / Space as Spectacle
18 March (1-3pm & 7-9pm) + 22 March (5-7pm & 7-9pm)
Metropolis
Directed by: Rob Carter | Year: 2008 | Duration: 9’ | Genre: Animation | Language: None | Country of Production: United States
The Tallest
Directed by: Courtesy Rebecca Ann Tess and Figge von Rosen Galerie | Year: 2014 | Duration: 14’ | Genre: Experimental | Language: English | Country of Production: Germany
Night Lights
Directed by: Tatiana Moshkova, Marina Moshkova | Year: 2013 | Duration: 1’ | Genre: Experimental | Language: None | Country of Production: Russia
The Model (Das Modell)
Directed by: Florian Gwinner | Year: 2006 | Duration: 6’ | Genre: Animation | Language: none | Country of Production: Germany
Jebel Ali
Directed by: Sophie-Therese Trenka-Dalton | Year: 2014 | Duration: 11’ | Genre: Documentary - Video Art | Language: none | Country of Production: United Arab Emirates / Germany
Megalomania
Directed by: Jonathan Gales | Year: 2012 | Duration: 4’ | Genre: Fiction - Animation | Language: none | Country of Production: United Kingdom
Planets
Directed by: Igor Imhoff | Year: 2012 | Duration: 9’ | Genre: Experimental | Language: none | Country of Production: Italy
Last Day of the Republic (Letzter Tag der Republik)
Directed by: Reynold Reynolds | Year: 2010 | Duration: 8’ | Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: German (English SUB) | Country of Production: Germany
Fog and Smoke
Directed by: Jeamin Cha | Year: 2012 | Duration: 20’ | Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: Korean (English SUB) | Country of Production: South Korea
Nijuman No Borei (200,000 Phantoms)
Directed by: Jean-Gabriel Périot | Year: 2007 | Duration: 10.5’ | Genre: Experimental | Language: English | Country of Production: France
Mosantempo
Directed by: TareCk Raffoul | Year: 2013 | Duration: 10’ | Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: Portugese (English SUB) | Country of Production: Portugal
Hanasaari A
Directed by: Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen | Year: 2009 | Duration: 15’ | Genre: Documentary - Live Action | Language: None | Country of Production: Finland
Event details
Date: 16th - 18th March and 20th - 22nd March 2015
Venue: Warehouse G58, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai
Free entry.