Panel Talk with Nujoom Al Ghanem and Nawaf Al Janahi and Black Box Cinema Roadshow
I’ve been invited to moderate a discussion with filmmakers Nujoom Alghanem and Nawaf Al Janahi about their careers and current projects at this year’s edition of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.
The session will be part of an evening titled LitFest After Hours on Thursday, February 1 which will include a program of performances and talks. (My brother will be on a panel about the comics scene in the UAE that’s also part of the same program).
This event will take place at Intercontinental Hotel (Festival City) and the ticket price to attend all or any of the LitFest After Hours events on Thursday is AED 40.
You will find the complete program happening for that night and a map of the different venues in the hotel. You can also find out more information here.
Our session will start 7.30pm and it will be followed by a film screening programme hosted by Nawaf Al Janahi’s Black Box Cinema at 8.20pm.
I moderated a talk with Nujoom Al Ghanem last October after the screening of her film Honey, Rain & Dust, and very much looking forward to this discussion with her and Nawaf.
Date: February 1
Venue: Al Baraha 1, Intercontinental Hotel, Festival City
Panel Talk - 7.30-8.20pm
An in-depth conversation with two of UAE's renowned and award-winning filmmakers, Nujoom Al Ghanem and Nawaf Al Janahi about their careers as independent filmmakers and why cinema matters. Moderated by artist, film curator and writer Hind Mezaina.
Images 1-2: Between Two Banks (Nujoom Al Ghanem, 1999)
Images 3-4: Somewhere in Time (Nawaf Al Janahi, 2020)
Black Box Cinema Road Show - 8.20-9.30pm
Launched by Nawaf Al Janahi at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in 2014, and leading to its 7th edition in April, Black Box Cinema's 2024 roadshow dedicates its Dubai screening to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, where visitors will have a chance to watch a selection of some of the most exciting Arab short films. Film line up:
BIG DAY (Ahmed Samir, 2022, Egypt, 15 min)
A wedding is turned upside down after rumors spread that the groom is planning to run away.
LITER OF GAS (Ibrahim Ramy , 2022, Egypt, 17 min)
Amidst a nation-wide rise in oil prices, an unemployed man goes on a journey searching for gasoline for his car, only to find himself instead exploring the socioeconomic injustices that put him in this situation in the first place.
LONG TRIP (Ali Kadhum, 2021, Iraq, Belgium, 13 min)
After the death of his father, Dries must make a fundamental decision to either cremate the body or return it to be buried in his birth country as tradition subscribes.
THIS WORLD IS WONDERFUL (Hmoud Faris, 2021, Kuwait, 13 min)
In our world there is motherhood, childhood, a knife, and a key.
UNVEILING SELMA (Mariam Al Serkal, Maaria Sayed, 2022 , UAE, 15 min)
Between house chores, a neglectful husband, and an innocent daughter, 35-year-old Selma decides to free herself and rediscover her womanhood.
The following is the complete line up of LitFest After Hours on February 1.
Ticket - AED 40
https://litfesttickets.emirateslitfest.com/addtocart/litfest-after-hours-first-night
