In this episode Wael Hattar and Hind Mezaina sit with author and journalist Samya Ayish to discuss the state of Arab Cinema, specifically in the UAE and the Gulf region.
The discussion includes film education; the role film festivals, especially the importance of Dubai International Film Festival (ended in 2018 after 14 years) for filmmakers, film enthusia ... Show More
Oct 2022
Ep 2 - Netflix, Boundaries and Film in the Arab world
In this episode I explore the world of film in the Arab world and talk to directors and producers who are pushing the boundaries. I speak to Jordan’s Tima Shomali, director of an Arabic language original Netflix series Al Rawabi School for Girls, a huge hit about teenage girls an ... Show More
46m 20s
Feb 2024
Decolonizing & Decentering Theater in the Arab World | Laila Soliman
A captivating conversation with theater director and playwright Laila Soliman about theater, cultural discourse and decolonization across the Arab world. Using three of her major works – Zigzag, La Grande Maison and her first opera Woman at Point Zero – as reference, we discuss w ... Show More
59m 39s
Feb 2022
98/ Space, Nostalgia and Retro-Futurism in Palestine and Lebanon w/ Nat Muller
This is a conversation with Nat Muller, an independent curator, writer and academic living between the UK and Amsterdam.
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She ... Show More
1h 30m
Oct 2023
Sinemada Kahramanın Yolculuğu
Sinemaseverlerin her yıl heyecanla beklediği Filmekimi, bu sene de Paribu’nun ana sponsorluğunda sinemalara geliyor. 22. kez düzenlenen festival, 13-22 Ekim tarihlerinde İstanbul’da, 20-22 Ekim’de ise İzmir’de seyirciyle buluşuyor. Filmekimi programında Cannes’dan Venedik’e, Loca ... Show More
51m 10s
Jul 2021
84/ Space, Fiction and Growing Up in ‘Postwar’ Lebanon (with Naji Bakhti)
This is a conversation with Naji Bakhti, author of the novel Between Beirut and the Moon (2020), published by Influx Press. He is also Project Manager at SKeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom at the Samir Kassir Foundation.
Get early access + more perks at Patreon.com/fire ... Show More
1h 41m