Cinema and Animation
FRIDAY 24th FEB
SING 2 / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Directors: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet (co-director)
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Run Time: 1h 50m
Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show.
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SATURDAY 25th FEB
BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director: Halina Dyrschka
Country: Sweden
Year: 2019
Run Time: 1h 34m
The first abstract artist was a woman, misjudged and concealed, Hilma Klint rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre.
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SUNDAY 26th FEB
WALL E / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director: Andrew Stanton
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Run Time: 1h 38m
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
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MONDAY 27th FEB
CHARLIE CHAPLIN, THE KID / 8:15 - 9:30PM
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Country: USA
Year: 1921
Run Time: 1h 8m
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
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TUESDAY 28th FEB
BEDOUINISM / 8:15 - 8:28PM
By Ministry Of EducationZAYED UNIVERSITY MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL / 8:28 - 9:14PM
45mins
Student Shorts (45') (6 films)To Eat Bread | by Mohamed Rabie
Wonderfully Made | by Joseph Hoh
The Last Tones | by Doaa Salah Farid
Labyrinth | by Latifa Alhassan
Memorias de una bailarina | by Iván Melguizo Martín
What are you afraid of? | by Raghad Odeh
WEDNESDAY 1st MARCH
LIFE ANIMATED / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director: Roger Ross Williams Country: USA
Year: 2016
Run Time: 1h 32m
A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
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THURSDAY 2nd MARCH
SECRETARIAT / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director: Randall Wallace Country: USA
Year: 2010
Run Time: 2h 03m
Penny Chenery Tweedy and colleagues guide her long-shot but precocious stallion to set, in 1973, the unbeaten record for winning the Triple Crown.
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FRIDAY 3RD MARCH
MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director: Midge Costin Country: USA
Year: 2019
Run Time: 1h 34m
An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
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SATURDAY 4TH MARCH
SPIRIT UNTAMED / 8:15 - 9:45PM
Director:Elaine BoganEnnio Torresan(co-director)
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Run Time: 1h 28m
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
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SUNDAY 5TH MARCH
BRIAN & CHARLES / 8:15 - 10:15PM
Director: Jim Archer
Country: UK
Year: 2022
Run Time: 1h 30m
After a particularly harsh winter Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot.
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