March 6th, A4 Al Serkal Avenue WOW Members only Series

THESE SCREENINGS ARE ONLY OPEN TO WOW MEMBERS

2pm:

Fantasy and Fairytales

Little Red Riding Hood

(Denmark) Duration: 5 minutes.

Director: Stephane Guenin

A classic tale with a horror twist.

Love

(Denmark) Duration: 14 minutes.

Director: Reka Buksi

An Animation on love and creation of the world.

The Tale of Smolicek

(German) Duration: 22 minutes.

Director: Barbara Lackermeier

The little boy Smoliček lives with his grandfather in a cottage on the edge of a dark forest. A spell forces the grandfather to delay his existence as a deer. All goes well up to the day a creepy old forest fairy is knocking.

3pm:

Cinema Creative

The Woman

(USA) Duration: 31 minutes.

Director: Margarita Bojilova

Through the signs, accompanying her everyday life, through the gesture, color and dance one woman confronts herself to find a way in which to continue her life.

“X”

(Emirati) Duration: 11 minutes.

Director: Maitha Alawadi

A poetic contemporary dance film about the journey of love and a past relationship.

6pm:

Identity

Not Black Enough

(USA) Duration: 1h 21 minutes.

Director: Tracey Anarella

Not Black Enough is a film about class warfare and the cross-tides that African-Americans are dealing with within the black community. The film takes a sometimes humorous, always personal, brutally honest and insightful look into a seldom-explored phenomenon that is pervasive in the black culture- The ostracizing of blacks for being Not Black Enough.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Meet the Director / Q & A

8pm:

Special Needs Focus

Lemonade

(Emirati) Duration: 30 mins

Director: Sarah Al Hashmi

Documentary on young man and Emirati family with autism.

Heartbreak and Beauty

(Australian) Duration: 15 minutes.

Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith

Heartbreak & Beauty is an experimental film that explores the notion that we are all connected through our shared experiences of love and loss through visual metaphor, dance and poetry, all from the perspectives of twelve people living with an intellectual disability.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Meet the Directors / Q & A on Special Needs