NAAS: "She Reel, Women in Society"
We are thrilled to announce the second edition of the film program NAAS: "She Reel, Women in Society" — a collaboration of UAE cultural institutions including the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, the Embassies of France, Canada, Switzerland, and Austria, as well as the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi, in partnership with Manarat Al Saadiyat.
By screening movies that depict diverse perspectives and challenges faced by women globally, the project aims to provoke thought, inspire discussion, and promote awareness of gender inequality issues.
Future Screenings:
April 16
DIAMANTI
Italy, Drama, 2024 | 135 Min. | Original version with English subtitles
7:00 PM
A renowned director gathers his favorite actresses to create a film set in 1970s Rome, centered around the lives and rivalries within a prestigious tailoring atelier. As the hum of sewing machines fills the workspace, women take center stage. Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the film explores passion, ambition, sisterhood, and solitude, revealing the invisible threads that bind the actresses to their characters and to each other.
April 30
FULL TIME
France, Drama, 2021 | 87 Min.
7:00 PM
Julie, a single mother struggling to raise her children in the countryside, commutes to Paris daily for work. When a national strike paralyzes transportation, her fragile balance is threatened, forcing her to take extraordinary risks to keep her job and provide for her family.
May 14
LIFE ON TAPE
Germany, Documentary, 2021 | 79 Min. | German with English subtitles
7:00 PM
LIFE ON TAPE / "Bilder (m)einer Mutter" is a unique contemporary document that spans decades of West German history and is a cinematic search by filmmaker Melanie Lischker for her own mother. This unique cinematic documentation of family life in Germany since the 1970s is based on over 100 hours of Super 8 and video footage that was meticulously recorded over decades by the father and finally by the daughter, the director of the film. A film that tells the dramatic story of a mother who was never able to fully accept her role as a mother - a taboo and at the same time fuel for the current discourse.
May 28
BACK TO ALEXANDRIA
Egypt/Switzerland/France, Drama/Comedy, 2023 | 95 Min.
7:00 PM
After twenty years of absence, Sue must return to her native Egypt to see her mother Fairouz, an eccentric aristocrat from whom she has been estranged. This surprising journey, leading her from Cairo back to Alexandria, tinted with distant memories, nostalgia, and mixed feelings about her past, will allow Sue to become the empowered woman she ought to be.
June 11
GLORIA!
Italy/Switzerland, Drama – History – Music, 2024 | 105 Min.
7:00 PM
Set in a girls' boarding school in Venice at the end of the 18th century, Gloria! tells the story of Teresa, a young visionary, who, together with a small group of extraordinary musicians, crosses the centuries and challenges the dusty catafalques of the Ancien Régime by inventing rebellious, light and modern music.
June 25
ADOLESCENTES
France, Documentary, 2019 | 130 Min.
7:00 PM
Two teenagers grow up under the observant eye of Sébastien Lifshitz's camera. From 13 to 18, Emma and Anaïs confide their teenage dreams, take their first steps in adulthood. Five years of life of radical transformations, of coming-of-age and first times!