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:
March 05
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS / OUISTREHAM
France, 2021, 106 min, Fiction.
Director: Emmanuel Carrère
7:00 PM
Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, goes to live in northern France to research for her new book on the subject of job insecurity. Without revealing her true identity, she gets hired as a cleaner, working with a group of other women. In this new role, she experiences financial instability and social invisibility first-hand. But she also discovers mutual assistance and solidarity, strong bonds shared by these behind-the-scenes working women.
March 19
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH
Germany, 2022, 119 min, Biopic/Drama.
Director: Andreas Dresen
7:00 PM
The battle for the release of her son Murat from Guantanamo catapults Turkish housewife Rabiye Kurnaz from her terraced house in Bremen straight into world politics and all the way to the Supreme Court in Washington. At her side is human rights lawyer Bernhard Docke - the reserved, level-headed lawyer and the temperamental Turkish mother with a wicked sense of humour – now fighting side-by-side to get Murat out.