Film
Arab Shorts
Situated on the borders of Arab-ness, this programme highlights the diversity of expression and experimental filmmaking in the Arab world. Through examining the mobility and diversity of thought and history of the image-maker, the programme suggests a wider definition for the Arab and its image. The programme screens footage from a family archive filmed in Kuwait, soars over Jordan, contrasts images of nature in Syria, abstracts a migration situation in Morocco, and reflects on desolated landscapes in Egypt, Lebanon and Finland. It proposes a realignment of the elements of inherited history as well as displacement, in an attempt to contemplate the shape of the Arab terrain, and the role given to this terrain in each of these films.
This programme was curated by Ala' Younis for Arab Shorts, a project of the Goethe-Institut Cairo
Step by Step Oussama Mohammad, sy 1979, 22 min
No Title – excerpts from super 8mm films from the family archive Mufid Younis, jo/kw 1978-1980, 2 min
Tokyo Tonight Ziad Antar, lb 2003, 3 min
Vacuum Adel Abidin, iq/fi 2006, 9 min
Linen on Terrace Fadma Kaddouri, ma/fr 2007, 4 min
Telematch Shelter Wael Shawky, eg 2008, 5 min
two sides of one piece Mohssin Harraki, ma/fr 2010, 2 min
Aesthetics of Disappearance Jananne Al-Ani, iq/jo 2010, 15 min