Tea with Culture

In this episode, Hind Mezaina sits with Michelle Facey from Kennington Bioscope (http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com) who programmes regular screenings of silent films at The Cinema Museum in London (http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk).

Links to some of the references in the discussion:

Kevin Brownlow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Brownlow

Napoleon by Abel Gance https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/abel-gance-s-napoleon-monumental-restoration

Silent Film Accompanists http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com/accompanists/4579544071

Dawson City: Frozen Time directed by Bill Morrison - https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2630

Michelle Facey on Twitter https://twitter.com/best2vilmabanky

Kennington Bioscope on Twitter https://twitter.com/kenbioscope and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kenbioscope/

The Cinema Museum on Twitter https://twitter.com/CinemaMuseum and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_cinema_museum

Petition to save The Cinema Museum http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2017/petition-to-save-the-cinema-museum/

BFI https://www.bfi.org.uk

Silent London https://silentlondon.co.uk

In this episode, Hind Mezaina sits with Michelle Facey from Kennington Bioscope (http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com) who programmes regular screenings of silent films at The Cinema Museum in London (http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk).

Links to some of the references in the discussion:

Kevin Brownlow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Brownlow

Napoleon by Abel Gance https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/abel-gance-s-napoleon-monumental-restoration

Silent Film Accompanists http://www.kenningtonbioscope.com/accompanists/4579544071

Dawson City: Frozen Time directed by Bill Morrison - https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2630

Michelle Facey on Twitter https://twitter.com/best2vilmabanky

Kennington Bioscope on Twitter https://twitter.com/kenbioscope and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kenbioscope/

The Cinema Museum on Twitter https://twitter.com/CinemaMuseum and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_cinema_museum

Petition to save The Cinema Museum http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2017/petition-to-save-the-cinema-museum/

BFI https://www.bfi.org.uk

Silent London https://silentlondon.co.uk

In this episode, Hind Mezaina sits with Faisal Salah (https://twitter.com/EyesWOutAFais) from The National to talk about a film screening organised by the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, in conjunction with the Film and Visual Media in the Gulf conference (https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/events/2018/october/film-and-visual-media-in-the-gulf.html).

The film "Bas Ya Bahr / The Cruel Sea" by Khalid Al Siddiq was released in 1972 and is the first feature film made in Kuwait. They talk about the film, why and how it was made, the controversy around it, its reception regionally and globally and its importance to Gulf and Arab film history.

Faisal Salah's article about the film in The National https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/the-first-ever-gcc-film-and-the-story-of-how-sheikh-zayed-saw-it-1.785906

The Cruel Sea on IMDB imdb.com/title/tt0121994/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3

The Cruel Sea on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(1972_film)

In this episode, Hind Mezaina sits with Faisal Salah (https://twitter.com/EyesWOutAFais) from The National to talk about a film screening organised by the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, in conjunction with the Film and Visual Media in the Gulf conference (https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/events/2018/october/film-and-visual-media-in-the-gulf.html).

The film "Bas Ya Bahr / The Cruel Sea" by Khalid Al Siddiq was released in 1972 and is the first feature film made in Kuwait. They talk about the film, why and how it was made, the controversy around it, its reception regionally and globally and its importance to Gulf and Arab film history.

Faisal Salah's article about the film in The National https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/the-first-ever-gcc-film-and-the-story-of-how-sheikh-zayed-saw-it-1.785906

The Cruel Sea on IMDB imdb.com/title/tt0121994/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3

The Cruel Sea on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(1972_film)

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews the artist Shaikha Al Mazrou. They discuss her art practice, how discomfort drives her, the directional change of her work and the effect of receiving an MFA.

As a teacher at University of Sharjah, Al Mazrou also discusses art and higher Education in the UAE, and her role as an educator.

We dive into the recent and upcoming projects, from Sharjah Art Foundation's artist residency March Projects, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation(ADMAF) commission, her current solo exhibition at Lawrie Shabibi, and her upcoming piece for Jameel Arts Centre opening in Dubai in November.

lawrieshabibi.com/artists/134-shaikha-al-mazrou/overview/

sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/march-project-2018

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews the artist Shaikha Al Mazrou. They discuss her art practice, how discomfort drives her, the directional change of her work and the effect of receiving an MFA.

As a teacher at University of Sharjah, Al Mazrou also discusses art and higher Education in the UAE, and her role as an educator.

We dive into the recent and upcoming projects, from Sharjah Art Foundation's artist residency March Projects, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation(ADMAF) commission, her current solo exhibition at Lawrie Shabibi, and her upcoming piece for Jameel Arts Centre opening in Dubai in November.

lawrieshabibi.com/artists/134-shaikha-al-mazrou/overview/

sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/march-project-2018

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews the artist Daniele Genadry. They talk about art, education and the evolution in her work. The discussion includes Daniele's techniques and thoughts behind her work and how she has been able to grow as an artist within the region in the past few years.

Daniele Genadry also teaches at the American University of Beirut, and she shares how education impacts artists and how an artist impacts education, and within that how her work has taken the form it did.

Daniele Gendary's current exhibition "Slow Light" can be seen at the Beirut Art Centre, until 7th October 2018. More information can be found here http://www.beirutartcenter.org/en/exhibitions/daniel-genadry-slow-light.

Other links:

www.danielegenadry.com/

www.salehbarakatgallery.com/

instagram.com/dgenadry/

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews the artist Daniele Genadry. They talk about art, education and the evolution in her work. The discussion includes Daniele's techniques and thoughts behind her work and how she has been able to grow as an artist within the region in the past few years.

Daniele Genadry also teaches at the American University of Beirut, and she shares how education impacts artists and how an artist impacts education, and within that how her work has taken the form it did.

Daniele Gendary's current exhibition "Slow Light" can be seen at the Beirut Art Centre, until 7th October 2018. More information can be found here http://www.beirutartcenter.org/en/exhibitions/daniel-genadry-slow-light.

Other links:

www.danielegenadry.com/

www.salehbarakatgallery.com/

instagram.com/dgenadry/

In this episode, Wael Hattar interviews Wafa'a Celine Halawi the Director of the Lebanese Film Festival. This is the 13th edition since it launched 17 years ago. Wafa'a Celine Malawi discusses the idea behind the start of the festival, its current iteration, the festival's audience, the effect on the film industry, plus the theme of this year's festival, "Lebanese Women in Cinema".

www.lebanesefilmfestival.org

twitter.com/lebfilmfestival

instagram.com/lebanesefilmfestival/

facebook.com/lebfilmfest

youtube.com/user/LebaneseFilmFestival

In this episode, Wael Hattar interviews Wafa'a Celine Halawi the Director of the Lebanese Film Festival. This is the 13th edition since it launched 17 years ago. Wafa'a Celine Malawi discusses the idea behind the start of the festival, its current iteration, the festival's audience, the effect on the film industry, plus the theme of this year's festival, "Lebanese Women in Cinema".

www.lebanesefilmfestival.org

twitter.com/lebfilmfestival

instagram.com/lebanesefilmfestival/

facebook.com/lebfilmfest

youtube.com/user/LebaneseFilmFestival