A Somali advertising installer sets out to experience the products he places on Dubai billboards. That’s the gist of Siren, the first feature film from Akela Films, the Dubai-based production company set up by Neel Kumar who is back this week with an answer to our first big question: who is the Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner headlining Siren? Neel is appearing on a panel on culture and identity in film at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.