ALFILM SHORTS: Renegotiating Gender Scripts

> 27.04.2023 | 20.00 | Kulturbrauerei 8 |
>> 28.4.2023 | 21.00 | Sinema Transtopia |

Followed by a Film Talk with Tareq Baconi, Caitlin McLeod, Omar Gabriel, Anouch Basbous and Kawthar Younis – moderated by Dalia Othman

The short film program Renegotiating Gender Scripts brings together six shorts that differ  very much in their form and content. From the playful and daring One Like Him directed by Caitlin McLeod and written by Palestinian author Tareq Baconi, to the campy VHS Tape Replaced from Saudi Arabia by Maha Al-Saati, or the award-winning chamber piece My Girl Friend by Egyptian director Kawthar Younis, the films of this program question traditional gender identities by presenting queer storylines and/or protagonists that are brought to renegotiate heteronormative gender scripts.

In cooperation with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.

One Like Him
Fiction, director: Caitlin McLeod Jordan/UK, 2022, 16 min., Arab. with En. ST

VHS Tape Replaced
Fiction, Director: Maha Al-Saati, Saudi Arabia, 2022, 17 min., Arab. with En. ST

Soha
Documentary, director: Omar Gabriel, Lebanon, 2022, 10 min., Arab. with En. ST

Hatef Sada
Essay, director: Anouch Basbous, Lebanon/France, 2022, 8 min., Arab. with En. ST

My Girl Friend
Fiction, director: Kawthar Younis, Egypt, 2022, 16 min., Arab. with En. ST

Warsha
Fiction, director: Dania Bdeir, Lebanon, 2022, 16 min., Arab. with En. ST