Cinema of the Global South | Carte Blanche
from
09 January 2025
UNTIL
31 January 2025
We invited Yousry Nasrallah, Khairy Beshara, Hend Sabry, Mariam Abu Auf and Omar El Zohairy to choose films that were formative to their practice from cinematic traditions that extend beyond the Euro-American canon. Our guest curators will all be present to introduce the films.
This program is the first in a series of screenings that aim to decenter the “west” by programming films from the global south, broadly defined. By exploring different cinematic geographies, this program aims to introduce audiences to the rich historical and contemporary filmmaking practices from different parts of the world that are often marginalized in favor of films from Western Europe and North America.
PROGRAM FILMS
In the Mood for Love
2000
Kar-Wai Wong
FRENCH, CHINESE, SPANISH
Subtitled to english
+18
As Chow Mo-Wan and Su Li-zhen share the same building, they form a strong friendship, but when they ...
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
English, Spanish
Subtitled to Arabic and English
In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife a...
The Aquarium
2008
Yousry Nasrallah
Arabic
Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careeris...
Pather Panchali
1955
Satyajit Ray
Bengali
Subtitled to Arabic and English
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his ru...