We are excited to announce the film program NAAS which is a collaboration of several cultural institutions in the UAE, including the Embassy of Canada to the United Arab Emirates, the Embassy of France in the United Arab Emirates, the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi, and in partnership with Manarat Al Sadiyyat.
We would like to highlight a range of residency programs, financing possibilities, mentoring opportunities, co-production calls, and other chances from our networks that may interest the artists and cultural practitioners in the Gulf region.
With the IKF, we support coproductions worldwide that arise from collaborative and dialogical work processes between professional artists in the fields of music, dance, theater and performance.
For the 1st time the festival is coming to the UAE. Organized by the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region in cooperation with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, German children and youth films and a program of short films will be presented to the young audiences of Abu Dhabi. The festival will take place from June 6 to 8 at the Arts Center at NYUAD.
RUYA (Arabic for “vision” or “perspective”) is the multimedia magazine of the Goethe-Institut in the Arab countries in North Africa and the Middle East. RUYA gives voice to the countless perspectives in the region on current cultural and socio-political issues.
targmat:a is a literature project that showcases selected newly published German books which have been suggested for translation into Arabic by a jury of experts.
The magazine for German learners, German teachers and everyone interested in Germany: Stories about everyday life, career and studies, information about German cities, tips and trends.
Jeem.me is a website about gender, sex and sexuality in Arabic-speaking countries, which provides users with information, articles and stories in Arabic.
Mirath:Music is a regional touring sound-exhibition about the cultural heritage music in North and Northeast Africa and West Asia.The exhibition takes an experimental curatorial approach using the participating artists’ individual takes on the subject and playing with musical elements from different times and places.
The film archive in Cairo comprises approximately 150 films (DVD and 35mm), which we make available free of charge to cinematheques, film clubs, film festivals, cultural and educational institutions for non-commercial screenings.
