The program centres around a large archive of Arab and international films, that is constantly growing and developed as part of a collective effort. Wednesday 25 January: Side Screening | Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016, Bill Morrison, 120 is a film program that consists of private screenings coupled with critical discussions, assembled and led by groups of Arab film researchers and curators.

Wednesday 18 January: The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut, 99 min) Wednesday 11 January: Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock, 128 min) Wednesday 4 January: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015, Kent Jones, 79 min) Further viewing links and reading materials will be shared with the participants. Each screening will be followed by a discussion session. Screenings are private and open to a limited number of attendees upon registration. We invite audiences to join us on this journey to reflect on one of the most iconic cinematic discourses and revisit two celebrated classics, with a side screening that pays tribute to the age of silent cinema.įilms are subtitled in English.

More than 50 years later, a documentary based on the book and interviews was released. Through this extensive conversation, later published in a book, the master of suspense exposed his creative mind and detailed his visual approach and directorial process. In 1962, film directors François Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock sat down to record a week-long interview about Hitchcock’s entire body of work.

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