Six Short Plots
Karim Ainouz
Sonnenallee, 2011
Super8, film still
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
RT: 102 minutes
Short Scenes from a Long Marriage (Lahathat Qasirah men Zawaj Taweel) by Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia. Lebanon/USA/UAE, 2011, HD Video, Colour/Black & White, 12 minutes.
Sunny Lane (Sonnenallee) by Karim Aïnouz. Brazil/UAE, Super 8 to Digital, Colour, 12 minutes, 2011.
As They Say (Kif Ma Yi Qulu) by Hicham Ayouch. Morocco/UAE, 2011, Digital Video, Colour, 20 minutes.
Wanted (Al-Hareb) directed by Ali Essafi. Morocco/UAE, 2011, Digital Video, Colour, 27 minutes.
Javad by Bahman Kiarostami. Iran/UAE, 2011, Digital Video, Colour, 18 minutes.
Traitors (Khawana) by Sean Gulette. USA/Morocco/UAE, 2011, HD Video, Colour, 31 minutes.
As part of the Sharjah Biennial’s production programme and marking its tenth edition, seven filmmakers were invited to make a short film inspired by the Biennial’s thematic constellation of keywords: Treason, Affiliation, Corruption, Necessity and Insurrection. The seven films include essay, fictional, non-fictional films and in-between films.
2011