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Beyond Tahrir

From January 15, 2016 until February 26, 2016Screenings at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Check dates.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). Screenings at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Check dates. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.

Casa Árabe is beginning its year 2016 film screenings with a series dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the “Arab Springs.”

Five years have gone by since the events now referred to as the “Arab Springs,” making this a good time to look back and reflect on the processes of change begun by civil societies in 2011. Whether through the work of renowned filmmakers such as Tunisia’s Raja Amari and Morocco’s Nabil Ayouch, or less-known directors like François Verster, Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Bedirxan, film has become a medium used to share profound stories about life which portray both hopes and dreams, as well as everyday problems and extreme, heart-wrenching situations.
Beyond Tahrir
  • Horses of God

    Horses of God

    January 15, 20168:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 8:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    This first screening in Cordoba as part of the film series which Casa Árabe is dedicating to the “Arab Springs” is a film by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco, 2012, 113 min.).
    The town of Sidi Mouden, Casablanca: shanty towns, misery, youth delinquency and few aspirations in life. A powder keg in which the tension can be felt at every turn, making it the ideal place to sow the seeds of hatred and promote the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. After leaving jail, a radical Islamist named Hamid convinces his little brother Yashin to become a martyr, in what they refer to as “jihad.”
  • Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait

    Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait

    January 15, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan are the directors of this film (Syria and France, 2014, 92 min.) to be screened as part of the film series dedicated to the “Arab Springs.”
    A film made with four hands and two voices. First come those of the exiled filmmaker, who compiles, edits and chronologically orders the footage that his fellow countrymen have recorded with small cameras and mobile phones to upload onto YouTube. Then come those of a young primary school teacher and “emergency” documentary filmmaker, Wiam Simav Bedirxan, who records the cruel barbarianism unleashed during the siege of Homs, from the city itself.  She also tells us, like the mythical Scheherazade attempting to escape from the madness of the war, about the life stories told by her young students.
  • Horses of God

    Horses of God

    January 22, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Second screening in the film series devoted to the “Arab Springs,” with this film by Nabil Ayouch (“Les chevaux de Dieu,” Morocco, 2012, 113 min.).
    The town of Sidi Mouden, Casablanca: shanty towns, misery, youth delinquency and few aspirations in life. A powder keg in which the tension can be felt at every turn, making it the ideal place to sow the seeds of hatred and promote the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. After leaving jail, a radical Islamist named Hamid convinces his little brother Yashin to become a martyr, in what they refer to as “jihad.”

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Tunisian Spring

    Tunisian Spring

    January 29, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Yet another film is being screen as part of the film series devoted to the “Arab Springs,” a feature film directed by Raja Amari (Tunisia, 2014, 92 min.).
    In Tunisia, a few weeks before the fall of Ben Ali in 2011, three boys and a girl live and survive in an increasingly oppressive, unequal society. Their paths cross with the Tunisian revolution, an experience that will forever change their fate. None will come out unscathed. Each will pay a price. A film which shows the strength possessed by youth, while also acting as a retrospective meditation on the historical period begun by Tunisia ever since Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself.

    Ticket sales online as of January 15.
  • Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait 

    Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait 

    January 29, 20168:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 8:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Casa Árabe continues its film series on the fifth anniversary of the “Arab Springs” with this movie made by four hands and two voices.
    Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait (Syria and France, 2014, 92 min.).
    First come those of Ossama Mohammed, the exiled filmmaker, who compiles, edits and chronologically orders the footage that his fellow countrymen have recorded with small cameras and mobile phones to upload onto YouTube. Then comes a young primary school teacher and an “emergency” documentary filmmaker, Wiam Simav Bedirxan, who records the cruel barbarianism unleashed in the siege of Homs from the city itself.  She also tells us, like the mythical Scheherazade, attempting to escape from the madness of the war, about the vital statements made by her young students.
  • Scheherazade’s Dream

    Scheherazade’s Dream

    February 05, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Our film series on the “Arab Springs” continues with this film by François Verster (South Africa, Egypt, France, the Netherlands and Jordan, 2014, 107 min.).
    Before, during and after what was named the “Arab Spring,” this documentary interweaves music, politics and storytelling to explore the ways in which creativity and political articulation respond to oppression. Using the metaphor of Scheherazade, the princess in The Arabian Nights who saves her life by telling stores to Sultan Shahriyar, a series of characters offer their creativity for some new political uses. From Cairo to Istanbul via Beirut, this kaleidoscope of narration helps us take a new look at the ways in which powerful historical and cultural archetypes interact with political change.

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait

    Silvered Water, Syria Self-portrait

    February 12, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Another day in the film series in Madrid dedicated to the “Arab Springs,” with the screening of this film by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan (Syria and France, 2014, 92 min.).
    A film made with four hands and two voices. First come those of the exiled filmmaker, who compiles, edits and chronologically orders the footage that his fellow countrymen have recorded with small cameras and mobile phones to upload onto YouTube. Then come those of a young primary school teacher and “emergency” documentary filmmaker, Wiam Simav Bedirxan, who records the cruel barbarianism unleashed during the siege of Homs, from the city itself.  She also tells us, like the mythical Scheherazade attempting to escape from the madness of the war, about the life stories told by her young students.

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Scheherazade’s Dream

    Scheherazade’s Dream

    February 12, 20168:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 8:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Cordoba is hosting another screening of this film by François Verster (South Africa, Egypt, France, the Netherlands and Jordan, 2014, 107 min.).
    Before, during and after what was named the “Arab Spring,” this documentary interweaves music, politics and storytelling to explore the ways in which creativity and political articulation respond to oppression. Using the metaphor of Scheherazade, the princess in The Arabian Nights who saves her life by telling stores to Sultan Shahriyar, a series of characters offer their creativity for some new political uses. From Cairo to Istanbul via Beirut, this kaleidoscope of narration helps us take a new look at the ways in which powerful historical and cultural archetypes interact with political change.
  • Horses of God

    Horses of God

    February 19, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    This is the last chance to see this film by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco, 2012, 113 min.), as part of the film series which Casa Árabe has dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the “Arab Springs.”
    The town of Sidi Mouden, Casablanca: shanty towns, misery, youth delinquency and few aspirations in life. A powder keg in which the tension can be felt at every turn, making it the ideal place to sow the seeds of hatred and promote the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. After leaving jail, a radical Islamist named Hamid convinces his little brother Yashin to become a martyr, in what they refer to as “jihad.”

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Tunisian Spring

    Tunisian Spring

    February 26, 20165:00 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 5:00 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Another chance to see this feature-length film by Raja Amari (Tunisia, 2014, 92 min.) in Madrid.
    In Tunisia, a few weeks before the fall of Ben Ali in 2011, three boys and a girl live and survive in an increasingly oppressive, unequal society. Their paths cross with the Tunisian revolution, an experience that will forever change their fate. None will come out unscathed. Each will pay a price. A film which shows the strength possessed by youth, while also acting as a retrospective meditation on the historical period begun by Tunisia ever since Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself.

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Scheherazade’s Dream

    Scheherazade’s Dream

    February 26, 20167:30 p.m.
    MADRID
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 3 euros: general tickets at the box office.
    2 euros for tickets purchased online, the officially unemployed, Casa Árabe Language Center students and Youth Card holders, with the proper documentation. You may only receive one discount. On sale in advance at www.casaarabe.es or the day of the screening at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as of one hour before each film screening. Assigned seats with tickets.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    With this film by François Verster (South Africa, Egypt, France, the Netherlands and Jordan, 2014, 107 min.), the film series which Casa Árabe has devoted to the “Arab Springs” throughout the months of January and February comes to an end.
    Before, during and after what was named the “Arab Spring,” this documentary interweaves music, politics and storytelling to explore the ways in which creativity and political articulation respond to oppression. Using the metaphor of Scheherazade, the princess in The Arabian Nights who saves her life by telling stores to Sultan Shahriyar, a series of characters offer their creativity for some new political uses. From Cairo to Istanbul via Beirut, this kaleidoscope of narration helps us take a new look at the ways in which powerful historical and cultural archetypes interact with political change.

    Tickets sold online as of January 15.
  • Tunisian Spring

    Tunisian Spring

    March 04, 20168:00 p.m.
    CORDOBA
    Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). 8:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
    Films shown in the original language version with subtitles in Spanish.
    Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Cordoba will be hosting this screening of the film by Raja Amari (Tunisia, 2014, 92 min.), the last in the series on the “Arab Springs.”
    In Tunisia, a few weeks before the fall of Ben Ali in 2011, three boys and a girl live and survive in an increasingly oppressive, unequal society. Their paths cross with the Tunisian revolution, an experience that will forever change their fate. None will come out unscathed. Each will pay a price. A film which shows the strength possessed by youth, while also acting as a retrospective meditation on the historical period begun by Tunisia ever since Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself.