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More than 60 short and feature-length films from around the world were screened in Sharjah cinemas and online during this year’s festival

The filmmaker’s winning script, 'Camel Tears', was selected by the Pitching Forum panel during a live event

Edited by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, the 300+ page publication presents the Foundation’s research into the pioneering artist’s multidisciplinary practice

Enjoy over 60 short and feature-length films in the narrative, documentary and experimental genres at Sharjah Film Platform 3, running from 14 to 21 November 2020. The film screening programme includes critically acclaimed and award-winning films from around the world that will be presented across select Sharjah cinemas and online.

The SFP Industry Hub supports film production and distribution in the region with four main initiatives that encourage the work of local, regional and international filmmakers

The recently restored building hosts site-responsive installation Nowhere Less Now3 [flying saucer], film screenings and workshops

The iconic structure, which has been a part of Sharjah’s collective cultural memory since the mid-1970s, reopens on 26 September 2020

Grantees Nadira Amrani, Soha Shukayr, Pelin Tan and Anton Vidokle will present their original short films at the 2020 and 2021 editions of Sharjah Film Platform.

The major exhibitions Art in the Age of Anxiety and Homebound: A Journey in Photography as well as our permanent installation Rain Room Sharjah welcome visitors with new health rules in place.

We are pleased to inform you that the major exhibition ‘Art in the Age of Anxiety’ in Galleries 1, 2 and 3, Al Mureijah Art Spaces and our permanent installation Rain Room Sharjah in Al Majarrah Park will open to the public from 26 June 2020.

The annual March Meeting has been postponed to 2021 and the 15th edition of Sharjah Biennial will take place in March 2022

This year grants were awarded to 10 artists selected through an international open call.