The Foundation’s annual festival of independent cinema and experimental filmmaking, Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) returns with its seventh edition taking place from 15 to 24 November 2024.

Presented in parallel with the film screenings, this public programme of talks and panel discussions provides an opportunity for learning and gathering. Featuring regional and international filmmakers, this year’s programme focuses on notions of modernity in new African and Asian film, cinema as resistance and resilience from Palestine and beyond, and innovations in documentary filmmaking, among other topics.

The talks programme will be held in Gallery 1 & 2 Courtyard and Mirage City Cinema, Al Mureijah Square. For more information regarding the programme, please refer to the sections below.

Speakers 

Pablo Alvarez Mesa (Filmmaker)
Nezar Andary (Filmmaker, curator and academic)
Bentley Brown (Filmmaker and academic)
Chia Chee Sum (Filmmaker, writer and producer)
Fadi Haddad (Filmmaker, writer, producer and academic)
Alana Hunt (Artist, writer and filmmaker)
Joyce Joumaa (Artist and filmmaker)
Rashid Masharawi (Filmmaker, writer and producer)
Flavia Mazzarino (Producer)
Henri Pardo (Filmmaker, writer and producer)
Fadi Wahbeh (Filmmaker and academic)
Dale Hudson (Associate Professor of Film and New Media, NYU Abu Dhabi)
Saber Zammouri (Artist and filmmaker)

Talks Venues 

Gallery 1 & 2 Courtyard, Al Mureijah Square

Mirage City Cinema, Al Mureijah Square

Talks Programme

To download the Sharjah Film Platform Talks Programme in English and Arabic, click here.

Registration

Sharjah Film Platform Talks Programme is free and open to the public.  To register for the talks, please click here.