It doesn’t happen too often that you find an article written by a photographer on the front page of a magazine, but then the Abu Dhabi Film Festival is unusual in many ways.
You might have seen us carrying heavy bags of equipment or hiding behind the camera just before the flash-light blinds you for a moment. You will probably not remember our faces, but the photographs we take will soon become the visuals of your memories about the event. A few months later, trying to recall what the Abu (…)
♦ Introduction
This blog is a place for all contributors of Nisimazine to continue to write, photograph, make video and discuss cinema together after the workshops. An extension of the magazine, this is a free space to keep sharing new insights and experiences through reviews, essays, quotes, interviews and festival reports. You can join any conversation by posting comments. So…, let’s go !
Friday 22 October 2010Editorial Nisimazine Abu Dhabi 2010 #8
By Tina Remiz (Latvia/UK), 22 October 2010 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Editorial Nisimazine Abu Dhabi 2010 #6
By Samira Mesbahi (France), 22 October 2010 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Come closer, I have to whisper something: Films festivals make me happy. I love cinema - yeah I know, it’s not an extraordinary statement when cinema enthusiasts are legion here and you must have heard it 1001 times - but this is what’s wonderful about film festivals, right? We walk, laugh, dream and sometimes have love-at-first-sight moments with cinema together all day long. At screenings when the movie theatre darkens and the screen brightens, we all hold our breath in a synchronized (…)
Editorial Nisimazine Abu Dhabi 2010 #7
By Laila Hotait (Lebanon/Spain), 22 October 2010 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Walking at night in the corridors of the Emirates Palace, I bumped into Shirin Neshat. One of the most important audiovisual artists in the world and one of the few whose art is a healthy personal therapy for me. I watch the YouTube video of her piece Turbulence every time I’m going through a hard moment. It serves as a reminder that, although things might get difficult, our spirit can take us beyond the circumstances. That’s why, my beloved artist, I couldn’t help asking to hug you. The next (…)
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