Join us as we interview founder of cinema Akil Butheina Kazim on our afikra Conversations series on March 30.
Date: Tuesday, March 30
Time: 12PM NYC | 5PM London | 7PM Beirut
Hosted By: Mikey Muhanna (afikra)
Founder of Cinema Akil, an independent cinema platform in Dubai, Butheina was a Fulbright scholar of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Kazim has contributed to publications including Al Jazeera, Gulf News, Jadaliyya and the Art Dubai blog. She has been involved in programming cinema popups including Abu Dhabi Film Festival at The Pavilion and a Focus on the UAE program at the Short Film Week in Regensburg, Germany. She is the producer of short documentary Letters to Palestine; winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (2010). Kazim was on the jury for the iEmmys Asia & Africa Competition, Imagine Science Film Festival AD, A Shaded View on Fashion Films (ASVOFF) in Paris at the Centre Pompidou and is a member of the UAE Academy Award Committee.