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2022 Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival to make an in-person return on 24 Feb

The event will feature a hand-picked list of  award-winning Emirati and international films that tackle the climate crisis, the impact of urban pollution, global water shortage and various environmental and social issues.
Desk ReporterBy Desk ReporterFeb 8, 2022
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Abu Dhabi: An initiative which believes in the power of cinema to provoke critical thinking about environmental issues and inspire action, the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival is all set to make an in-person return to Manarat Al Saadiyat from 24th to the 27th of February 2022.

The 2nd Edition of the Festival which is co-organized by Zayed University and Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi and backed by ADNOC and the British Council in the United Arab Emirates, will be free for the public.

The event will feature a hand-picked list of  award-winning Emirati and international films that tackle the climate crisis, the impact of urban pollution, global water shortage and various environmental and social issues.

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THE OASIS PARADOX

This year’s event will be hosted under the theme of Oasis Paradox. The Oases, a vital part of Emirati geography and history, offer freshwater, land for agriculture and shade from the burning heat.

An Oasis symbolizes hope and fertility in harsh desert climates, yet manmade interventions and development have brought on disease and environmental degradation and led to human vulnerability. This phenomenon has become known as the oasis paradox and is commonly known as the sustainability paradox.

The 2022 Edition of the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival 2022 will showcase a vast range of features and shorts. The Festival is expected to open with;

  • Award-winning Honey, Rain and Dust (2017), directed by Nujoom Al Ghanem,
  • I am Greta, a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary by Fredrik Heining and Cecilia Nessen that follows the incredible rise of climate change activist Greta Thunberg, and
  • Koyaanaqatsi (1982), directed by Godfrey Reggio, one of the most famous environmental films in history, that focuses on nature, humanity, and the relationship between them.
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The festival will also include two fiction films, the award-winning Lebanese film, Costa Brava (2021), directed by Mounia Akil, and Son of Monarchs (2021), directed by Alexis Gambis, a New York University Abu Dhabi professor.

Invisible Demons (2021), a Cannes premiering film by Indian auteur, Rahul Jain will also be showcased at the event which will close with Taming the Garden (2021), a Georgian film by director Salome Jashi.

Media and visual arts are the most profound and effective tools to move people and instigate changes in behavior. To highlight positive and impactful environmental work, the development of documentaries and films is key. They are both powerful mediums that can raise awareness about significant and important topics, such as climate change, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and degradation of nature, to name a few. The number of environmental challenges the world faces today is growing rapidly, and events such as the Al Sidr Film Festival help shed light on these challenges in a manner that is dynamic, appealing and informative.

Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secretary General of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) observed.

Dr. Al Dhaheri further added that, “Youth engage better with visual arts and it is the youth of today who will be the stewards for the preservation of the environment in the future. Therefore, it makes sense that through film they can better understand global environmental threats and how they can mitigate them through pro-active and positive action. The theme for the festival this year is ‘Oasis Paradox’, which blends perfectly with the UAE natural heritage, and is a significant topic of finding balance between nature and human development – which is what we should all be striving for. We cannot under any circumstances compromise nature because of damaging human activity and we all have a role to play in highlighting the importance of the environment and through a festival as important as Al Sidr, we can achieve this goal.”

Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri
Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri

AMBITIOUS MISSION

One of the critical missions which the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival is striving for is to unite the local community and organize action on important environmental and social issues.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Apart from screenings, the Festival will also host academic roundtables, such as “Thinking with the Atmospheric, Building Geosocial Future”, which brings together a group of scientists, political scientists, and artists led by Dr. Alexandra Cotofana, Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Science, Zayed University, to address a range of topics including, the politics behind caring for the atmosphere and the connections between mankind and the environment.

Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival 2022

Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival 2022 features the work of Maltese Artist, Adrian Scicluna, and Associate Professor at the American University of Dubai, Dr Brigette Howarth for the first time.

To engage the youth into the cause, the Festival will conduct virtual screenings of a few chosen films in various Abu Dhabi schools.

Dr. Justin Thomas, renowned psychologist, writer and Associate Professor at Zayed University will also discuss the link between climate change and psychological grief. Furthermore, Environmental Studies students from Zayed University will present discussion panels, aligned with film topics and themes, to festival audiences.

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