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Hind Mezaina
Hind Mezaina is an artist, film curator, and writer from Dubai. Her interests lie in cinema, cities, visual culture, and archives. Her practice is an ongoing documentation of her surroundings and delves into themes of collective memory, the notion of heritage, the depiction of Dubai in the media, and state-run marketing and PR.
As an artist, she works primarily in analogue photography and lately with moving image. She has been exhibited locally and internationally, including Art Dubai, Abu Dhabi Art, Jameel Arts Centre, 421 Arts Campus, Sharjah Biennial 13: Tamawuj, London Short Film Festival, Alternative Film/Video, and Safar Film Festival.
As a film curator, she has programmed screenings for local institutions in the UAE, including Louvre Abu Dhabi, Sharjah Art Foundation, and Jameel Arts Centre. She launched The Culturist Film Club in 2022 and hosts screenings at various venues in Dubai.
The film club is an offshoot of her blog TheCulturist.com which she started in 2009, where you can find her writings. She has also been published in various publications regionally and internationally.
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Movie Screening: Hoba (The Vile)
Winner at Fantastic Fest, Hoba (The Vile) is a chilling Emirati horror film. Amani’s peaceful life shatters when a second wife, and something far darker enters her home. The screening is followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by artist and film curator Hind Mezaina.
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