Cinema Akil

Cinema Akil Cinema Akil is the UAE’s first and only independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to the audiences in the UAE.
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About Cinema Akil
Cinema Akil is the UAE’s first and only independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to the audiences in the UAE. Showcasing directors and filmmakers across decades, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and the cinematic arts while amplifying the exposure of international films to a regional audience. Launched in 2014 as a nomadic cinema, Cinema Akil has held over 75 pop-up cinemas attracting over 85,000 attendees in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah In 2022, Cinema Akil also held its first-ever regional pop-up in Doha during the World Cup followed by a popup in Al Ula, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2023. In September 2018, Cinema Akil opened its first permanent location in Al Quoz, Dubai making its flagship home the GCC’s first arthouse cinema which has been brought to you in partnership with Alserkal. In November 2023, Cinema Akil in 25hours Hotel Dubai opened its purpose-built space as a seasonal outdoor outpost acting as a public cinema and multipurpose venue in Dubai One Central. The independent cinema has grown to launch the UAE’s first-ever Arab Cinema Week in 2022 to celebrate Arab Cinema and has also hosted global film festivals to bring innovative cinematic artworks from the lands of Hong Kong and Italy here in the GCC region. Cinema Akil is a member of the Network of Arab Alternative Screens (NAAS) which includes members from the MENA region such as Metropolis in Beirut, Zawya in Cairo and Cinematheque du Tangier in Morocco. www.cinemaakil.com // Facebook - Cinema Akil // Instagram -



حول سينما عقيل
سينما عقيل هي الدار السينمائية المستقلة الأولى والوحيدة في دولة الإمارات، وهي تُقدم عروض أفلام عالمية مميزة للجمهور في دولة الإمارات. وتهدف سينما عقيل، التي تعرض أهم أعمال وإبداعات المخرجين وصنّاع الأفلام لعقودٍ طويلة، إلى تعزيز الوعي والاهتمام بالأفلام والفنون السينمائية وتقديم الأفلام العالمية إلى الجمهور في المنطقة. تأسست سينما عقيل عام 2014 كسينما متنقلة، وكانت تضم تحت مظلتها أكثر من75سينما مؤقتة تجتذب ما يزيد عن 85 ألفاً من الحضور في دبي وأبوظبي والشارقة. وفي سبتمبر 2018، افتتحت سينما عقيل أول موقع دائم لها في منطقة القوز بدبي، مما جعلها أول دار سينما على الإطلاق في دول الخليج العربي بالشراكة مع السركال أفنيو، في نوفمبر 2023، افتتحت سينما عقيل في فندق 25 آورز دبي تحت اسم "سينما عقيل في ٢٥ ساعة" وهي مساحة خارجية تعمل بشكل موسمي كسينما عامة وكجناح متعدد الأغراض في دبي وان سنترال. وتطورت السينما المستقلة لتحتفي بالسينما العربية من خلال إطلاق أسبوع السينما العربية في عام 2022 لأول مرة في دولة الإمارات، كما استضافت مهرجانات سينمائية عالمية لتقديم أعمال سينمائية مبتكرة من هونج كونج وإيطاليا في دول الخليج العربي. وأقامت سينما عقيل أول سينما مؤقتة إقليمية لها في الدوحة خلال بطولة العالم لكرة القدم 2022. وتُعتبر سينما عقيل عضواً في شبكة الشاشات العربية البديلة ناس، التي تضم أعضاءً من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا مثل ميتروبوليس في بيروت وزاوية في القاهرة وسينماتك طنجة في المغرب.

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What happens when one woman refuses to let history disappear?For more than 30 years, Marion Stokes recorded television a...
18/09/2026

What happens when one woman refuses to let history disappear?

For more than 30 years, Marion Stokes recorded television around the clock, building an extraordinary archive of around 70,000 VHS tapes.

RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT looks at the woman behind the collection, and at recording as an act of memory, resistance and preservation.

Following the screening, join an online conversation with archivist Aidah Rasheed, facilitated by Carmen Hassan.

26 September at BLACKBIRD.

Book through the link in bio.

18/09/2026

من أفكار جديدة ومنتجات محلية إلى لقاءات ووجوه جديدة… هكذا كانت أجواء النسخة الأولى من سوق سينما عقيل المحلي (الغير ميثالي).

والآن، نعود لنعيش الأجواء في النسخة الثانية مع مجموعة جديدة من المشاريع المحلية.
ترقّبوا المزيد..

🗓️ 3–4 أكتوبر
🕒⏰ 11 صباحاً–9 مساءً
📍مستودع 46، السركال أفنيو




Last time, the space filled with ideas, products and new encounters.

Take a look back at the first edition of Cinema Akil’s (Imperfect) Homegrown Market as we prepare for a new lineup of local businesses.

📍 Warehouse 46, Alserkal Avenue
🗓️ 3-4 October
⏰ 11 AM - 9 PM

Your weekend plans, sorted! 🎬From family-friendly Cinemini screenings to films from around the world, there’s plenty to ...
18/09/2026

Your weekend plans, sorted! 🎬

From family-friendly Cinemini screenings to films from around the world, there’s plenty to catch at Cinema Akil this weekend.

Swipe through, pick your film, and book your tickets through the link in our bio. 🎟️

See you in the dark!

You can hear this film before you see it.DRUMLINE brings the rhythm, precision and collective force of HBCU marching-ban...
17/09/2026

You can hear this film before you see it.

DRUMLINE brings the rhythm, precision and collective force of HBCU marching-band culture to the big screen, following a gifted young drummer learning that talent means little without the people playing beside you.

The BLACKBIRD screening includes a special video message from director Charles Stone III, followed by a conversation hosted by Shannon Ayers Holden.

27 September at BLACKBIRD.

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17/09/2026

A look inside THE TOWER, now showing as part of CINEMINI.

The film follows 11-year-old Wardi, a Palestinian girl living in a refugee camp in Beirut, as she begins to uncover her family’s story across four generations.

Told through beautiful stop-motion animation, THE TOWER is a moving story about family, memory and holding on to hope.

Don’t miss it on the big screen at Cinema Akil.

Check showtimes and book your tickets through the link in bio.

Before the future, a family looks back.Set on the Sea Islands in 1902, Julie Dash’s DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST follows three ...
16/09/2026

Before the future, a family looks back.

Set on the Sea Islands in 1902, Julie Dash’s DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST follows three generations of Gullah women preparing to leave their ancestral home.

Moving through memory, migration and inheritance, the film became the first feature directed by an African American woman to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States.

After the screening, Talk to Strangers opens the room for a community conversation hosted by Shannon Ayers Holden—a space to sit with the film, listen and respond.

27 September at BLACKBIRD.

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Following its successful screening at Arab Cinema Week, DO YOU LOVE ME returns to Cinema Akil!Join us tomorrow for the f...
16/09/2026

Following its successful screening at Arab Cinema Week, DO YOU LOVE ME returns to Cinema Akil!

Join us tomorrow for the film, followed by an online Q&A with director Lana Daher, moderated by Cyba Audi.

Made entirely from archival footage, the film brings together 70 years of images and sounds from Lebanon .. its people, music, celebrations, conflicts and everyday moments.

After the screening, Lana will tell us more about how she worked with this incredible archive and turned it into such a personal film about memory, love and Lebanon.

Thursday, September 17 at 7:15 PM
Cinema Akil, Warehouse 68, Alserkal Avenue

Come for the film, and stay for the conversation.

Book your tickets through the link in bio.

16/09/2026

The police are here… and time is running out.

This is your last week to check in at THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and catch all the stolen art, impeccable manners and perfectly composed chaos on the big screen.

Final screening on September 20.

Book your tickets through the link in bio.

One last week. Five classics. No second chances.Lose yourself in the spirit world, rebel in black and white, step into p...
15/09/2026

One last week. Five classics. No second chances.

Lose yourself in the spirit world, rebel in black and white, step into perfectly composed chaos, or spend one last restless night in the city.

GOODFELLAS
TAXI DRIVER
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
PERSEPOLIS
SPIRITED AWAY

This is your final chance to catch them on the big screen as part of Summer of Classics, ending September 20.

One more film in the dark. Make it count.

Book now through the link in bio.

A film made in 1976 that still presses against the present.Directed by Sir Horace Ové, PRESSURE follows a British-born t...
15/09/2026

A film made in 1976 that still presses against the present.

Directed by Sir Horace Ové, PRESSURE follows a British-born teenager of Trinidadian parents as he moves between his family’s expectations, the politics of his generation and the realities of racism in 1970s London.

Recognised as the first feature directed by a Black British filmmaker, the film returns to the big screen in its restored form.

The screening will be followed by an online Q&A with producer Robert Buckler, moderated by Micallar Walker.

26 September at BLACKBIRD.

Book through the link in bio.

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Warehouse G59
Dubai

Opening Hours

Tuesday 18:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 18:00 - 22:00
Thursday 18:00 - 22:00
Friday 18:00 - 22:00
Saturday 15:00 - 22:00
Sunday 15:00 - 22:00

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+971569951225

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