06/23/2026
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐!
Join us on Thursday, June 25 at 8:30 PM for the Sunset Kino premiere, featuring a selection of acclaimed short films by Ali Cherri. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Gairloch Gardens, this outdoor screening offers a unique opportunity to experience avant-garde cinema under the stars.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐
Pipe Dreams, 2011 (7 mins)
Two moments in the history of contemporary Syria that echo the situation across all Arab countries: a memorable phone call between the Syrian cosmonaut Muhammed Faris who was part of the Russian mission to the Mir Space Station and the late president Hafez al-Assad, and the removal of the statue of Assad by the Syrian government to prevent its destruction by the demonstrators.
Un Cercle autour du Soleil, 2005 (15 mins)
This film is a reflection on growing up in Beirut during the civil war years, and how to adapt to the โpost warโ life; accepting the body that is in ruin, and learning to live in the city that is always already in ruin.
The Disquiet, 2013 (20 mins)
Earth-shattering events are relatively par for the course in Lebanon, with war, political upheaval and social revolts. Lebanon stands on several major fault lines, which are cracks in the earthโs crust. The film investigates the geological situation in Lebanon, trying to look for the traces of the imminent disaster.
The Digger, 2015 (24 mins)
For twenty years, Sultan Zeib Khan has kept watch over a ruined Neolithic necropolis in the Sharjah desert in the United Arab Emirates. This filmโs movement between day and night along with the soundscape of the manโs singing and his radio here resist an otherwise deep solitude.
Somniculus, 2015 (15 mins)
Filmed inside a series of empty museum galleries across Paris, Ali Cherri's Somniculus articulates the tension between the lives of dead objects and the living world that surrounds them
The Watchman, 2023 (26 mins)
Sergeant Bulut dutifully maintains a solitary guard atop a remote watchtower. Night after night, Bulut scans the horizon, awaiting an enemy that never materializesโuntil the sudden appearance of late-night visitors disrupts his routine.
๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒโ
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ
๐ด:๐ฏ๐ฌโ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ โ
๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1992006153027?aff=oddtdtcreator
Image credits: : Ali Cherri, stills from ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, 2023. Courtesy of the artist, Fondazione In Between Art Film, and Galerie Imane Farรจs, Paris.
