Join us for an evening of film, conversation, and community as we continue Jameel’s Summer Cinema, in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club, with a programme dedicated to the visionary imagination of David Lynch.

A selection made by Hind Mezaina and Rebecca Crookshank of works by and about David Lynch will be presented,  bringing together fragments of Lynch’s cinematic and artistic universe, ranging from scenes in his films and commercials to music videos, artworks, and interviews. Through this rich collection of material, we explore how Lynch has influenced generations of artists and filmmakers, and how his themes of mystery, identity, and the surreal continue to resonate.

The screening will be followed by a conversation between Hind Mezaina and Rebecca Crookshank. Audiences are invited to engage in collective viewing, stay for the discussion, and enjoy food and refreshments available throughout the evening.

Screenings are free to attend. Registration is required.
Curated by Hind Mezaina, founder of The Culturist Film Club.

Rebecca Crookshank is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her debut play, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, premiered on 42nd Street, New York, and was published by Bloomsbury. She is currently developing a six-part series for the BBC and a UK/Vietnam action film with BFI Vision Awardee Lunar Lander Films. She is also adapting Craig Zobel’s Compliance for the stage in New York. As a recent guest resident at the Alserkal Arts Foundation, she continues to expand her visual arts practice and immersive writing workshops. She is the founder of Off the Grid, a pop-up salon for artists across all disciplines.

Hind Mezaina is an artist, film curator and writer from Dubai. Her interests lie in cinema, cities, visual culture, collective memory and archives. As an artist she works primarily in analogue photography and lately with moving image. As a film curator, she has programmed screenings for local institutions including National Pavilion UAE, NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Sharjah Art Foundation, The Africa Institute, Alliance Française Dubai, and Jameel Arts Centre. In 2024, Mezaina was included in Screen International’s Future Leaders 2024: Film Festival Programmers and Curators to Watch.  In 2009 she founded The Culturist blog, and in 2022 she started The Culturist Film Club hosted at various venues across Dubai.
www.hindmezaina.com

Image: The Art of Life (David Lynch, 2016)