A ‘love letter’ to dubstep and its role in the turbulent cultural meshing between the Middle East and London, How Can I Resist U melds together shots of stark South London projects with YouTube videos of pseudo-stripteases performed for private groups of Middle Eastern men, geometric patterns flickering over their bodies.
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Colorful Journey
Tarzan and Arab make pastiches of Hollywood Westerns under their ironic ‘Gazawood’ banner – Gaza hasn’t even had a functioning cinema in over two deca -
CAMARADERIE
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Beace Brocess No. 1
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2026
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Beeshu’s Nightmare
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Kuwait, Qatar
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
