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Oct 31 2012

Future Shorts Film Festival – Autumn Season // Nov 4

The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world.

This season, Future Shorts Festival will travel to over 172 countries and 547 cities with more than 75,000 people experiencing a showcase of the best short films from around the world.

Future Shorts celebrates the best and most innovative short films, connecting global stories with global audiences.

The Autumn Season will feature the following short films:

Café Regular, Cairo – Ritesh Batra

A Brief History of John Baldessari – Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost

Rite – Michael Pearce

The Black Balloon – Ben Safdie & Joshua Safdie

On The Line – Reto Caffi

Special Live Music Set after the Screening.

Seats are limited, doors will close at 7:30 pm

Directions:

When approaching from Salmiya, take 4th Ring Road. Exit before Gulf Bank at Rd. 21. Take the first right. Drive approx 1 KM to reach the Life Center. The building is across from the Shuwaikh Immigration Dept. and houses Eureka, Midas, Hayat communications & CAP. CAP is on the second floor.

Oct 4 2012
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‘ Mubarakiyah ‘ Photography Exhibition

' Mubarakiyah ' Photography Exhibition

Location: CAP’s warehouse. Industrial Shuwaikh, Block 2, St 28, Next to Life Center.
Date & Time : Opening Reception: 10th of October.
Exhibition days: 10 October -17 October 2012

A group exhibition featuring a series of photographs taken by 15 participants of the CAP photography workshop. Led by two members of the Rawiya Collective, Laura Boushnak & Tamara Abdul Hadi, the workshop took place last May, in the Mubarakiyah Souq for a duration of two days. It’s main focus was on the old souq, the vendors, the visitors and the stories that can be found in this local public market.
All proceeds will go to “Hayat” Breast Cancer Foundation.

Sep 24 2012
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Peace Song ( Studio version 2012 ) by Karrouhat Band , Kuwait .

Karrouhat Band played the song on Peace One Day 21 Sep 2012 live at CAP
Lyrics & composing by Basil Al7adi
Peace One Day Kuwait Global Truce 2012
Peace One Day Jeremy Gilley 2012

Karrouhat Bank :
Karrouhat Studio (the factory) ,A Visual and Sound Art project , it sends a planetary messages released by individuals’ interaction with the social reality, Committed to support the alternative art of music and film making industry.
“It is not that necessary to obtain a high-tech expensive devices, as much as having the capacity of open-enlightened brain” – Basil 7adi
Karrouhat is not and will never be shaped in a specific way, it is an idea where the changes around us could be accommodated and represented, and where each individual on this lonely planet plays a role in this humanity project.

Sep 20 2012
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Peace One Day , First time in Kuwait.

Peace One Day , First time in Kuwait.

CAP – Contemporary Art Platform, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

Friday, 21st September 2012
5:30pm until 9:30pm

(KUWAIT UPTO DATE in support of PEACE ONE DAY with CAP)

On the 21st of September 2012, the day of international peace approved by the United Nations, CAP are bringing, for the first time, Peace One Day to Kuwait, to raise awareness of peace in the region and to create a local unity that can ripple out onto a global unity for peace. The Art Salon, an art movement of composed of artists & designers & musicians of all nationalities that live & work in Kuwait, is hosting “Peace One Day – Global Truce” in Kuwait for the first time, by having an art exhibition to honor global peace. Join us if you support global peace. Children are welcome. We want them to grow up understanding & supporting peace.

Schedule:
5:50pm – Introductions
6:00pm – Kuwait Riders & Venetian Riders will enter and preform.
6:15pm – Release of the Pigeons.
6:20pm – Puppet show by Dalia Al-Hadi.
6:30pm – Hassan Karam (saxophone and violin)
7:00pm till 7:15pm – Poetry from the LOYAC volunteers.
7:15pm – Puppet show by Dalia Al-Hadi.
7:30pm – Abdullatif From Loyac (violin)
8:00pm till 8:30pm – Basil Al-Hadi Karrouhat band.
9:00pm – Hassan karam from Loyac (saxophone)
9:15pm – Open band
Art sales will be going on throughout the event.

Location: CAP – Contemporary Art Platform, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
For exact location by Map apply following points in google map 29.32295,47.954861 or click on below link for map and contacts

http://capkuwait.com/location

Parking: KINDLY USE THE UNDERGROUND PARKING.