Running from 15 September to 8 December 2026, the series highlights recent and upcoming exhibitions and programmes at Mathaf, exploring themes of history, society and technology.
Screenings
3 November 2026
Akram Zaatari
In This House (2005), 30 min, &On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle (2017), 38 min
Two films reflect on memory and conflict. In This House follows a resistance fighter who buried a letter in southern Lebanon during the Civil War, foregrounding hope over destruction. On Photography, Dispossession and Times of Struggle shows how family photographs become powerful witnesses to displacement and war.
8 December 2026
Bahar Noorizadeh
After Scarcity (2018), 32 min & The Red City of the Planet of Capitalism (2021), 14 min
Two films revisit Soviet history to imagine other futures. After Scarcity reimagines Soviet cybernetics and a planned economy as a science-fiction essay, challenging capitalism and offering forgotten histories. The Red City of the Planet of Capitalism revisits radical Soviet urban planning, capturing the once-imagined dissolution of the city.
