Marking the seventh year of the war in Yemen, 7 x 7 // 7 Artists, 7 Years is a program of short films by seven Yemeni filmmakers, that collectively push back against binary portrayals of Yemenis as victims and/or villains, and instead provide an expansive view on how Yemenis present themselves, on their own terms.
The program starts on March 19th at 7pm EST with the live stream premiering two short experimental films by Yemeni-Bosnian-U.S. multi-media artist, Alia Ali (Conflict is More Profitable Than Peace and Mahjar) followed by a dialogue + Q&A with Alia, hosted by AANM Film Curator Dave Serio. To go to the live stream event JOIN HERE
The program of films is available to stream for 48 hours after the live stream event.
Please note that some of these films may address difficult and sensitive topics, such as war, trauma, and sexual harassment which may be triggering for some.
This program is brought to you by the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute, ArteEast, The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, The Department of Art History at Pomona College, and Youth of the World Together.
Synopsis "The Helmet"
Anas is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment, and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow him to escape his reality.
أنس مخترع مبدع من اليمن ، مليء بالأحلام وكذلك أفكار لتحويل تلك الأحلام إلى واقع ومع ذلك ، عندما تندلع الحرب ، تتلاشى خططه والإمكانيات التي وعدوا بها ، وحل محله حلقات من إطلاق النار. في يوم من الأيام ، تجبره الأصوات البعيدة والقريبة من الغارات الجوية المخلوطة بمشاعر الخسارة والغضب والسرقة واليأس على أن يكون لديه حلم آخر سيسمح له بالهروب من واقعه
About the filmmaker
Osama Khaled is a Yemeni director and producer based in Berlin Germany. He studied media (Faculty of Mass Communication) at Sana’a University in Yemen. Throughout his journey that began in 2009 with a short documentary film called "A Worker's Life". He continued working for several local, international NGOs and TV channels in producing a number of short documentary films and commercials. During the peak of Yemen's conflict in 2015, he worked on projects aiming to deliver the struggles of people affected by the war in different cities across Yemen. Osama is currently developing a sci-fi feature film combined with a training program called The Helmet.
أسامة خالد ، مخرج ومنتج يمني من مواليد أكتوبر 1993م في صنعاء اليمن، يقيم حالياً في برلين. درس الإعلام بجامعة صنعاء في اليمن. بدأت رحلته بفيلم وثائقي قصير بعنوان "حياة العمال". وفي ذروة الصراع في اليمن عام 2015م ، عمل في مشاريع مثل ؛ "حفلات الزفاف في الجنائز" ، "نريد أن نعيش!" ، "في انتظار العدالة" كمجموعة ضمن أفلام وثائقية قصيرة أخرى تهدف إلى إيصال كفاح الأشخاص المتضررين من الحرب في مدن مختلفة في جميع أنحاء اليمن.
- Year2019
- Runtime9 minutes
- CountryYemen
- DirectorOsama Khaled
- CinematographerAhmed Halmah
- Sound DesignDominic Chiudioni & Sumaya Assayad
- MusicMartí Brugué
Marking the seventh year of the war in Yemen, 7 x 7 // 7 Artists, 7 Years is a program of short films by seven Yemeni filmmakers, that collectively push back against binary portrayals of Yemenis as victims and/or villains, and instead provide an expansive view on how Yemenis present themselves, on their own terms.
The program starts on March 19th at 7pm EST with the live stream premiering two short experimental films by Yemeni-Bosnian-U.S. multi-media artist, Alia Ali (Conflict is More Profitable Than Peace and Mahjar) followed by a dialogue + Q&A with Alia, hosted by AANM Film Curator Dave Serio. To go to the live stream event JOIN HERE
The program of films is available to stream for 48 hours after the live stream event.
Please note that some of these films may address difficult and sensitive topics, such as war, trauma, and sexual harassment which may be triggering for some.
This program is brought to you by the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute, ArteEast, The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, The Department of Art History at Pomona College, and Youth of the World Together.
Synopsis "The Helmet"
Anas is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment, and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow him to escape his reality.
أنس مخترع مبدع من اليمن ، مليء بالأحلام وكذلك أفكار لتحويل تلك الأحلام إلى واقع ومع ذلك ، عندما تندلع الحرب ، تتلاشى خططه والإمكانيات التي وعدوا بها ، وحل محله حلقات من إطلاق النار. في يوم من الأيام ، تجبره الأصوات البعيدة والقريبة من الغارات الجوية المخلوطة بمشاعر الخسارة والغضب والسرقة واليأس على أن يكون لديه حلم آخر سيسمح له بالهروب من واقعه
About the filmmaker
Osama Khaled is a Yemeni director and producer based in Berlin Germany. He studied media (Faculty of Mass Communication) at Sana’a University in Yemen. Throughout his journey that began in 2009 with a short documentary film called "A Worker's Life". He continued working for several local, international NGOs and TV channels in producing a number of short documentary films and commercials. During the peak of Yemen's conflict in 2015, he worked on projects aiming to deliver the struggles of people affected by the war in different cities across Yemen. Osama is currently developing a sci-fi feature film combined with a training program called The Helmet.
أسامة خالد ، مخرج ومنتج يمني من مواليد أكتوبر 1993م في صنعاء اليمن، يقيم حالياً في برلين. درس الإعلام بجامعة صنعاء في اليمن. بدأت رحلته بفيلم وثائقي قصير بعنوان "حياة العمال". وفي ذروة الصراع في اليمن عام 2015م ، عمل في مشاريع مثل ؛ "حفلات الزفاف في الجنائز" ، "نريد أن نعيش!" ، "في انتظار العدالة" كمجموعة ضمن أفلام وثائقية قصيرة أخرى تهدف إلى إيصال كفاح الأشخاص المتضررين من الحرب في مدن مختلفة في جميع أنحاء اليمن.
- Year2019
- Runtime9 minutes
- CountryYemen
- DirectorOsama Khaled
- CinematographerAhmed Halmah
- Sound DesignDominic Chiudioni & Sumaya Assayad
- MusicMartí Brugué