{"id":4292,"date":"2024-05-08T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:39:00","slug":"timeout-explore-the-vibrant-tapestry-of-modern-arab-culture-at-the-jisr-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/timeout-explore-the-vibrant-tapestry-of-modern-arab-culture-at-the-jisr-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeout &#8211; Vibrant tapestry of modern Arab culture at the JISR Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/timeout-2-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4293\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countries of the Arab world are cut from the same cloth, yet encompass a vibrant tapestry of dialects, cultures, traditions, and experiences. At the JISR Film Festival, get an insight into the colourful diversity of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries&nbsp;through documentaries, comedies, dramas, and animations that span topics from sustainability to sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlights include the climate-focused documentary from the United Arab Emirates,&nbsp;<em>Road to Fulfillment,&nbsp;<\/em>featuring expert testimonials on the impact of agriculture, marine life, and bees; an action-filled animation&nbsp;<em>The Journey<\/em>, co-produced by Toei Animation (behind Digimon, One Piece, and Sailor Moon); Saudi Arabian documentary&nbsp;<em>INSIYAB<\/em>, which follows two men\u2019s three-year-long journey of running and walking across several countries; and award-winning&nbsp;<em>Scales<\/em>, a woman-directed dystopian film about a strong-willed girl who lives in a fishing village with a dark tradition of giving up daughters to sea creatures inhabiting the waters nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each feature-length film at the JISR Film Festival will be preceded by two short films. Tickets are going at $15. Check out the full line-up and book your tickets at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theprojector.sg\/themes\/jisr-film-festival\/\">theprojector.sg\/themes\/jisr-film-festival\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TimeOutSingapore\/posts\/pfbid0pBNpxSjtxRj3xT2aAU23z5n8DqwFQvZHuMQ5qsehErpvPG4fmG8ZtzzHHu2Zx4HZl\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Original Source<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countries of the Arab world are cut from the same cloth, yet encompass a vibrant tapestry of dialects, cultures, traditions, and experiences. At the JISR Film Festival, get an insight into the colourful diversity of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries&nbsp;through documentaries, comedies, dramas, and animations that span topics from sustainability to sports. Highlights include&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swapac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}