December at Hayy Cinema

Join us this month at Hayy Cinema for an exciting cultural experience celebrating rich narratives through storytelling! Enjoy a diverse selection of films such as classics and animation, films from Yemen and Mexico along with cozy screenings of award winning French films art our community cinema. Come explore global films only at Hayy Cinema!

Monthly Programme

The first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale

The Burdened (2023): Centers on Ahmed and Isra’a parents of three children who lost their job due to the country’s economic crisis. Isra’a finds out about her fourth pregnancy at this time when they cannot afford to raise one more child.

Genre: Drama Director: Amr Gamal

Country: Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia 

Language: Arabic Subtitles: English

Extended at Hayy Cinema due to popular demand.

A bitter look at the American dream from the perspective of the workers at a fast-paced diner.

– NY Times

La Cocina: The life in the kitchen of a restaurant in New York City where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.

Genre: Drama Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios

Country: USA, Mexico

Language: English, Spanish Subtitles: English/Arabic

Exclusive KSA release

Finding Beauty in The Overlooked

– The Indiependent

Bird: Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.

Genre:  Drama, coming-of-age Director: Andrea Arnold

Country: UK, France, Germany, USA

Language: English Subtitles: Arabic

Exclusive KSA release

A Satirical Relative to ‘Spirited Away’

–Variety

Ghost Cat Anzu: Friendship shared between Karin, a strong-minded girl sent to live with her monk granddad in the Japanese countryside, and Anzu, the even-more unpredictable phantom feline who acts as her guardian.

Genre: Anime, Drama, Family Director: Yôko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita

Country: France, Japan

Language: French/Japanese Subtitles: English/Arabic

Exclusive KSA release

Rendezvous with French Cinema

Join Alliance Francaise’s cinema club, with the goal of practising, listening, and strengthening French language skills with monthly screenings at the cozy community theatre at Hayy Cinema. Limited tickets – first come, first serve basis.

A Moving Drama Tests the Special Bond Between a French Girl and Her Nanny

–Variety

Ama Gloria: Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.

Genre: Drama Director: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq

Country: France

Language: French Subtitles: English, Arabic

Exclusive KSA release