Hurrah for indie films! Stream for free with Cinema Akil
3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.
Cinema Akil, the first arthouse cinema platform in the UAE has joined forces with partners with Mubi, a platform for indie films and they are offering 90-days of free movie streaming. As a loyal and avid supporter of independent cinema, Cinema Akil will give the audiences the chance to watch films offline on IOS or Android devices as well as through normal online channels with new films added every day.
Currently choices include: 3 Idiots , a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama co-written (with Abhijat Joshi) and directed by Rajkumar Hirani; Journey to the Shore: KIshibe No Tabi, a Japanese romantic comedy by Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Our Daily Bread, a 1934 American drama about the Great Depression and VHS Massacre: Cult Films and the Decline of Physical Media, a documentary about the rise and fall of physical media and its effect on independent and cult films and Om Dar-B-Dar, a 1988 Indian Hindi-language postmodernist film directed by Kamal Swaroop and starring Anita Kanwar, Aditya Lakhia and Gopi Desai.
A still from Om Dar-B-Dar, a 1988 Indian Hindi-language postmodernist film.
Butheina Kazim, Founder of Cinema Akil said: “We at Cinema Akil, have always held the belief in community and its magical ability to pull together: this time to stay at home. For over a year, Cinema Akil time and time again asked our audiences to follow us into the dark; and when they can’t follow us, we try our darndest to bring the dark to them. During this period that we honour our commitment to protect our community and practice social distancing, we have teamed up with Mubi; the independent video-on-demand platform to bring our audiences three months of free arthouse films (30 films a month) to join them on their screens.”
Mubi also commented: “Cinema Akil is a wonderful independent cinema that we’ve been fans of for a long time, and we’re glad that we could collaborate during this time to give their members access to the great cinema at home, that we know they will love.”
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Journey to the Shore: KIshibe No Tabi is a Japanese romantic comedy by Kiyoshi Kurosawa;