Today in Bahrain

 YOUR FACE IS NOT YOU: AN ART EXHIBITION WITH DALAL ALSINDI 

Time :  7 pm – 9 pm 

Venue: Words BookstoreCafé- Jannusan 

Dalal AlSindi in her first solo exhibition expresses the lack and fullness of ego we suffer as individuals. Her practice as an art therapist has a deep effect on her work in terms of psychological expression and rawness seen in her paintings. Establishing the first art therapy centre in Bahrain in 2012, the Art Therapy Centre, Dalal offers an international approach to art therapy tempered with a local understanding and appreciation of Bahrain’s culture and people. 

ELLE FILM SHOW 

Time :  7pm 

Venue: Bahrain Cinema Club Juffair 

Elle (French for “she” or “her”) is a 2016 internationally co-produced psychological thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. The film stars Isabelle Huppert as a businesswoman, Michèle Leblanc, who is raped in her home by an unknown assailant and plots revenge. 

The film is Verhoeven’s first feature since 2006’s Black Book, and his first in the French language. It premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it received critical acclaim. Elle won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film; it was also selected as the French entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. At the 42nd César Awards, the film received eleven nominations. 

BAHRAIN ANNUAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION 43 

Date: On-going till 17 March 2017 , 8:00 am 8:00 pm 

Venue: Bahrain National Theatre 

The Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, in its 43rd edition, celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of the local artists. Every year, the art community gathers to present their finest work, uninhibited by a subject or theme. The result is a colorful display of styles, techniques, through different mediums of expression.