World premiere. Official competition, Cinéma du Réel
One of 17 features in the official competition, 'Adnan being and time' had two sold-out screenings (including at the 370-seat historic L'Arlequin cinema), a great post-film discussion, social media love, and a special shout-out from James Benning at the awards ceremony. Perfect to open in Paris.

Sneak preview - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 
How moving, in times of violence and war, to see Etel Adnan projected on the largest public screen in the US, the National Gallery of Art. The audience stayed for nearly an hour to ask questions and respond. Preceded by a short by Luke Fowler.
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Opening night film, Écrans du Réel, Beirut
What an honor open Beirut's most important film festival and a dream to bring the film 'home' to Lebanon. Projected in the gorgeous Metropolis cinema (built on the site of the 2020 dock explosion), it seemed like all of Beirut came out. Another theater had to be opened for the overflow. I was grateful to spend a week in Lebanon, in conversation, walking through the neighborhoods of Beirut, soaking in the layers of history and the powerful immediacy at once. It felt like destiny. 

International Panorama, Brussels Art Film Festival, Brussels Cinematek
One of only 14 films in the international panorama (alongside work by Ira Sachs, Marie Losier, and Andrei Ujicǎ), 'Adnan being and time' screened in Brussels' legendary Cinematek to a sold-out audience with a post-screening discussion (in French)! 
 
Solo screening, Kunstnerneshus Kino, Oslo
Oslo's coolest cinema drew a full audience–many of whom had never heard of Adnan before the film. You could feel them take the film in. After the film, poet and literary scholar Wendy Lotterman expanded the discussion around Adnan. and the film. A great overlap to have a  'No Master Territories: Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image.' in the museum next door - co-curated by programmer Silja Espolin Johnson, Erika Balsam and Clemens Ottenhausen.

Sneak preview - outdoor projection, Cinema Akil, Dubai
A teaser for our expected premiere later this year there.  Co-presented by Alserkal Art Month.  

Opening night film, Ekrani i Artit, Shkodër, Albania
'Adnan being and time' opened this festival, curated by Tea Paci. This year's theme, 'avash, avash' is alert to layers of deep attention and time, and closed with a film by Abbas Kiarostami. A nourishing and deeply human festival experience, alongside films by Ben Russell, Neozoom, Maryam Tafakory, Bill Morrison, selected short films from Palestine. Details.