Cinema of Kuwait
| Cinema of Kuwait | |
|---|---|
| No. of screens | 61 (2010)[1] |
| • Per capita | 2.3 per 100,000 (2010)[1] |
| Number of admissions (2008)[2] | |
| Total | 2,200,000 |
| Gross box office (2008)[2] | |
| Total | $19.8 million |
The Cinema of Kuwait includes a wide range of films. . Kuwaiti movie theatres includes many movies from around the world, typically released a few weeks after their initial release in the US. The first Kuwaiti feature-film, Bas ya Bahar, was released in 1972.[3] Bas Ya Bahar is the first feature film ever to be made in one of the GCC countries.
Films shot in Kuwait
- Bas Ya Bahar (Kuwaiti movie; 1972)
- The Silence - الصمت (Kuwaiti movie; 1976)
- The Wedding of Zein (Kuwaiti movie; 1976)
- The Message (international movie; 1976)
- The Trap - الفخ (Kuwaiti movie; 1983)
- The Youngest Son (Kuwaiti movie; 2001)
- Sedra (short Kuwaiti movie; 2001)
- Shabab Cool (Kuwaiti movie; 2002)
- Cute (Kuwaiti movie; 2008)
- Amreeka (American movie; 2009)
- Al Denjewana (Kuwaiti movie; 2009)
- Kahin Na Kahin Milenge (Indian movie; 2009)
- 365 Boots on Ground (American documentary; 2005)
- Baraka (American documentary; 1982)
- Desert Sky (American documentary; 2005)
- Fires of Kuwait (American short documentary; 1992)
- Les Anges (Tunisian; 1984)
- Lektionen in Finsternis (German short documentary; 1992)
- Losing Ahmad (Documentary; 2006)
- The Sniper (Kuwaiti movie; 2008)
- VeTool (Documentary; 2004)
- Mustache (Kuwaiti movie; 2010)
- Tora Bora (Kuwaiti movie; 2011)
- Sneeze (Kuwaiti movie; 2011)
- The Detective (Kuwaiti movie; 2011)
- Saloon (Kuwaiti movie; 2012)
- Vanish (Kuwaiti movie; 2012)
- Dinosaur (Kuwaiti movie; 2013)
- Someone (aka Fulan) (Kuwaiti movie; 2012)
- Ahmad Al Sane's Life (African documentary; 1976)
- Whispers of Sin (Kuwaiti movie; 2010)
- Heaven's Water (Kuwaiti movie; 2010)
- The Waves Will Carry Us (Kuwaiti movie; 2011)
- Al Salhiyah (Kuwaiti movie; 2012)
- Vanish (Kuwaiti movie; 2012)
- Sera al-Ahibbah (Kuwaiti movie; 2013)
- The Carpet (aka Al Zooliyyah) (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)[4]
- Playtime (Kuwaiti movie; 2013)
- Sinaryu (Kuwaiti movie; 2013)
- 090 (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)[5]
- Kan Refeeji (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)
- Falafel Cart (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)
- Cut: Unforgettable Night (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)
- Alisa Khatafha Jamil (Kuwaiti movie; 2014)
- Between Love and Marriage (Indian movie; 2015)[6]
- Victor (Kuwaiti movie; 2015)
- Habeb Alarth (Kuwaiti movie; 2015)
- When You Free Your Residents (Kuwaiti movie; 2015)
- Burning Wells (Indian movie; 2018)[7]
Kuwaiti directors
- Khalid Al Siddiq
- Mohamed Al-Sanousi
- Ahmad Alkhalaf
- Sadeq Behbehani
- Zeyad Al-Husaini
- Abdullah Boushahri
- Walid Al-Awadi
- Meqdad Al-Kout
- Tareq Al-Zamel
Cinema Operators
The company known as Cinescape,[8] started in 1956,used to have exclusive rights to operate cinemas in Kuwait for 50 years which ends in 2006. Grand Cinemas [9] and SKY Cinemas [10] are the new cinema operators. there is rumors about more cinema operators will join Kuwait market which is VOX Cinemas [11] from UAE and OZON Cinemas [12] from Egypt.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "History of Cinema in Kuwait". filmbirth. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ "The Carpet (Al Zooliyyah)".
- ^ "090 (2014)".
- ^ "Kuwait gets a taste of Tollywood – First Indian movie made in Kuwait to hit cinemas soon".
- ^ "Sohan Roy, I.V.Sasi join hands to make film on Kuwait war".
- ^ Cinescape Online
- ^ Grand Cinemas Online
- ^ Sky Cinemas Online
- ^ http://Vox%20cinemas https://uae.voxcinemas.com/careers
- ^ http://OZON%20cinemas http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article/economics/2015/06/08/596918/nr/kuwait
