100% FREEHomebound — an outdoor Cinema Akil film screening
Watch Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound at The Yard in a Cinema Akil collaboration with Alserkal Avenue. The film follows two childhood friends whose ambition to become police officers runs up against discrimination and hardship, turning an outdoor cinema evening into a story of friendship and dignity.
Homebound director Neeraj Ghaywan at the film’s Cannes photocall on 21 May 2025. Historic director portrait; not the Dubai screening, and no appearance by the director is promised.
Al Quoz, Dubai · The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, 4 17th Street, Al Quoz, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When to go
Saturday 21 November 2026, 19:00–21:00. Arrive for the booked screening start.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Age guidance not published; confirm child suitability · Free General Admission · advance booking · confirm film suitability
The current original event and public registration pages publish no numerical age limit. No all-ages or whole-family entitlement is inferred.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Book a free General Admission ticket through Alserkal Avenue’s Eventbrite listing. Places are subject to availability.
- The screening is at The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, on 21 November from 19:00 to 21:00, as listed by the organiser.
- The current event pages do not publish an age classification, screening language or subtitle details. Confirm these with the organiser before booking, particularly for children. The story includes social discrimination and economic hardship.
- No purchase, paid companion, membership or paid follow-on service is stated as a condition. Refreshments, travel and parking are not included.
- The photograph shows the film’s director at a different event in 2025. It does not imply that he will attend this screening.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 12 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
12 November 2026: the original Alserkal programme and Homebound detail page identify the film, 21 November 19:00 start and The Yard. The organiser’s newly added Eventbrite page confirms Dubai, Cinema Akil collaboration, 19:00–21:00 and Free. Opened its public ticket selector: General Admission Free, total $0.00, Register enabled, sales-end date 21 November. No form or booking was submitted. Venue coordinates come from the visible directions link. No numerical ages, language or subtitles are specified by these event sources. No matching film screening in current catalogue or historical acquisitionMix.
Alserkal Avenue — Homebound, with Cinema AkilAlserkal Avenue — current free Homebound ticket selection and venue
Current Alserkal Art Week programme
Photo: Kacy Bao / WikiPortraits · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized proportionally and compressed to WebP; full composition retained. Derivatives retain the source licence.