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Wild Relatives — follow seeds from the Arctic to Lebanon on screen

Watch Jumana Manna’s documentary at a Cinema Akil screening in Alserkal Avenue’s Yard. The film follows seeds travelling between the Arctic and Lebanon, connecting distant landscapes with the people and plant lives that depend on them.

Representative photograph of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, related to the documentary’s subject; not a film still or the Dubai screening venue.

Al Quoz, Dubai · The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, 4 17th Street, Al Quoz, Dubai

Follow organiser directions for the exact entrance.

When to go

2026-11-01, 20:00–22:00 (Dubai time).

Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.

Who can go

No age range published; confirm suitability with organiser · Free · registration required

The current original programme and booking publish no numerical age range. No all-ages or whole-family eligibility is inferred.

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What’s free & what to know

  • Free event registration through the linked organiser booking; no compulsory purchase, paid membership or subscription is advertised.
  • No age range is published; confirm child suitability with the organiser before booking.
  • This is the named Cinema Akil festival screening, not a general free-cinema pass. No food or drink is advertised as included.
Sources & photo credit

Last successfully checked 25 Oct 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.

25 October: current original programme and substantive booking inspected; original actual ticket inventory isFree=true, maximum price0, hasAvailableTickets=true, not sold out, no compulsory donation or add-on. Published dates, venue and conditions remain consistent.

Alserkal Avenue — official event booking

Original Alserkal programme

Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original photograph proportions preserved; licensed derivatives retain the source licence.