OTHMAN IN THE VATICAN
Genre
Documentary
Running time
17 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic and Italian
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Yasir Bin Ghanem
Bio
Producer
Aseil Bafarat
Cast
Scriptwriter
Mazen Alotaibi
SHOWTIME
Tue
10.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 4
4:45 PM - 5:59 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Fri
13.
Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
8:45 PM - 9:59 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Othman Al-Khozaim, born in Al-Kharj, loved painting and drawing from his early childhood, a passion he was able to funnel into studying design. It was when he was awarded a scholarship to study in Rome, however, that his talent was able to flourish as he found ways to absorb the wealth of Western art history around him into his own heritage of Islamic art, particularly calligraphy. Back in Saudi Arabla, he worked in television while developing his own expression, becoming an internationally prominent artist. In 2019, he was invited to return to Italy to present Letters without Words, an exhibition of his work visited by an enthusiastic Pope Francis.
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