The UCI Third Cinema Now Collective presents Hassen Ferhani’s Fi Rassi Rond Point, the inaugural screening at Now Instant of a new series highlighting the work of filmmakers from across the Global South. The series seeks to create a forum for genuine encounters between the UC Irvine community, greater Los Angeles, and filmmakers from around the world. Each screening contextualizes regional cinematic voices that speak back to American audiences at this pivotal historical juncture, featuring talkback discussions between area specialists and the viewing public.

The UCI Third Cinema Now Collective is a collaboration between Prashanth Kamalakanthan, Margaux Fitoussi, and Felix Jean-Louis of the University of California, Irvine.

In the largest slaughterhouse in Algiers, men live and work behind closed doors, to the haunting rhythms of their labor and their dreams. Hope, bitterness, love, heaven, hell, and soccer unfold like Chaabi and Raï melodies, setting the beat of their lives and their world. 

Please note: seating is limited. Box Office opens thirty minutes prior to the listed showtime. Guests may add their name to the standby list upon arrival. Online ticket sales will be honored up until 15 minutes after the scheduled showtime; at that time, any unclaimed seats will be released for in-store purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. All Sales Final.