Salma Hayek and Tahar Rahim star in the short film and exhibition I Saved My Belly Dancer

Youssef Nabil's short film and exhibition of images I Saved My Belly Dancer stars Salma Hayek. Detail of a hand-coloured gelatin silver print. Courtesy Youssef Nabil
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See the Middle East premier of the short film I Saved My Belly Dancer, starring Salma Hayek and Tahar Rahim, along with the hand-painted photographs of the film's stills at The Third Line.

The poetic depiction of the artist’s fascination with belly dancers and his anxiety over the disappearance of the art form is inspired by 1950s golden-age cinema of Egypt.

• Opens February 3, then runs daily until March 5, 10am-7pm, Saturdays to Thursdays (closed Fridays), The Third Line, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai, 04 341 1367, www.thethirdline.com