VERSIONE ITALIANO

Seminar - Cinema giovane

Open Air

Open-air cinema

OPEN-AIR CINEMA
  • July 22nd as evening falls
  • THE DAM / LA DIGA (Serbia/Germania/Sudan/Francia, 2022, 80') di Ali Cherry
  • Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation starts to take a life of its own… First feature film of Ali Cherry, Lebanese artist based in Paris who won the Silver Lion at The Biennale di Venezia 2022. The Dam premiered the same year in Quinzaine des RĂ©alisateurs in Cannes
  • July 23rd as evening falls
  • FORAGERS (Palestina, 2022, 65') di Jumana Manna
  • The third feature film by Berlin-based Palestinian artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna, Foragers tells the story of the traditional practice of foraging for wild thyme (za'atar) and wild artichoke ('akkoub) in Palestine, particularly in the Galilee. In 1997, Ariel Sharon, then Israel's Minister of Agriculture, made this practice illegal for Palestinians, who now face hefty fines and, in some cases, imprisonment. Blending documentary, archival footage, and fictional scenes reminiscent of the Italian commedia all'italiana, Jumana Manna crafts a film that is at once ironic, poetic, and deeply political.