Stopover in Dubai
Chillingly simple and riveting found-footage documentary on a reconstructed murder. The original film was produced by the Dubai State Security service.
27'
France
IFFR 2019
"It felt like a spy movie." Mauro Andrizzi travelled to Tehran to present Iraqi Short Stories, his film that dealt with the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. After the screening, he was approached by an Iraqi lady, who pointed out some inaccuracies and wanted to have lunch with him to express her ideas about the war. This however was not the end of her interest in the Argentine filmmaker.
A later trip took him to Egypt, where the air was full of conspiracy theories. Shark attacks in the Red Sea threatened to damage the tourism industry, and the government ordered hundreds of sharks to be hunted. Two weeks later, crocodiles started to attack people on the shores of the Nile. The last of Andrizzi's intriguing spy triptych takes us to Sana'a in Yemen and deals with the story of local Al Qaeda founder Anwar al Awlaki and a Croatian actress.
Screens together with Stopover in Dubai.
IFFR 2019
- 25'
- Argentina
- 2019
- Director
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 25'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Mauro Andrizzi / Mono Films, Pablo Salomon / PS Cine, Fabian Nielsen
- Production Companies
- Mono Films, PS Cine
- Sales
- Mono Films
- Screenplay
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Cinematography
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Editor
- Francisco Vazquez Murillo, Manuel Salomon
- Production Design
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Sound Design
- Sebastián González
- Music
- Nader Al Jaradi
- Director
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 25'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Mauro Andrizzi / Mono Films, Pablo Salomon / PS Cine, Fabian Nielsen
- Production Companies
- Mono Films, PS Cine
- Sales
- Mono Films
- Screenplay
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Cinematography
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Editor
- Francisco Vazquez Murillo, Manuel Salomon
- Production Design
- Mauro Andrizzi
- Sound Design
- Sebastián González
- Music
- Nader Al Jaradi
Programme IFFR 2019
The Spying Thing
Spying as a way of filming, and the camera as an espionage tool. From more control to more confusion. Classics to contemporary highlights.
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80'
USA
IFFR 2019
Cairo Affaire
Three stories of espionage in the Middle East, with images shot on a trip to Cairo in 2016, another to Tehran in 2008 and never-seen-before footage from Sana'a, Yemen. A love story and a suspense tale, mixed in with a dash of comedy and paranoia.
25'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Captured
Impressive docudrama set in Korea about interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Was not allowed to be screened for 45 years.
64'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019