Mecca was already a major pilgrim destination before the birth of Islam, as 360 statues, representing various idols, were gathered in the sanctuary of the Kaaba. The most important one was Hubal, one of the main pre-islamic gods. A Film Far Beyond a God traces the origins of the conflicts that continue to afflict us today. It draws up three main motifs: the angst, the travel, and the desert. With this experimental documentary, Waël Noureddine films a knowingly hidden past in order to help us decipher the present.
Also in this combined programme
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The Presentation Theme
Delightfully bizarre animation in which a snake with the head of a mammal reviews various body parts and naked men. -
Despair
The individual seems to go under desperately in a lost battle with almighty nature. Only assimilation still seems to offer salvation. A dark choreogra
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 40'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
