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Al-Andalus: las artes islámicas en España

Agustí Villaronga | Spain | 1992 | 57' | | IFFR 2011

A commissioned work created as part of the exhibition Al-Andalus: the Art of Islamic Spain mounted in 1992 by the Alhambra, Granada and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Which Villaronga turned into yet another strange, multi-faceted creation. A mix between cool, almost dour pedagogical presentations of facts and a fancy, sometimes flighty evocation of the world from which the exhibits originated.

Also in this combined programme

  • Anta mujer

    Surreal, allegorical short film about the Woman and the Sea, set to the music of Carl Orff.

    • Signals: Agustí Villaronga

  • Laberint

    Choreographic interpretation of an Antoni Tàpies painting. Music by Carles Santos with the Heura company dancers. Unique Catalan modernism.

    • Signals: Agustí Villaronga

  • Al-Mayurka (Fragments)

    Excerpts from what was supposed to be Villaronga’s film debut, now a colourful, multifarious short.

    • Signals: Agustí Villaronga
View the full programme

Film details

Country of production
Spain
Year
1992
Festival edition
IFFR 2011
Length
57"
Medium/Format
Betacam Digi

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