The latest film by French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada observes the elaborate fossil industry in Morocco. Paying homage to the 'preparators' in the arid region between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert, whose intrepid work is fuelling a thriving trade in artifacts real, faux and hybrid, False Start is a rebuke to the fetishistic thirst for foreign objects, a sly meditation on authenticity, and a paean to creativity. (Andréa Picard) Winner Tiger Award for Short Films 2016.
- Director
- Yto Barrada
- Country of production
- Morocco
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 23'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- False Start
- Language
- Arabic
- Producer
- Sean Gullette
- Sales
- Yto Barrada
- Cinematography
- Javier Ruiz Gomez
- Editor
- Kate Abernethy
- Sound Design
- Ruy Garcia
- Website
- http://www.ytobarrada.com