In the Sharjah desert, Sultan Zeib Khan makes the rounds of the ruins of a Neolithic necropolis where the foundations of the nation are kept. Amid the tombs, the vastness of the desert is palpable. Time plays no role in the ritual that Zeib Khan has performed daily for the past 20 years.
Also in this combined programme
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The Silence of Ani
Between Armenia and Turkey lie the ruins of once bustling Ani. The silence is increasingly broken by birdsong. Has everything been staged?
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Metropolitan Triangle Garden
At Metropolitan Triangle Garden’s digital museum, classical sculptures and contemporary digital waste are of equal value and in constant dialogue.<
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E42
What is left of the glory of EUR, the Roman neighbourhood built in 1937 as the pinnacle of perfect fascist urban design?
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 24"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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