Three figures appear from the Moroccan desert’s gloom. Dawn lends volume to abstract silhouettes of dunes and people as the silence is broken by fajr, a word that has a double meaning in Arabic: beginning and the pre-sunrise call to prayer. Akin to the latter that breaks the daily rhythm, the mythical desert becomes a contemplative place.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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What the Heart Wants
Set deep within an imagined future, HYPER, a new system that has achieved the ultimate goal of becoming human, introduces us to her dizzying world.
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Fuddy Duddy
Fuddy Duddy is a mesmerising animation that uses the motif of the grid to blow it completely to pieces.
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August
Shot in 3D with surreal dream sequences, August is based on the life and work of renowned Cologne photographer August Sander (1876-1964).
Film details
- Countries of production
- Morocco, Spain
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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