Wednesday 29 September
Cinema La Compagnia – Via Cavour, 50
H 4.15pm
THE PRESENT by Farah Nabulsi
(Palestina, 2019, 25’) v.o. arabo – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
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PALESTINIAN WOMEN: A GUIDE TO CULTURAL RESISTANCE by Mariette Auvray (∗)
(Francia, 2020, 52’) v.o.: arabo – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
From Jerusalem to Haifa, stopping by Acre, Bethlehem and Ramallah, we travel across Israel and the West Bank to meet with Palestinian women shaping the cultural landscape. These activists, feminists, entrepreneurs, artists tell us about their culture and identity in a war-torn territory. Introduzione della regista
H 6.00pm
THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS by Hasan Noori (∗) *Focus Afghanistan
(Afghanistam, Iran, Qatar, 2019, 72’) v.o.: persiano – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
The film follows four young Afghan refugees born and raised in Iran. As labourers, they work hard to make a living and support their families during the day. But as night falls, they get together in a remote studio outside of Tehran, away from the eyes of their families and the police in order to practice what they dream to be: rock stars. The Arikain band has a dream – they aspire to perform their first concert in their fatherland, Afghanistan, which they’ve never seen before. However, they never imagined that in order to reach this dream, they will have to pass through Taliban forces. Alla presenza della produttrice Afsaneh Salari
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IL PUNTO DELLE 19:30
Cinema La Compagnia – ingresso gratuito
SIRIA. DINAMICHE ATTUALI DA UN FRONTE QUASI DIMENTICATO
con Lorenzo Trombetta (ANSA, Limes)
A dieci anni dallo scoppio del conflitto in Siria, una serie di dinamiche interne e regionali emergono in tutta la loro universalità. Giuseppe Alizzi dialoga con Lorenzo Trombetta su migrazione e integrazione, identitarismo e radicalismi, violenza retorica e violenza perpetrata, anticipando alcuni dei temi trattati nel suo terzo libro sulla Siria in uscita per Mondadori.
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H 9.00pm
DAMASCUS DREAMS by Émilie Serri (∗)
(Canada, 2021, 83’) v.o. arabo, francese – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
How does one remember a homeland they are so deeply connected to and disconnected from? When Canadian born filmmaker Emilie travels to Syria for the first time in ten years, she feels alienated. A year later, when her grandmother dies and the war begins, she tries to piece back together an image of this elusive country she desperately wants to call her own. Gathering evidence from the past, stories from refugees and bringing along her father for the ride, Emilie embarks on a lucid dream journey hoping to resurrect a fading connexion with her homeland and her father. Anteprima italiana, alla presenza della regista
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Cinema Stensen – Viale Don Minzoni 25C
H 4:30
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY by Firouzeh Khosrovani [REPLICA DEL FILM D’APERTURA]
(Iran, Norvegia, Svizzera, 2020, 82’) v.o.: persiano – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
Filmmaker Firouzeh Khosrovani investigates her parents’ unusual marriage in this documentary steeped in bittersweet history. Hossein, a radiologist, is secular and sophisticated, while his young bride Tayi is a devout Muslim, shocked by her new husband’s Western tastes. Khosrovani creates a poetic portrait of a fraught but loving relationship set against 1960s Switzerland and revolutionary-era Iran using family photos, other archival materials, recreated and imagined dialogue, and the geographical dimensions of her childhood home. The film won Best Documentary award at IDFA in 2020. Alla presenza della regista
H 6:00pm
OSAMA by Siddiq Barmak [Focus Afghanistan]
(Afghanistan, Giappone, Irlanda, 2003, 83’) v.o.: farsi – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
Afghanistan, in the early days after the Taliban took power. After the death of the last male in the family, an Afghan woman finds herself alone with her twelve year old daughter. The Taliban close the hospitals and forbid women to leave the house without a male chaperone. There is nobody to fulfil this role and they lose their jobs. In order to survive, the mother decides, with the grandmother’s help, to change her daughter’s appearance: she will now be a boy, Osama. «She» finds work with an old friend of her father’s, but is soon enlisted by the Taliban and obliged to study fundamentalist Islamism, along with other boys of the same age…
H 9:00pm
ANGELUS NOVUS di Aboozar Amini [Focus Afghanistan]
(Afghanistan, Paesi Bassi, UK, 2015, 25’)
Afghani refugee Ali and his brother have just arrived in Turkey where, surrounded by many other refugees, his family tries to build a new life. The boys earn their living shining shoes. When one day their spot has been taken, their fragile existence and dreams of a better future hang by a thread.
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THE SILHOUETTES by Afsaneh Salari *Focus Afghanistan
(Iran, Philippines, 2020, 79′) anteprima italiana
In 1982, when the Russian invasion of Afghanistan was at its peak, more than 1.5 million inhabitants had to move to Iran looking for a new life. Taghi, born in Iran, wants to escape the ruthless discriminations Afghans are subjected to on a daily basis. Against all odds, he decides to move back to the country of his parents. But unexpected challenges await there for him. Alla presenza della regista
H 6.00
Inaugurazione della mostra
MARRAKECH, IN TIMES OF STILLNESS by Tabit Rida
(vedi Eventi Speciali per maggiori informazioni)
MAD Murate Art District – Piazza delle Murate – ingresso libero
– Talk con l’artista e il curatore Roï Saade