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The Day I Lost My Shadow - Cinéma Arabe

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

The Day I Lost My Shadow - Cinéma Arabe

When the war breaks out, pharmacist Sana attempts to continue daily life in Damascus as normal despite power cuts, water rations and food shortages. In her attempt to secure a gas cannister she unintentionally embarks on an uncertain adventure, becoming cut off from her home and child together with three strangers. While she is trying to find her way home from the dangerous no man’s land, she discovers how the experience of war causes a change in some people that is barely visible: they lose their shadow.

Filmmaker Soudade Kaadan tells the magical-realistic story in a dynamic, handheld-style that betrays her background as a documentary filmmaker.

Wed 8 May with short-film:
Before I Forget
Razan Hassan | Netherlands | 2018 | social drama | 11 min. | English spoken – English subtitles
Memories fade, transform, disappear. If only you could activate the write protection, like with old cassette tapes. Filmmaker Razan Hassan brought one of those tapes with her from Syria, the only sound recording from her childhood. In the Netherlands she tries to unlock this carefully kept piece of her identity.

Sat 11 May with short-film:
The Reason, July 2017
Hadeer Omar | Qatar | 2017 | art | 4 min. | no dialogue
A train chuffing through the scenery, a pen drawing lines on a piece of paper, images flashing by. In this associative montage, connecting different times and places, isolated memories of the artist from Qatar and Egypt follow the movement, rhythm and patterns of her creation.

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