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| ▲ This photo, provided by Pan Cinema, shows the film "The Man Who Sold His Skin." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by the Arab Film Festival, shows the film "You Will Die at 20." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by the Arab Film Festival, shows the film "143 Sahara Street." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- This year's 10th Arab Film Festival featuring new films of veteran Arab directors and 8 debut productions of new directors will take place in Seoul Arthouse Momo between September 2nd and 5th.
The opening film “The Man Who Sold His Skin” points out the reality of refugees, human dignity and questions the boundary of modern art. The film is of a young Syrian man who becomes a living canvas and a living art himself from the hands of a tattooist.
The film, produced by female Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, won Orizzonti Award for Best Actor in Venice Film Festival last year.
For the ‘Arabian Wave’ section, presenting the live of contemporary Arabs, 5 films will be on screen, including production from Sudan where full-length films are uncommon.
“200 Meters,” by Palestinian director Ameen Nayfeh, depicts a family forced to live 200 meters away from the father with a long barrier in between. The film makes the watchers to look back on Palestine’s harsh reality.
Director Jimmy Keyrouz’s “Broken Keys” shows the rebel of the people and a musician, who have been deprive of freedom and hope during the Syrian civil war, longing for a decent life as a human being.
“You Will Die at 20,” produced by a Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala born currently residing in the United Arab Emirates, and “Mica,” by Ismaël Ferroukhi from Morocco but currently working in France, look into the Arab society and cultures from the view of a film that features a character’s growth.
“You Will Die at 20” looks deeply into the religious collective norms and individual’s free will portraying a young man who couldn’t have a dream due to a prophecy saying he will die at 20.
It is the 8th full-length film to be produced of Sudan’s movie history and has received “Lion of the Future” in 2019 Venice Film Festival.
“Mica” makes us wonder about poverty and gap between social classes showing a life a boy dreaming for a better life free of poverty.
Through “143 Sahara Street,” a lengthy documentary film produced by Algreian director Hassen Ferhani, viewers can see the changes in Algeria society watching the conversations between a woman running a store in the middle of the Sahara Desert and the customers who visit there.
For “ARAFF 10th Anniversary Encore” to look back on the festival’s footsteps, films that have been selected in the previous events, “Factory Girl,” by Egyptian director Mohamed Khan and “The Narrow Frame of Midnight,” by Iraqi Moroccan director Tala Hadid, are to be screened.
Amjad, director of “You Will Die at 20,” will meet the audiences online through Cine Talk at 10 p.m. Sep. 9.
An online interview of Yahya Mahayni, the lead actor of “The Man Who Sold His Skin” will be unveiled during the festival as well.
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