Saturday 29 March, 17:00
A programme of filmic rhythm and blues – of love and fainting cheerleaders, and of our capacity for knowing and feeling in a present infused with trauma.
Run Time
99 mins
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Valentin Noujaïm b. France 1991, to Lebanese and Egyptian parents, graduated from the script department of La Fémis in 2020. In 2024, his short documentary “Pacific Club” was selected for the French César, while his new short fiction was selected in Tiger Shorts competition in Rotterdam. His work is crossed by the question of disappearance as a political tool, questioning the relationships of force and domination at work.
OCEANIA (2024), TO EXIST UNDER PERMANENT SUSPICION (2023), PACIFIC CLUB (2023), LES FILLES DESTINÉES (2021), L’ÉTOILE BLEUE (2020), AVANT D’OUBLIER HÉLIPOLIS (2019), LES TRACES QUE TU LAISSES (2015)
A programme of filmic rhythm and blues – of love and fainting cheerleaders, and of our capacity for knowing and feeling in a present infused with trauma.
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