Spain, Italy, Tunisis, Lebanon, Morocco. 2021. Color. 87′
A selection of short films from film schools in Beirut, Marrakech, València and Tunisia curated by COPEAM (Conférence Permanente de l’Audiovisuel Mediterranéen) in collaboration with the Università Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno, with the aim of promoting the first works of young filmmakers from the Mediterranean countries. Includes the short films “THE TOWER OF SILENCE”, “LA VEILLE DU VOLCAN”, “DESCENT INTO LIMBO” and “EL ÚLTIMO TELEGRAFISTA”
THE TOWER OF SILENCE
Morocco. 2021. Color. 19’. OVEVS
Director and scriptwriter: Mohamed Aouad
Photography: Houyam Houdi
Music: Mokrane Tighermet, Tarek Tighermet
Cast: Ali Elbouhali, Kenza Mamen Menebhi, Mohammed Bousbaa, Kenza Mouahidi, Amine Killou
Production: ESAV Marrakech
A young Moroccan boy lives alone on his parents’ farm. After a meal, his family discovers that the aftermath of his past goes beyond anything they could have imagined.
LA VEILLE DU VOLCAN
Tunisia. 2021. Color. 21’. OVEVS
Director and scriptwriter: Abanoub Youssef
Photography: Edriss Essoussi
Music: Mohamed Amine Mlayeh
Cast: Fatma Ben Saidan, Ridha Boukadida, Abdelmonen Chouaiet, Amal Barka
Production: ESAC Gammarth
Three parallel stories, a long-awaited anger, oppressed people… But when conscience awakens, there is only one path to take: the path of rage, the path of the volcano. Waiting for the next African revolution, the next volcano.
DESCENT INTO LIMBO
Lebanon. 2021. Color. 32’. OVEVS
Director and scriptwriter: Maria Ghosh
Photography: Pauline Maroun
Music: Charbel Bark
Cast: Shadi Rabahik, Thea Ghanem, Maya Dagher, Vincent Matta
Production: Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts
The arrival and behaviour of three people from the city who rent a hut in the countryside disrupts the lives of a couple of brothers who live there, and who will be plunged into a tragic relationship with them.
EL ÚLTIMO TELEGRAFISTA
Spain, Italy. 2021. Color. 12’. OVEVS
Director: Pablo Sánchez
Scriptwriter: José Font, Javier Sahuquillo
Photography: Sandro Camerata
Music: Rafa Tomás (Farmode)
Cast: Beniamino Presutti
Production: Barreira Arte + Diseño, Centro Sperimentale di Roma
Routine, uselessness and monotony take their toll on the last of the army’s telegraph corps. Everything will change when the world is plunged back into war and this department is the last front available for battle.
Screenings
- Martes 25. Babel Sala 5.20h
Con la presencia de Guillaume Ortiou-Campion, representante de COPEAM, y Pablo Sánchez, director de El último telegrafista
