Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 10, 2014 (SPS) - Several films and documentaries, made by both Saharawi and foreign filmamkers, will be screened at 11th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (known as: the FiSahara), to be celebrated in the Wilaya of Dakhla from April 29th to May 4th, 2014.
According to the organizers, a range of films that deal with family issues will be displayed at this year’s festival, of which
- Ismael by Argentinian Marcelo Piñeyro
- Black Diamonds by Miguel Alcantud,
- Justin and the Knights of Valour by Manuel Sicilia
- Foosball by Juan José Campanella
- The Scarecrow by Khalil Al Mazen
- Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang by Oskar Santos
Arab films:
- Dirty Wars by Richard Rowley
- The Square by Jehane Noujaim
- A Word not Ours by Mahdi Fleifel
- When I saw you by Annemarie Jacir
- The Cup Reader by Suha Araj
Saharawi short and themed films:
- The Flowers of the Wall by Moulud Yeslem, Xavi Marín
- Roots and Clamor by Ebaba Hameida Hafed
- Just tol Let You Know that I’m Alive by Emanuela Zuccalà
- Legna (Saharawi Poetry) by Juan Robles, Bahia Awah, Juan Carlos Gimeno
- Chabiba (young)by Damián López López, Álvaro García Márquez
- Rufugees Through Time by Gran Angular Cultural Association
- Castin Sand : a tale of two Women by Rebecca Roberts-Wolfe
Several other short films made by Abidin Kaid Saleh’s Saharawi audiovisual school will also be displayed. (SPS)
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