28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION
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DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION
DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION
DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION
DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION

DAKHLA: CINEMA AND OBLIVION

director: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
original title: DAJLA: CINE Y OLVIDO
country: Spain, Western Sahara
year: 2020
running time: 15 min.

synopsis

The rocky desert in southwestern Algeria is the temporary home of about 150,000 refugees from Western Sahara. Goats grazing or the opening of a beauty salon are among the many scenes of everyday life of people who are eagerly awaiting the beginning of the film festival. The observational documentary captures the unwavering love of film in a place that the world has forgotten.
 
 
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biography

Arturo Dueñas (1962) studied Spanish philology and film at the University of Valladolid and took film courses at the New York Film Academy. Many of his films have been screened at foreign festivals, including Amateurs (2011) and Built Lands (2019). He dealt with Western Sahara in the film Mission: Sahara (2016).
 

more about film

director: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
producer: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
script: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
photography: ALVARO SANZ PASCUAL, FATIMETU BUALAM
editing: ARTURO DUEÑAS
sound: MIGUEL SANCHEZ GONZALEZ
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