synopsis
This observational film essay on our relations with the natural wealth is based on a real event and seed banks storing quantities of seeds of various plants in case of a global catastrophe. The film documents three places with different traditions related to the land – Aleppo, Lebanon, and Svalbard.
biography
The Palestinian multimedia artist Jumana Manna (1987) is the author of A Magical Substance Flows into Me (2015), a documentary film about musical tradition in the Palestinian-Israeli region.
film details
| director: | Jumana Manna |
| producer: | Jumana Manna, Elisabeth Kleppe |
| script: | Jumana Manna |
| photography: | Marte Vold |
| editing: | Katrin Ebersohn |
| music: | Mari Kvien Brunvoll |
| sound: | Rawad Hobeika , Philippe Ciompi |
contact
JUMANA MANNA / Palestine / jumana.manna@gmail.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Central European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | A Testimony on Nature |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Arabic |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Jumana Manna |
| original title: | Wild Relatives |
| country: | Lebanon, Norway, Germany |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 66 min. |
