A collage of shorts explores how history and systemic and social forces have shaped creations and new visions as the featured artists explore the space of transition between then and now.
VIEWING REGION: Canada & USA
Language: Spanish
Resistance Sahara, a haunting yet playful exploration of the liminal space between experimental, documentary, and fictive filmmaking, presents an artistic response to the Sahrawi refugee crisis from the frozen war in Western Sahara. Bringing international artists from a mix of disciplines to the Sahara Desert, and with them will create something new, a response to what they encounter. The film mix testimony from the mouths of the people who live in each zone of crisis with music; image; and symbolism. The audience is invited to reconsider their view of the nature of human suffering, and to build a new bridge of empathy with the people in these remote and sometimes forgotten places.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorSıdal Ergüder
- ProducerZero Productions
A collage of shorts explores how history and systemic and social forces have shaped creations and new visions as the featured artists explore the space of transition between then and now.
VIEWING REGION: Canada & USA
Language: Spanish
Resistance Sahara, a haunting yet playful exploration of the liminal space between experimental, documentary, and fictive filmmaking, presents an artistic response to the Sahrawi refugee crisis from the frozen war in Western Sahara. Bringing international artists from a mix of disciplines to the Sahara Desert, and with them will create something new, a response to what they encounter. The film mix testimony from the mouths of the people who live in each zone of crisis with music; image; and symbolism. The audience is invited to reconsider their view of the nature of human suffering, and to build a new bridge of empathy with the people in these remote and sometimes forgotten places.
- Year2022
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorSıdal Ergüder
- ProducerZero Productions