{"id":358914,"date":"2023-10-10T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/sao-paulo-international-film-festival-screens-8-arab-films\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:02:30","slug":"sao-paulo-international-film-festival-screens-8-arab-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/sao-paulo-international-film-festival-screens-8-arab-films\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo International Film Festival screens 8 Arab films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The 47<sup>th<\/sup> S\u00e3o Paulo International Film Festival will feature eight Arab productions amongst the 360 films selected from 96 countries. Qatar is a highlight for being involved in the production of five films \u2013 including three non-Arab. Other Arab countries with films are Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestina, and Tunisia<\/p>\n<p>Three of them are production from other countries but with <strong>Arab directors<\/strong> like <strong>We Dare to Dream<\/strong> (96 min., 2023), a UK-produced documentary directed by filmmaker <strong>Waad Al-Kateab<\/strong>, the pseudonym of a <strong>Syrian journalist and activities<\/strong>. The film brings complete access to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The festival takes place from <strong>October 19 to November 1<sup>st<\/sup><\/strong> across 24 movie theaters and cultural venues, and it\u2019ll also screen some free online films on platforms Ita\u00fa Cultural Play, Sesc Digital, and SPcine Play. The <a href=\"https:\/\/47.mostra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">festival\u2019s program<\/a> is set to be released on October 16 on its official website.<\/p>\n<p>Check out below the films featuring Arab themes, filmmakers or production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Gaza Weekend<\/strong> (90 min., 2022) is part of the festival\u2019s International Perspective. The fiction movie (<em>opening photo<\/em>) is a production from <strong>Palestine<\/strong> and the United Kingdom directed by British Palestinian <strong>Basil Khalil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, it tells the story of a sealed-off Israel following the outbreak of a deadly virus. Gaza has become the safest place in the region, leaving a British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend trapped on the wrong side of the border. With no one else to turn to, they must entrust two Palestinian street merchants who promise a way out in exchange for much needed cash. What follows is a hilarious culture clash <strong>comedy-adventure<\/strong> as the couple desperately try everything to get back home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xtvQoNPEwpI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xtvQoNPEwpI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Valley of Exile<\/strong> (96 min., 2023), two sisters arrive in <strong>Lebanon<\/strong>&#8216;s Bekka Valley at the onset of the Syrian war, embarking on a journey into exile that tests their loyalty to their country, their family and each other. The fiction feature film is a production from Canada and Lebanon directed by Iranian American Anna Fahr that\u2019s part of the New Directors Competition of the festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337026\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VoE_still3-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-337026\" src=\"http:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VoE_still3-600x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Valley of Exile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Abbe Hassan<\/strong> is an award-winning Swedish director and producer of <strong>Lebanese descent<\/strong>. In his Swedish production <strong>Exodus <\/strong>(95 min., 2022), two worlds collide when Sam 40, a professional people smuggler, reluctantly saves Amal, a 12-year-old girl whose whole family has gone missing in the <strong>Syrian<\/strong> war. Amal believes that they are on their way to Sweden so she sets out on a journey to find them. The film is part of the New Directors Competition of the festival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"2023 SBIFF Trailer - EXODUS\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfJKdxdiW-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behind the Mountains<\/strong> (98 min., 2023) is a production from <strong>Tunisia<\/strong>, Belgium, France, Italy, <strong>Saudi Arabia<\/strong>, and <strong>Qatar<\/strong>. The fiction film by Tunisian director <strong>Mohamed Ben Attia<\/strong> will be part of the International Perspective\u00a0 section. After spending four years in jail, Rafik has only one plan, to take his son behind the mountains and show him his amazing discovery. The film was launched from the Venice Film Festival&#8217;s Horizons section.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS by Mohamed Ben Attia - Official Trailer\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JUnu7Xv2cRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Animalia<\/strong>\u00a0(91 min., 2023), French Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui tells a sci-fi drama. As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event. It was produced by France, Morocco and Qatar. Alaoui is competing at the festival\u2019s New Directors Competition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"ANIMALIA trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2023\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01wNvMDPYIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary <strong>Bloodhound<\/strong> (97 min., 2023), <strong>Algerian-Italian<\/strong> Yasmina Zouzat, who was born in <strong>Switzerland<\/strong>, recalls that when she was a legal reporter, aged 28, she received an instruction: never show blood. Twenty years later, Bloodhound disobeys this masculine command given at the time of the contaminated-blood trial. Starting with her instinctive desire for bloody images, like the hunting dog that gives the film its title, the filmmaker advances through a series of bifurcations, taking her camera to places that are revealed in fits and starts. <em>Bloodhound<\/em> is a production from France and Switzerland. Zoutat is competing at the festival\u2019s New Directors Competition.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BLOODHOUND, by Yamina Zoutat - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/811210068?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingeborg Bachmann \u2013 Journey into the desert<\/strong> (111 min., 2023) is a film directed by Germany\u2019s Margarethe von Trotta and produced by Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, <strong>Jordan<\/strong> and Italy. Part of the International Perspective section, the biopic tells the story of the remarkable and charismatic Ingeborg Bachmann, who has conquered the male dominated bastion of German-language literature with her poetry. Though still young, Ingeborg Bachmann is at the peak of her career when she meets famous playwright Max Frisch. Their love is passionate, but professional and personal friction begins to disrupt the harmony. When Ingeborg is struggling, they <strong>travel to the desert<\/strong> together.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"INGEBORG BACHMANN | Trailer deutsch | Jetzt im Kino!\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1_pObTpZjMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Qatar Film Institute<\/strong> has funded film productions around the world. Three of the productions from <strong>Qatar<\/strong> that are part of the festival are about other cultures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excursion<\/strong> (93 min., 2023) is a production by Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway and Qatar. Bosnian director Una Gunjak brings a film centered on Iman, a teenager in Sarajevo who is seeking validation and who reveals she had sex for the first time during a game of \u201ctruth or dare\u201d among middle schoolers. What ensues is a web of lies \u2013 including one involving her own pregnancy \u2013 that ends in an out-of-control controversy. Gunjak is in the New Directors Competition.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Monisme<\/strong> (115 min., 2023) Indonesia director Riar Rizaldi brings several professional actors and non-actor professionals portraying a dynamic of human-nature relationship in one of the most active stratovolcanoes in the world, Mount Merapi in <strong>Indonesia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337033\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MONISME-still-2-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-337033\" src=\"http:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/MONISME-still-2-600x316.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Monisme, a Qatari-Indonesian production<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the shadows of recent eruptions, these actors play a story that is written together with volcanologist, sand miner, and a mystic\u2014people who have a close bond with the mountain, potentially illustrating fiction and nonfiction situations that could and would have happened in Merapi. The production is from Indonesia and <strong>Qatar<\/strong>. Rizald is part of the New Directors Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Mongolian director Zoljargal Purevdash brings fiction feature film <strong>If Only I Could Hibernate<\/strong> (96 min., 2023), a production from Mongolia, France, Switzerland and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>A poor but prideful teenager, Ulzii, lives in the yurt area of <strong>Mongolia<\/strong>\u2019s capital city Ulaanbaatar with his family. He is a physics genius and is determined to win a science competition to earn a scholarship. When his mother finds a job in the countryside, she leaves him and his younger siblings to face a harsh winter by themselves. Ulzii will have to take a risky job to look after them all and keep his home heated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Productions by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia are part of the program of the 47th edition of the festival that takes place from October 19 to November 1st. 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