Ouroboros
Fall Grants 2016
Basma Alsharif / Feature Experimental or Essay / Palestine, France, Qatar / 2017 / 77 min / Original Language: Arabic, English / Interests: War, Creative Documentary
Synopsis
Diego Marcon is a man with a broken heart who journeys into the heart of the human condition on a single day that stretches from Native American territory, to the ancient city of Matera, to a castle in Brittany, and the ruins of the Gaza Strip. Ouroboros is an homage to Gaza and to hoping beyond hopelessness.
Credits
- Director
- Basma Alsharif
- Screenwriter
- Basma Alsharif
- Producer
- Mohanad Yaqubi, Emilie Dudognon, Eyal Sivan
- Production Company
- Idioms Film
About the Director
Basma Alsharif is an artist and filmmaker of Palestinian origin who developed her practice nomadically. Her films and installations centre on the human condition beyond nationalism. Her major exhibitions include Les rencontres de la photographie d’Arles; Les Modules at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum, New York; The Jerusalem Show Al Ma’amal Foundation in Palestine; Videobrasil; and Manifesta 8. She has won a Jury Prize at the Sharjah Biennial, the Fundacion Marcelino Botin Award and the LOOP Fair Prize.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
Locarno FF 2017, Signs of Life (WP)
Toronto Palestine FF 2017
BFI London FF 2017