O CinemaSesc promotes, on September 3, at 17 pm, the chat online com Soudade Kaadan, Syrian filmmaker of the unreleased film in Brazil "The Day I Lost My Shadow" (The day I lost my shadow), winner of the Lion of the Future at the Venice International Film Festival, in 2018. The conversation will be broadcast on the icarabe on youtube.
also participate Esther Imperio Hamburger, professor at the Department of Cinema, Television and Radio at ECA/USP, and Flavia Guerra, documentary filmmaker, curator and film critic.
The conversation integrates the program of the show arab world, one of the free film festivals on video platforms streaming Brazilian. To watch the featured feature and the other films for free and be notified of the chats online on Youtube, just access the platform and register at event website.
To watch the chat with simultaneous translation, simply register at Zoom platform.
Synopsis of "The Day I Lost My Shadow"
At the start of the war in Syria, young pharmacist Sana tries to buy some bottled gas, but her quest quickly spirals out of control. This film was written in a country where tomorrow is an unimaginable thought. What is tomorrow if you are living under constant bombardment? The shadows will reappear and disappear throughout the film, heralded by a tearing sound of the score, the effect of which is reminiscent of the work of Lucrecia Martel, where sound is often a signifier of a mysterious universe in which reality is distorted and broken. . The film alternates between different levels: Reality, dreams, illusions, mirages and a hyper-realistic universe in which losing a shadow is a traumatizing experience that is reflected in a concept of magical realism.Winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best Premiere in Venice .
About Soudade Kaadan
Soudade Kaadan is a French-born Syrian director. She studied theater criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Syria and film at Saint Joseph University (IESAV) in Lebanon. Her films have been shown in various national and international venues and have received international awards. His first feature film, The Day I Lost My Shadow, won the The Lion of the Future for best debut film at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and has already been screened at several festivals: TIFF, BFI, Busan and IFFR. His recent short film Aziza won the Sundance Grand Jury Award in 2019.
Start: 03/09/2020 19:00
End: 03/09/2020 21:00
Values: Gratuitous.
