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Mostra De Valencia · 2019

Mostra De Valencia 2019

Special Sessions

Programme

12 films · 1 review

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About Some Meaningless Events

In the streets around the port and the popular bars of Casablanca, a group of filmmakers discuss their expectations and aspirations about the emerging Moroccan cinema with others.

(Country: Morocco; Year: 1974; Director: Mostafa Derkaoui; Writer: Mostafa Derkaoui; Stars: Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham, Mostapha Dziri, Salah Eddine, Abbas Fassi-Fihri, Khalid Jamai, Abdelkader Moutaa, Mostafa Nissabouri, Aïcha Saâdoun, Mohamed Zefzaf, Hamid Zoughi, Nour Abdellatif, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Mohamed Derham)

Ambience

Two young Palestinians try to record a demo for a music competition inside a refugee camp. If they win, they will have the chance to record an album.

(Country: Palestine; Year: 2019; Director: Wisam Al Jafari; Stars: Salah Abu Nima, Mohammad Al Khmour, Jameel Hilmi, Nilly Salman, Mutaz Shafout, Salah Abu Nima, Mohammad Al Khmour, Jameel Hilmi, Nilly Salman, Mutaz Shafout)

Area C

In Area C of West Bank, surrounded by Israeli settlements, a young man tries to defend his house so he can stay there with his parents.

(Country: Palestine; Year: 2018; Director: Salah Abu Nimah)

Ayny

Two young brothers lose their home in the war. Their mother tries to protect them from danger, but they follow their childhood dream to play the oud.

(Country: Germany, Jordan, Palestine; Year: 2016; Director: Ahmad Saleh; Writer: Ahmad Saleh)

Bonbone

A Palestinian couple resorts to an unusual way of conceiving a child as the husband is detained in an Israeli jail where visits are restricted.

(Country: Palestine, Lebanon; Year: 2017; Director: Rakan Mayasi; Writer: Rakan Mayasi; Stars: Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri)

The Chair

A woman living in Jamaica returns to Palestine to help her aunt with her grandmother’s funeral and wake.

(Year: 2017; Director: Laila Abbas)

Danzantes

Exploring the meaning of dance in different societies.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Juan Vicente Chuliá; Writer: Juan Vicente Chuliá, Cristina Masson; Stars: Anouscka Brodacz, Cristina Casa Gómez, Fernando Lázaro, Kaari Martin, Jose Carlos Martinez, Antonio Najarro, Minna Tervamäki, Ivan Truol Troncoso, Anouscka Brodacz, Cristina Casa Gómez, Fernando Lázaro, Kaari Martin, Jose Carlos Martinez, Antonio Najarro, Minna Tervamäki)

Five Boys And A Wheel

A man has to help his son settle a small dispute with the neighbours, but the situation quickly gets out of control.

(Country: Jordan, Palestine; Year: 2016; Director: Said Zagha; Writer: Said Zagha, Raymond Carver; Stars: Ali Suliman, Nadira Omran, Haidar Kfouf, Mohammed Idris, Laith AlJondi, Nizar Idrees, Ahmad Khatib, Mohammad Nizar, Mohammad Abdel Raheem, Karim Zagha, Ali Suliman, Nadira Omran, Haidar Kfouf, Mohammed Idris, Laith AlJondi)

From Knee To Heart (De Rodillas Corazon)

Portrait of dancer and choreographer Sol Picó.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Susana Barranco; Stars: Sol Picó)

Jalas

Three Palestinian girls set out to meet each other. The distance between them is not an obstacle. The main obstacle is the occupation that the country has gone through for more than 70 years.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Olga Arias; Writer: Olga Arias, Marta Moreira; Stars: Baraa Mizher, Tasneem al-Ayoubi, Rima al-Zoubi)

The Pipe

An experience of solitary confinement that goes beyond the walls of a cell.

(Country: Palestine; Year: 2019; Director: Sami Zarour; Writer: Mohammad Khamees, Sami Zarour; Stars: Riyad Sliman, Riyad Sliman)

Ropes (Cuerdas, Prey)

Review preview for Ropes

Elena is not initially an easy character to like, but her courage and ingenuity is handling the crisis she finds herself in gradually wins viewers over.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A young quadriplegic woman who has lost her sister moves to a country house with her father. A trained dog helps her, but then becomes her worst enemy.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: José Luis Montesinos; Writer: Yako Blesa, José Luis Montesinos; Stars: Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar, Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar)

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