Ajyal Film Festival 2024

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And Then They Burn the Sea (ثم يحرقون البحر)

Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar, Ajyal at Vox, Ajyal at Katara

Majid Al-Remaihi / Short Documentary / Qatar / 2021 / 13 min / Colour / DCP
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Creative Documentary
Middle East Premiere

Synopsis

Qatar’s first-ever short to be selected in competition at Locarno Film Festival, ‘And Then They Burn the Sea’ is an elegiac contemplation on familial memory and loss. Filmmaker Majid Al-Remaihi ruminates on the experience of witnessing his mother’s gradual and terminal memory loss over the course of many years. Weaving a personal family archive, reenacted dreams and rituals, the film underlines the promise of cinema as a medium for memories even at their most irretrievable.

About the Directors

Majid Al-Remaihi is a filmmaker and film programmer from Doha, Qatar. His short film ‘And Then They Burn the Sea’ premiered at Locarno 2021. He produced it under the mentorship of Academy Award-nominated director Rithy Panh and with the support of the Qatari Film Fund. Currently, he is developing his next short film. He is also part of the Film Programming team at the Doha Film Institute.

Credits

Director
Majid Al-Remaihi
Screenwriter
Majid Al-Remaihi
Producer
Basel Owies
Editor
Amit Chowdhury
Associate Producer
Ania Wojtowicz
Co-Producer
Ali Khechen
Cinematographer
Mesa Prum
Sales Company
Square Eyes
Sound
Séverin Favriau, Falah Hannoun
Distributor
Square Eyes

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