Sinopsis
Documentary. Imagine that you have siblings but you can’t talk to them because you don’t speak the same language. Imagine that you have parents but you were raised without them. The film tells the extraordinary story of a Palestinian family which was dispersed by several turmoils that steer the last century as if the 20th century was summed up in the life of a single family: From the Spanish Civil War in which the father Najati Sidki fought against Franco to World War II, Nakba and Lebanese Civil War.
Amal Ramsis was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1972 and in 1993 she graduated form the Faculty of Law in Cairo. In 1992, she was one of the founders of the Women’s Studies Centre, “Ma’an” (together), in Egypt and in 2002, she obtained a grant from the Spanish Foreign Ministry to study film directing at the “Septima Ars” Cinema School in Madrid. She also founded the Cairo International Women’s Film Festival, the first annual women’s film festival in Arab World and is leading the international program’s women’s workshop series known as “Correspondence between Women”. She has directed and produced Only Dreams Forbidden, The Trace of the Butterfly and You Come From Far Away, which have obtained international awards and have been screened in art venues and festivals around the world.
Screening 1: Casa Árabe in Madrid
March, 29th 2019. 7.30 pm
Screening 2: Fundación Euroárabe de Granada
April, 1st 2019. 6.00 pm
Screening 3: Casa Árabe in Córdoba
April, 12th 2019. 8.00 pm
Screening 4: Casa Árabe in Madrid
April, 26th 2019. 7.30 pm
Section Contemporary Arab Directors
Presentation and discussion with the director
March, 29th 2019. 7.30 pm
Year of production: 2018
Running time: 85’
Country: Egypt, Lebanon, Spain and Qatar
Language: Arabic, Russian and Spanish
Director: Amal Ramsi
Producer: Necati Sönmez
Production Companies: Klaketa Árabe and Morgana Producciones
