90min or 52min | HD | DCP | OV Hassaniya, Arabic, Spanish | English subtitles
Synopsis
A minefield and the second largest military wall in the world separate Sidahmed, Zaara and Taher from their homeland that they only know from their parents’ stories. They belong to the Sahrawis, one of the world’s most forgotten people, abandoned in a refugee camp in the middle of the desert ever since Morocco drove them out of Western Sahara forty years ago. With vitality and humor, HAMADA is the unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the stony Saharan desert. They spend their days fixing cars, even though they can’t really take them anywhere, fighting for political change and dreaming of a future that most likely will never happen. With all the expectations, strengths and illusions of being young they all find different ways to expand beyond the physical borders that surround them.
2018 IDFA Amsterdam Award for Best Spanish Film // Award for Best Spanish Director — Gijon IFF Companhia das Culturas/Fundação Pereira Monteiro Award for Best Emerging Director — Porto/Post/Doc FF
2019 Göteborg IFF Valencia HRFF Tempo Documentary Award — Tempo IDF Stockholm Cairo Cinema Days One World HRFF Prague Sofia IFF Geneva HRFF The Loridan Ivens – CNAP Award — Cinéma du Réel Paris Las Palmas de Gran Canaria FF BAFICI Buenos Aires San Sebastian HRFF Festival of Tolerance Zagreb 36 Dokfest Kassel
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