links / references
PRODUCTIONkamalaljafari.productions@gmail.com
kamalaljafari.art
TRAILER
vimeo.com/723328865
Photo 2022 Kamal Aljafari
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Photo 2022 Kamal Aljafari
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Photo 2022 Kamal Aljafari
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Photo 2022 Kamal Aljafari
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
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kamalaljafari.productions@gmail.com
kamalaljafari.art
TRAILER
vimeo.com/723328865
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Synopsis
"Without commentary, the clips from Israeli military propaganda films form a colorful kaleidoscope that the filmmaker composes into a precisely choreographed ballet with elegiac, melodic music. Through the carefully selected shots - the image often pulled in or cropped - the original intention of the material recedes into the background, taking on a new meaning instead. Kamal Aljafari has not only given his experimental film the sonorous, half-poetic, half-scientific sounding title "Paradiso XXI, 108," for which he was inspired by a short story by Borges, he also alienates the images by coloring them in pastel. Nevertheless, they have lost nothing of their disturbing effect." [Jury Deutsche Filmkritik – German Film Critic Award 2022]Cast & Crew
- Director
- Producer
- Sound Design
Festivals/awards
Best Experimental Film – German Film Critic Award 20222022
Locarno Film Festival
Vienna International Film Festival Viennale
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Filmmaker Festival Milan
Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Independent Film Festival of Athens
FILMFEST DRESDEN
2023
52 IFFR Rotterdam
