Paradiso, XXXI, 108

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Director Kamal Aljafari
Year 2022
Runtime 19 min
Country Palestine, Germany
Language Hebrew
Subtitles English, Spanish
Premiere None

Synopsis

Aljafari’s new film takes its title from a brief story by Borges, one that considers our collective inability to know God by sight. To play against this concept, Aljafari presents footage of the Israeli military conducting maneuvers in the desert. The material itself is uncanny, since it is never entirely apparent whether we are watching documentary scenes, a staged training film, or decontextualized excerpts from a fictional feature. This aspect, heightened by Aljafari’s precise editing rhythms, suggests that violence is always doubled, a representation of itself. Aljafari peers into the collective unconscious of “the most moral army in the world.”

Screenings

13:00

Auditorio Mateo Herrera

Official Selection Experimental 2

Saturday 22.7.
14:00

Teatro Santa Ana

Official Selection Experimental 2

Monday 24.7.

Cast and crew

Director Kamal Aljafari
Producer Kamal Aljafari
Writer Kamal Aljafari
Editor Yannig Willmann
Sound Attila Faravelli

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