And Then They Burn the Sea

Synopsis

Qatar / 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.

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