There are almost no cinemas in Sudan, but they did exist at one point. A cinema owner talks about better days.
Closed cinemas. Primarily visually approached. Not spectacularly, but quietly and carefully. The symbolism of closed, derelict cinemas is strong. Their demise wasn't for economic, but for political and religious reasons. A woman tells the story of her cinema.
Sudan, 2012
Director: Bahaeldin Ibrahim
Scenario: Bahaeldin Ibrahim
Cast: Lossy Indrawss
Photography: Mojahid Mohamed Adam
Editor: Ahmed Mohamed Jaknon
Music : Hessam Mohamed Abdelsalam
Length: 30'
Film format: DCP
Producer: Goethe-Institut Sudan, Sudan Film Factory
Sales: Sudan Film Factory
Print source: Sudan Film Factory
2013 | 42nd IFFR - Festival International du Fllm de Rotterdam
* Selection - Spectrum Shorts
* International premiere
Screening: Sudan's Swinging Film Factory / LantarenVenster 3 / Sun 27 Jan / 16:45
Screening: Sudan's Swinging Film Factory / LantarenVenster 6 / Thu 31 Jan / 14:00
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/cinema-behind-bars/