FROM THURSDAY 24/10 ON SUNDAY 3/11
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Taking a look at the cinema made in the countries of the Mediterranean Sea is the objective of the Mostra de València that, this year, reaches its 39th edition renewing its commitment to exploring all types of conflicts, both warlike and social, that occur in that framework. In the OFFICIAL SECTION, sweet films in competition. The Show starts with A private bathroom, by the Valencian Lucía Casañ, which tells the story of a housewife who takes refuge in the bathrooms to give free rein to her true vocation: be a writer. Round between Valencia, Paterna and Borriana, the film explores an aesthetic propia with areas of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Behind Casañ, the Lebanese Karim Kassem tells us, in Moondove, the harsh survival conditions in their country caused by droughts, while Who do I belong to, by Tunisian Meryam Joobeur, faces the problem of Islamist terrorism from the perspective of a mother who sees how her children fall into the clutches of radicalization. An issue that will also be addressed The red children by also Tunisian Lotfi Achour with the story of two teenage shepherds who are attacked by hitmen who want to threaten their family. In When the phone rang Serbia Iva Radivojević takes us back to the Balkan War, while his compatriot Marko Djordjevic sends us, in That’s it for today, to the search for happiness in the story of three brothers who spend the summer together. With the collapse of a building in Istanbul begins farouk, de la directora turca Asli Özge, a plea against gentrification, and from Italy we get the latest from Marco Tullio Giordana, author of the miniseries The best youth, who, con The life apart, tells us the process of overcoming, thanks to the support of music, of a young man born with a birthmark. The French quota is occupied Fotogenico, comedy by Benoît Sabatier and Marcia Romano that tells the journey of a father to Marseille following the clues of his deceased daughter. Con Algiers, The Algerian Chakib Taleb-Bendiab brings us closer to the conflict of child abductions in Algeria, and the Croatian Rajko Grlić will speak to us, in It all endes here,of abuses of power in the workplace. Close the package Backstage, Primer of Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, who will introduce us to the suggestive universe of dance.
Next to the Official section, we find other parallel proposals. In the INFORMATION SECTION we will have thirteen films that address issues such as immigration, (common theme of tapes like Okarina de Alban Zogjani, Winter crossing by Florence Loiret-Caille o Voy! Voy! Voy!, by debutant Omar Hilal), the position of women in society or the game between fiction and documentary, other parts shaft. The VISIONES DE GAZA program focuses on one of the most dramatic war conflicts of this moment, and CINE REFOUND will explore the work of masters of Italian cinema such as Dario Argento, Marcello Mastroianni and the Tiviani brothers. This year the French-Tunisian filmmaker and activist Nadia El Fani, will be the protagonist of the FOCUS section and the director Isaki Lacuesta will receive the Palm Tree of Honor. G.LEON
