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El Film el Mafkoud

Le Film perdu
Khalil Joreige
Joana Hadjithomas
2003 Lebanon; France 42 minutes Arabic
DR

It all began with an email. On 22 May 2000 a copy of the artists’ first feature Around the Pink House, disappeared in Yemen in strange circumstances, and on a historic day: the tenth anniversary of the reunification of South and North Yemen. As Lebanese filmmakers, they lived in a part of the world where cinema is not considered important, and were therefore very surprised by this event. Was someone in Yemen so interested in their first feature film that they stole a copy? A year later, for the 11th anniversary of reunification, the filmmakers took a plane to Sanaa and followed the traces of their film.

Production :
Idéale Audience, Abbout Productions
Photography and sound :
Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Editing :
Tina Baz Legal
Print contact :
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, ruth.peer@culture.gouv.fr

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