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Dajla: cinema and oblivion

Life is going on in Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years. The celebration of a film festival, the Fisahara, breaks the monotony. The event ends, life (and oblivion) continues.

  • Arturo Dueñas Herrero
    Director
  • Arturo Dueñas Herrero
    Writer
  • Arturo Dueñas Herrero
    Producer
  • Álvaro Sanz Pascual
    DoP
  • Miguel Sánchez González
    Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dajla: cine y olvido
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Western Sahara
  • Language:
    Arabic, English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Arturo Dueñas Herrero

Arturo Dueñas (Esguevillas de Esgueva, Valladolid, Spain, 1962). Bachelor of Arts, Qualified in Cinematography and Filmmaking Course at the New York Film Academy. Full member of the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain. Actor, director, producer, editor and scriptwriter in several short films, he has produced and directed the feature films Amateurs (Aficionados, 2011), selected and awarded in over 30 international festivals, Corsairs (Corsarios, 2015), Mission: Sahara (Misión: Sáhara, 2016), Built lands (Tierras construidas, 2019) and Pessoas (Pessoas, 2020).

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