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THE CALM TEMPEST

They were frightened. Suddenly the sea became calm.

  • OMAR A. RAZZAK
    Director
  • OMAR A. RAZZAK
    Writer
  • MAYI GUTIÉRREZ
    Producer
  • KISTIÑE CÁRCAMO
    Producer
  • EMILIO GARCÍA, SERGIO GONZÁLEZ
    SOUND
  • OMAR A. RAZZAK
    CINEMATOGRAPHER
  • OMAR A. RAZZAK
    EDITOR
  • ENEKO VADILLO
    MUSIC COMPOSER
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 24, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy, Spain
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope - 1:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FRAMES OF REPRESENTATION (ICA LONDON)
    LONDON
    United Kingdom
    April 28, 2017
    INTERNATIONAL
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    MUNICH
    Germany
    May 6, 2017
    EUROPEAN
  • LAS PALMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    LAS PALMAS
    Spain
    March 24, 2016
    WORLD
  • DOKER
    MOSCOW
    Russian Federation
    May 25, 2017
    RUSSIAN
  • DOCUMENTA MADRID
    MADRID
    Spain
    May 4, 2016
  • MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL
    MALAGA
    Spain
    April 26, 2016
    NATIONAL
  • MIRADASDOC
    TENERIFE
    Spain
    January 26, 2017
  • CINEUROPA COMPOSTELA
    SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
    Spain
    November 18, 2016
  • Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote
    Lanzarote
    Spain
    December 5, 2016
  • INSULARIA FILM FESTIVAL
    SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
    Spain
    October 27, 2016
    BEST DOCUMENTARY
  • P.N.R FILM FESTIVAL
    MADRID
    Spain
    November 3, 2016
    CRITICS AWARD
  • ECOZINE
    ZARAGOZA
    Spain
    May 13, 2017
  • MICE, Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico Museo do Pobo Galego
    Santiago
    Spain
    June 9, 2017
  • Islantilla Cineforum
    Islantilla
    Spain
    July 24, 2017
Distribution Information
  • Filmin
    Country: Spain
    Rights: Internet, Video on Demand, Pay Per View
Director Biography - OMAR A. RAZZAK

Omar A. Razzak loves films. Sometimes he produces them, sometimes he edits them.

He has directed Paradiso as his first feature film, and now he have just ended his

second one, La tempestad calmada, supported by Eurodoc and Iberdoc.

Recently he was selected by Berlinale Talents 2017 and X Films Projects (by Punto de Vista Film Festival)

2014 PARADISO

2016 THE CALM TEMPEST

2017 TORPE (in postproduction)

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Director Statement

The calm tempest is a cinematographic apostolate that takes inspiration from the paintings of Ribera as well as the Italian neorealism.

The calm tempest coordinates itself around the portraits of twelve present sailors, on an island named after Pontius Pilate: Ponza. And the title refers to the biblical story told by Matthew in which Jesus calms the sea during a strong storm shouting:

“You of little faith, why are you so afraid?”.

The calm tempest tells speaks of a change of cycle, the end of things. It deals with the fear of what might come next and how to face it. To this effect, the film reverses the common conventional narrative order: it first introduces the space and then portraits the characters. We grasp them through the facts we have already seen and heard. Little by little we venture into an oneiric passage which is a merging of the divine and the human.

It all happens inside an odd asynchronism in which the sound gives us some information about each seaman, but not enough to know if they are their thoughts, something that has already happened, or a premonition. Voices in an unknown dialect meanwhile the sea remains calm.