The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation is once again collaborating with the Cordoba African Film Festival (FCAT) in their joint work to disseminate the film heritage of that continent, in order to contribute to the development of African and Arab culture and film industries, promoting greater understanding between peoples.
During this month, within the cycle Cinema and DiversityThe 12th edition of this event, which closed in Cordoba on 28 March with an outstanding list of winners, will screen some of the award-winning films, characterised by the diversity of origin of the award-winning films. Among them, we highlight The Salvation Armya film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Abdellah Taïa, winner of the Award for Best Fiction Feature Film; or Things of the Aimless Wandererby Rwandan director Kivu Ruhorahoza, which won the Audience Award, as well as a special mention from the jury.
The Best Actress Award went to Egyptian Horreya Farghaly, starring in the film Decorbrings us the third film in this cycle, which is completed with the documentary film Beats of the AntonovAward for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Tuesday, 19 May
Decor
Ahmad Abdalla (Egypt, 2014, 116 minutes).
Synopsis
A tribute to the golden age of Egyptian cinema, the 1940s and 1950s, through an aesthetic exercise in black and white by a director considered the leader of independent cinema in his country. Psychological drama about a film production designer who finds herself transported into a completely different person. The film captures the loneliness faced by some mentally ill people.
Best Actress Award for Horreya Farghaly at FCAT 2015.
This film series has been programmed as part of the parallel cultural activities of the CUDEMA2 Project within the Month of Cultural Diversity. Free admission until full capacity is reached.
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