Memory Of The Land / ذاكرة الارض (Dhakirat al-ʾard) / Spomin dežele
Samira Badran
2017, Spain, Palestine, 12'50''
Palestine. A body is trapped at a checkpoint; an essential mechanism of the Israeli occupation. The body is pierced by structural and physical violence, which is aggressive and arbitrary and prevents and attacks its free movement and existence.
Palestina. Telo je ujeto na kontrolni točki, enem izmed ključnih mehanizmov izraelske okupacije. Telo prebada strukturno in fizično nasilje, ki je agresivno in samovoljno ter preprečuje in napada njegovo svobodo gibanja in bivanja.
Language: Arabic, Invented Language
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: No
Technique: 3D animation, Digital collage, live-action
Team
Original idea: Samira Badran
Screenplay: Samira Badran & Oriol Martin Gual
Production company: Samira Badran & Jaume Serra Torrello
Producer: Samira Badran & Jaume Serra Torrello
Cinematography: Oriol Martin Gual
Edition & post production: Oriol Martin Gual
3D Animation: Alex Guitart -Pol Cayuela Rull
Sound: Lucas Ariel Vallejos
Artistic direction: Samira Badran
Festivals - Screenings and Awards
2017 | Huesca International Film Festival, Spain. – Special Jury Mention
2017 | ZINEBI – Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain
2017 | Festival de Málaga. Cine en Español, Spain
2017 | LISFE Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands
2017 | DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany
2017 | Encounters – Bristol Short Film and Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2017 | Bideodromo, Spain
2017 | Festival of Animated Film BANJALUKA. Bosnia Herzegovina
2017 | BUSHO – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
2017 | Athens ANIMFEST. Greece
2018 | ANIMAC – International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Lleida, Spain
2018 | IBAFF – Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain
2018 | Chicago Palestine Film Festival, United States
2018 | Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
2018 | Festival Ciné-Palestine, Paris, France
2018 | Animakom, Spain
2018 | Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Italy
2018 | FIAV – Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Morocco
2018 | Toronto Palestine film festival, Canada
2018 | Cartón- Festival Internacional De Cortos De animación de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 | Boston Palestine film festival, USA
2018 | Olhares do Mediterraneo- Cinema no Feminino, Portugal
2018 | DC Palestinian film and Arts festival, USA
2024 | 14. StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia
2025 | Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia
Samira Badran
was born in 1954 in Libya to an artistic Palestinian family. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cairo (71-76) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (78-82). Now she resides in Barcelona – Spain.
Samira Badran's statement: My father, the artist Jamal Badran (Master, expert in Islamic arts and crafts, 1909-1999) played a decisive role in my artistic formation, and in my introduction to the world of art. Definitely he was my first professor and critic and encouraged me to study painting in Egypt and Italy. Thanks to his knowledge, experience and dedication in the field of arts and crafts, I have had the privilege of learning and absorbing the academic basics in drawing and painting under his advice and mastery.
Personal Exhibitions
2017 FALASTIN AL- HADARA EXHIBITION, DARAT AL FUNUN, BLUE HOUSE, AMMAN-JORDAN.
2012 NOVA, ESPAI ÀGORA CATALUNYA – BARCELONA.
2008 UNIVERSITY ROVIRA I VIRGILI, SALOU – SPAIN.
1996 LA TRAMONTANA, CHAILLÉ LES MARAIS – FRANCE.
1995 SHOMAN FOUNDATION, AMMAN – JORDAN.
1987 THE BRITISH COUNCIL, AMMAN – JORDAN.
Find more: www.samirabadran.com