(Ouroboros)

Content: This film is an homage to the Gaza Strip and to the possibility of hope beyond hopelessness. Ouroboros, the symbol of the snake eating its tail, is both end and beginning: death as regeneration. A 74-minute experimental narrative film that turns the destruction of Gaza into a story of heartbreak, Ouroboros asks what it means to be human when humanity has failed. Taking the form of a love story, the film's central character is Diego Marcon, a man who embarks on a circular journey to shed his pain only to experience it, again and again. In the course of a single day, his travel fuses together Native American territories, the ancient Italian city of Matera, a castle in Brittany, and the ruins of the Gaza Strip into a single landscape.

Countries:

Belgium,

France,

Palestinian Territory,

Qatar

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

74 minutes

Year:

2017

Directors:

Basma Alsharif

Production companies:

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture,

Idioms Film,

International Digital Artist (IDA),

Momento Film

Actors:

Crews:

Original Music Composer

Production Manager

Still Photographer

Post-Production Manager

Line Producer