Sirocco

US, Egypt, 2012
16 min.
Arabic (subtitled)
MN Premiere
Director: Hisham Bizri

Festivals & Awards:
Cannes Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2012
Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Beirut International Film Festival 2012

Synopsis:
This is a fable of an Arab man who is in a perpetual agony of restlessness. He cannot sleep. He keeps to himself and is somewhat moody and savage. Life for him is a mystery and is impossible to understand, leading him into melancholic paralysis.
trailer

Saturday, 3/16 at the Heights Theater
7:00 p.m.

screening with In Search of Oil and Sand

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