{"id":10460,"date":"2019-09-17T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.nihrff.de\/6068-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:55:38","slug":"films-2019-talking-about-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/films-2019-talking-about-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Talking About Trees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DIRECTOR(S): <\/strong>Suhaib Gasmelbari\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTRIES: <\/strong>France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar\u00a0\u00a0 YEAR: <\/strong>2019\u00a0\u00a0 LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>Arabic, English, German\u00a0\u00a0 SUBTITLES: <\/strong>English\u00a0\u00a0 RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>93 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION:<\/strong> International Competition 2019<\/a>, Opening Film 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SCREENINGS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 02.10., 7.00 pm, Tafelhalle, Q&A with Suhaib Gasmelbari and Ibrahim Hamid Shaddad
Sunday, 06.10., 11.00 am, kommkino, Q&A with Suhaib Gasmelbari and Ibrahim Hamid Shaddad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suliman and three further members of the \u2018Sudanese Film Club\u2019 have decided to revive an old cinema. They are united not only by their love of cinema and their passionate desire to restore old film stock and draw attention to Sudanese film history once more, but also by the fact that they have all enjoyed a film education in exile. Tirelessly, they try to get the cinema\u2019s owners on their side and make the place operational again, but repeatedly find themselves up against considerable resistance. In the meantime, they sit together and talk about the past \u2013 including their experiences of persecution and even torture as oppositional artists. They also read out old letters written while in exile and dream of a Sudan in which art and intellectual thought can be free. \u2018We are smarter than them, but not as strong,\u2019 is how they unanimously summarise their situation. It is in laconic moments such as these that the viewer is able to perceive the friendship, as well as the bond and ideological solidarity that exists in the struggle for common ideals.
Suhaib Gasmelbari puts the history of Sudanese cinema at the centre of his film and at the same time sheds light on the current situation in a country shaken by ongoing crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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