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16.01 – 13.02

[ 11:00-21:00  ・ Everyday ・ Aurora Kino ]

JANUARY: MALAZ USTA

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Malaz Usta 2024

11 mins

Exiles are asked questions concerning their life, (plans), and reasons for (their choices). The film tries to communicate the feelings of the displaced when being confronted with such questions which are drawn from the director’s memory. A parody of misinformation and of broken systems, and an exploration of feelings of confusion, loneliness, and uncertainty.

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Malaz Usta is a Syrian filmmaker, a designer and a visual artist, working with film, graphics, animation, editing, and sound. He studied TV, and Cinema in Istanbul, and he is currently a researcher at the Netherlands Film Academy. His works deal with different issues of displacement, and ideas of waiting, uncertainty, belonging, identity, and home. His first short film A Year in Exile (2020) premiered at Ji.hlava IDFF.

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We are grateful for funding from Tromsø Kommune and Norsk Kulturrådet to build and programme KINOBOX and support from Aurora Fokus Kino in housing it. This project would not have been possible without the help and support of Tromsø Kunstforening and Polar Film Lab.