Filmed in Algiers during the Arab Spring, it refers to the situation of women in the Arab world and questions the idea of revolution. Here, it is a silent revolution, where the mute banners carry no slogans.
Cardboard boxes strewn along a pavement are seen to form a peculiar assemblage. From this fragile architecture, a woman emerges and makes a placard that contains no slogan; a wordless piece of cardboard. While raising the placard, the woman is joined by other women. A silent uprising is then set in motion. Can it be considered a revolution?
2011, Algeria
Director: Katia Kameli
Scenario: Katia Kameli
Photography: Katia Kameli
Editor: Katia Kameli
Cast
Rym Laredj
Hind Faiza
Fatma Zohra Alahoum
Kenza Mehadji
Length: 3'
Film format: DCP
Producer: Katia Kameli
Sales: Katia Kameli
Print source: Katia Kameli
2013 | 42nd IFFR - Festival International du Fllm de Rotterdam
* Selection - Spectrum Shorts
* International premiere
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/untitled5/