Selb · April 24 - 27, 2025 48. GRENZLAND-FILMTAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Program

Dajla: Cine Y Olvido

Storyline

Life is going on in Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years. The celebration of a film festival, the Fisahara, breaks the monotony. The event ends, life (and oblivion) continues.

About the film/director

Arturo Dueñas (Esguevillas de Esgueva, Valladolid, Spain, 1962). Bachelor of Arts, Qualified in Cinematography and Filmmaking Course at the New York Film Academy. Full member of the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain. Actor, director, producer, editor and scriptwriter in several short films, he has produced and directed the feature films Amateurs (Aficionados, 2011), selected and awarded in over 30 international festivals, Corsairs (Corsarios, 2015), Mission: Sahara (Misión: Sáhara, 2016), Built lands (Tierras construidas, 2019) and Pessoas: the shortest path (Pessoas: el camino más corto, 2020).

Credits

Director:
ARTURO DUEÑAS HERRERO
Script:
ARTURO DUEÑAS HERRERO
Camera:
ÁLVARO SANZ PASCUAL
Editor:
ARTURO DUEÑAS HERRERO
Sound:
MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ GONZÁLEZ
Producer:
LA ESGUEVA FILMS
Contact:
Promofest, Spanien
E-mail:
distribucion@promofest.org
  • Spain
  • OmeU (English, Spanish)
  • 2020
  • 15 minutes