It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus
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It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus by Kamal Aljafari
DEU 2019, Forum Expanded
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Kamal Aljafari’s new short film once again collapses time, questioning the meaning of life in a system in which humanity is reduced to a number and the value of one’s future is measured by applications within grey hallways. Step into this black hole, where bones and flesh have become numbers in a queuing system. With surreal humor, this film observes the origins of our being versus the future of how we are defined. What have we become from our point of origin until today’s chaos of bureaucratic mazes? It’s a long way from Amphioxus, we all came from there.
With
- Faysal Bibi
Crew
Written and Directed by | Kamal Aljafari |
Cinematography | Christopher Turiello |
Sound Design | Gilles Benardeau |
Sound | Antoine Brochu |
Production Manager | Blandine Casen |
Producers | Kamal Aljafari, Sheyma Buali |
Produced by
Kamal Aljafari Studio
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Kamal Aljafari
The director during Q&A.
It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus · Forum Expanded · Feb 11, 2019
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Laura Horelli, Kamal Aljafari
The director of Uutisten aika and the director of It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus during Q&A.
It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus · Forum Expanded · Feb 10, 2019
Kamal Aljafari
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Kamal Aljafari, born in Palestine in 1972, lives in Berlin. He works with moving and still images, interweaving between fiction, non-fiction, and art. Kamal’s past films include Recollection (2015), Port of Memory (2009), and The Roof (2006). He was a featured artist at the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar (NYC) and was a Fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute and Film Study Center.
Filmography
2003 Visit Iraq 2006 The Roof; 58 min. 2007 Balconies; 11 min. 2009 Port of Memory; 58 min. 2015 Recollection; 70 min. 2019 It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019