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Poet of the Sea

Category: Benghazi   

A Benghazi fisherman has spent a lifetime fishing at sea but once in a while the verses he catches are bigger than his fish. The distance away from the coast gives him time and clarity to reflect and denounce what is happening in Libya.

Screening Formats: Digi-Beta, DVD

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Jihlava Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Nour Festival London 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – EcransMed Montreal 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Riverrun International Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Tripoli Human Rights Film Festival 2012
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Bristolian Mediterranean Festival 2014

Compilation Screened at:
Encounters 2013 (UK)
Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival 2013 (Indonesia)

Libya in Motion Compilation Screened at:

Dubai Film Market 2015 (Dubai)
Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis 2015 (Senegal)
One World 2016 (Czech Republic)
El Espejo IFF 2016 (Columbia)
Document 2016 (UK)
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema – “Ban This Series”, March 2017 (Canada)
Seventh Art Stand Screenings, May/June 2017 (USA):
Browning Cinema, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
The Nightlight Cinema, Akron, Ohio
Anthology Film Archive, New York
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii
Casa Arabe – November 2019, Cordoba (Spain)

To arrange a screening contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

DIRECTOR / DOP: Farag Akwedir EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Noe Mendelle & Flore Cosquer EDITOR: Muhannad Lamin EDITING CONSULTANT: Anne Milne PROJECT MANAGER FOR BRITISH COUNCIL LIBYA: Awatef Shawish PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Adal Pogren
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