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The Secret Room (2012)

Duration: 04:08    Category: Tripoli   

A caretaker for the national museum of Libya had to live through 12 months of anxiety and turbulence during the revolution, not just at home to protect his family but also at work to protect the precious objects which are part of national heritage.

Screening Formats: Digi-Beta, DVD

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – London MENA Film Festival 2012 (UK)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Africa in Motion 2012 (UK)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Eclectik Montreal 2013 (Canada)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Riverrun International Film Festival 2013 (USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Locarno Film Festival – Open Doors 2015 (Italy)
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Afrika Eye Film Festival (UK) 2013
SCREENED – Doc Tent (DocHouse) at Wychwood Festival 2013 (UK)

Compilation Screened at:
Medimed 2012 (Spain)
TransEuropa 2013 (Poland)
Encounters 2013 (UK)

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: Ibrahim Y. Shebani EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Noe Mendelle & Flore Cosquer DOP: Baha Debashi, Tariq Elmeri SOUND: Mohammed Khaled El-Lafi EDITOR: Feras Al-Shafah EDITING CONSULTANT: Anne Milne PROJECT MANAGERS FOR BRITISH COUNCIL: Awatef Shawish, Mohammed Shawish
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