SPECIAL PROGRAM: FISAHARA PRESENTS THE RUNNER LA BADIL (SHORT) 2012, France/ Ireland/ UK , 52 min Director: Saeed Taji Farouky
2012, UK, 15 min Director: Dominic Brown
The Runner is a film about endurance. It is the story of a champion long-distance runner whose journey transformed him from an athlete into the symbol of a national liberation movement.
La Badil (No Other Choice) is a short documentary about the struggle of the indigenous Sahrawi people of Western Sahara. It was filmed undercover in the Morocco-occupied territory of Western Sahara on the eve of the second anniversary of the 2010 Gdeim Izik uprising, which is regarded by some as a precursor to the Arab Spring.
Salah Hmatou Amaidan is willing to risk his career, his family and his life to run for a country that doesn’t exist. He is from Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation since 1975. The Runner follows Salah over three life-altering years in his life, where he turns 30, and the Arab Spring is born. The film poses the poignant question: How long before you stop running? Salah Hmatou Amaidan and The FiSahara Festival Director are present at the festival.
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Sat 18th: 13:00 Tancred RELATED EVENTS
Sat 18th: 15:30 Debattscenen: Occupation Western Sahara ABC