Film of the Week #51
April 6th - 13th 2022
In Memory of Yaser Murtaja
Ouroboros (2017)
Experimental, 1h 17m
An homage to the Gaza Strip based on the eternal return. A journey following one man through five different landscapes marks the end as the beginning, forgetting as the way forward, and the failure of civilization.
Writer & Director: Basma Alsharif
Cinematographer: Ben Russel
Drone & Steadycam (Gaza): Yaser Murtaja
Sound: Federico Chiari
Original Music: Yann Gourdon, Bunny People
Voiceover: Sky Hopinka
Starring: Diego Marcon, Claire De Pimodan, Lauren Strom Berg, Joseph Valdez, Yann Gourdon
“Ouroboros is an essay on displacement, the psychological mindscape of physical removal from one’s home...It speaks a cinematic language unlike any other.”