Vandeweerd “astonished” by the ignorance of Europeans of the Saharawi question
ALGIERS – The Belgian director Pierre Yves Vandeweerd expressed on Sunday in Algiers, his surprise to see people in Europe ignore the question of Western Sahara, without any knowledge of the struggle and suffering of the Saharawi people.
I just feel that the Saharawi question is not raised in Europe. I am always surprised when people tell me after seeing my film, they thought there was more conflict in the region, “said the director to the press before the screening of his documentary” Lost Land ” Days in the film engaged in Algiers.
He also estimated that “many” people in Europe were unaware of the existence of hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in camps in the situation of exile and a 2,400 km wall that runs through Western Sahara, Morocco and built by hindering freedom of movement of the Saharawi people and this is due, according to him, the way the subject is treated in the European media.
He also estimated that “many” people in Europe were unaware of the existence of hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in camps in the situation of exile and a 2,400 km wall that runs through Western Sahara, Morocco and built by hindering freedom of movement of the Saharawi people and this is due, according to him, the way the subject is treated in the European media.
Asked about the choice to make a documentary about the Saharawi people, Vandeweerd immediately stressed the importance of talking about thousands of individuals living in exile for over 30 years “are in a situation of confinement, physical and moral.” He then expressed his admiration for the people who, he said, “develop a real resistance to the difficulties they endure.”
About the role of filmmaking, the director said it’s a genre that reveals and makes visible the facts or situations that “likely to become invisible” if they are not mentioned. For him, the appointment of a director means “getting people to understand and feel the facts and socio-political mechanisms.”
“lost territory” is a documentary released in theaters in France last November. It highlights the suffering of the Saharawi people and its isolation from the world following the occupation of part of its territory.
Other evidence of Sahrawis living in the occupied territories, collected over the telephone, also show the persecution of the forces order Moroccan and torture on a daily basis which are the subject of rights activists Saharawi human.
“lost territory” was already selected in the Forum Festival Berlin (Berlinale) in February and the Visions of the real festival in Nyon (Switzerland from 7 to 13 April 2011) where it was screened on 9 and 12 April. It was screened at the Festival Fisahara, from May 2 to 8, a preview in the Saharawi refugee camps, and festival in Munich (Germany) from May 4 to 11, in international competition. Its theatrical release in Belgium is scheduled for the end of January.
I just feel that the Saharawi question is not raised in Europe. I am always surprised when people tell me after seeing my film, they thought there was more conflict in the region, “said the director to the press before the screening of his documentary” Lost Land ” Days in the film engaged in Algiers.
He also estimated that “many” people in Europe were unaware of the existence of hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in camps in the situation of exile and a 2,400 km wall that runs through Western Sahara, Morocco and built by hindering freedom of movement of the Saharawi people and this is due, according to him, the way the subject is treated in the European media.
He also estimated that “many” people in Europe were unaware of the existence of hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in camps in the situation of exile and a 2,400 km wall that runs through Western Sahara, Morocco and built by hindering freedom of movement of the Saharawi people and this is due, according to him, the way the subject is treated in the European media.
Asked about the choice to make a documentary about the Saharawi people, Vandeweerd immediately stressed the importance of talking about thousands of individuals living in exile for over 30 years “are in a situation of confinement, physical and moral.” He then expressed his admiration for the people who, he said, “develop a real resistance to the difficulties they endure.”
About the role of filmmaking, the director said it’s a genre that reveals and makes visible the facts or situations that “likely to become invisible” if they are not mentioned. For him, the appointment of a director means “getting people to understand and feel the facts and socio-political mechanisms.”
“lost territory” is a documentary released in theaters in France last November. It highlights the suffering of the Saharawi people and its isolation from the world following the occupation of part of its territory.
Other evidence of Sahrawis living in the occupied territories, collected over the telephone, also show the persecution of the forces order Moroccan and torture on a daily basis which are the subject of rights activists Saharawi human.
“lost territory” was already selected in the Forum Festival Berlin (Berlinale) in February and the Visions of the real festival in Nyon (Switzerland from 7 to 13 April 2011) where it was screened on 9 and 12 April. It was screened at the Festival Fisahara, from May 2 to 8, a preview in the Saharawi refugee camps, and festival in Munich (Germany) from May 4 to 11, in international competition. Its theatrical release in Belgium is scheduled for the end of January.
Eighteen (18) films, long and short films are on the menu of the Days of the film engaged in Algiers, which began Tuesday. Franco-Algerian film, Swiss, Belgian, American and Palestinian showing, with three screenings a day, throughout these days which will expire December 5 (Tuesday).
A special look was given to Palestine through two focus on cinema Palestinian women with a dozen short films made by Palestinian addressing the different kinds of engagement also on the policy.
Among the selected films include “Ecuador” by director Jacques Sarasin Swiss, “lost territory” of the Belgian Pierre Yves Vandeweerd and “persona non grata” in Oliver Stone was recently honored, remarked during his visit to Algiers. The film “Dust of Life” by Rachid Bouchareb is scheduled to close.
APS
