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HFKD CINEMA 2024 PRÆSENTERER IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM

Notes on Displacement
Khaled Jarrar 2022, 74 min. Digital video (farve, lyd)
Nadira, en ældre palæstinenser, har været flygtning siden hun var 12 år. Nu skal hun også evakueres fra Damaskus. I Notes on Displacement køber instruktøren bag kameraet, Khaled Jarrar, papirer fra en syrisk flygtning for at grave dybt ned i deres historier uden afstand. Da han gør det, bliver han opslugt af den frygt og desorientering, som den syriske familie oplever på deres udmattende rejse for at finde et liv.

I AM A PROBLEM
Will Benedict 2016, 7 min. Digital video (farve, lyd)
I I AM A PROBLEM, en musikvideo til bandet Wolf Eyes, diskuterer en alien på talkshowet Charlie Rose spørgsmål omkring assimilering, mens den drager paralleller til Europas såkaldte migrantkrise.

2 Lizards
Meriem Bennani og Orian Barki 2020, 22 min. 43 sek. Video (farve, lyd)
2 Lizards skildrer et surrealistisk syn på de første måneder af COVID-19-pandemien, som den udspillede sig i New York City. I filmen tjener to animerede og antropomorfiserede firben som hovedpersoner, der bevæger sig gennem en by, der er grebet af en pandemi, en udvidet isolation og et råb om reformer og social retfærdighed. 2 Lizards fremhæver den hjælpeløshed og usikkerhed, som mange oplevede på det tidspunkt, såvel som de uventede øjeblikke med fællesskab og sammenhold. Oprindeligt udgivet som en serie i otte dele på Bennanis Instagram-konto. 
Musik af COQUETA (episode 2), Flavien Berger (episode 3, 4 og 8), Asma Maroof (episode 5), Sienna Miles Fekete og Color Plus (episode 6) og Morris (episode 7).

The Republic of T.M.
Masar Sohail 2017, 15 min. Video (farve, lyd)
En ung mand, Taha, undslipper sin egen virkelighed og følelse af fremmedgørelse ved at flygte ud i skoven. Under vejledning af sin indre stemme lægger Tony Montana – den fiktive karakter fra firserfilmen Scarface – og en gruppe imaginære advokater planer for at skabe sin egen stat til antihelten eller ”The bad guy”.

Byron & Shelley: Illuminati Detectives
Leah Hennessey & Emily Allan 2021, 35 min. Video (farve, lyd)
Illuminati Detectives forestiller sig de romantiske digtere Percy Shelleys og Lord Byrons hemmelige liv som sex- og narkoafhængige medlemmer af Illuminati, der er sendt rundt i Europa for at afsløre mystiske forbrydelser.

Infiltrators
Khaled Jarrar 2012, 70 min. Video (farve, lyd)
Infiltrators er en anderledes ”road movie”, der skildrer en bred vifte af palæstinensere og deres daglige anstrengelser, når de søger ruter gennem, under, omkring og over et forvirrende system af barrierer. Khaled Jarrar følger dette farlige ”spil” om katten efter musen med et håndholdt videokamera i sin debutdokumentar.

Cursed Objects
Meriem Bennani 2022, 5 min. 2 sek. Single channel digital video
Ved hjælp af effekter inspireret af sociale medier undergraver kunstneren Meriem Bennani publikums forventninger til både popkulturen og sit eget muslimske samfund med en uventet patos og leg. I Cursed Objects fortryller en heks en YouTube-blomst gennem 5G-internet og gør alle genstandene i køkkenet dødelige. Hun bliver angrebet af sin eget klip-klapper. ”Videoen er en hyldest til de fantastiske kvinder i Maghrebi YouTube og er en musik-/animationsøvelse”

Filmprogrammet er venligst støttet af Statens Kunstfond, Holstebro Kommune, Færch Fonden, Det Obelske Familiefond og 15. Juni Fonden.

HFKD CINEMA 2024 PRESENTS IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM

Notes on Displacement
Khaled Jarrar 2022, 74 min. Digital video (color, sound)
Nadira, an elderly Palestinian, has been a refugee since the age of 12. Now she has to evacuate Damascus, too. In Notes on Displacement the director behind the camera, Khaled Jarrar, buys papers from a Syrian refugee in order to dig deep into their stories from zero distance. In doing so, he finds himself consumed by the fear and disorientation experienced by a Syrian family on their grueling journey to find a life.

I AM A PROBLEM
Will Benedict 2016, 7 min. Digital video (color, sound)
In I AM A PROBLEM, a music video for the band Wolf Eyes, an alien on Charlie Rose discusses issues surrounding assimilation while drawing parallels to Europe’s so-called migrant crisis.

2 Lizards
Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki 2020, 22 min. 43 sec. Video (color, sound)
2 Lizards depicts a surrealist view of the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolded in New York City. In the film, two animated anthropomorphized lizards serve as protagonists, moving through a city gripped by a pandemic, extended isolation, and cries for social justice reform. It highlights the helplessness and uncertainty experienced by many at the time, as well as the unexpected moments of shared community and connection. Originally released as an eight-part episodic series on Bennani’s Instagram account.
Music by COQUETA (episode 2), Flavien Berger (episode 3, 4 and 8), Asma Maroof (episode 5), Sienna Miles Fekete and Color Plus (episode 6) and Morris (episode 7).

The Republic of T.M.
Masar Sohail 2017, 15 min. Video (color, sound)
Taha, a young man, escapes his own reality and sense of alienation by fleeing into the woods. Under the tutelage of his inner voice Tony Montana – the fictional character from the eighties film Scarface – and a group of imaginary lawyers Taha sets plans for creating his own state for ”The bad guy”.

Byron & Shelley: Illuminati Detectives
Leah Hennessey & Emily Allan 2021, 35 min. Video (color, sound)
Illuminati Detectives re-imagines the secret lives of the Romantic poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron as sex and drug addled members of the Illuminati sent around Europe to debunk mystical crimes.

Infiltrators
Khaled Jarrar 2012, 70 min. Video (color, sound)
Infiltrators is a visceral ”road movie” that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers. Khaled Jarrar is following this high stakes ”game” of cat and mouse with a handheld video camera in his debut documentary.

Cursed Objects
Meriem Bennani 2022, 5 min. 2 sec. Single channel digital video
Using social media-inspired effects, artist Meriem Bennani subverts audience expectations of both pop culture and her own Muslim community with unexpected playfulness and pathos. In Cursed Objects, a witch casts a spell on a YouTube flower through 5G internet and it turns all the objects in the kitchen lethal. She is attacked by her own flip flop. ”The video is an hommage to the Fantastic women of Maghrebi YouTube and a music/animation exercize” 

The film program is kindly supported by Danish Arts Foundation, Holstebro Municipality, Færch Foundation, Det Obelske Familiefond and 15. Juni Fonden.

Adresse:
HFKD, HUSET FOR KUNST & DESIGN
Nørrebrogade 1
7500 Holstebro

Åbningstider:
Torsdag og fredag kl. 14.00 - 18.00
Lørdag og søndag kl. 12.00 -16.00
Gratis adgang

For mere information kontakt venligst Ditte Soria:
info@hfkd.dk

Address:
HFKD, HUSET FOR KUNST & DESIGN
Nørrebrogade 1
7500 Holstebro
Denmark

Opening hours:
Thursday and Friday 14.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday 12.00 -16.00
Free entry

For more information, please contact Ditte Soria:
info@hfkd.dk