Terra Firma

Feature-Length Competition
2017 — 71 min — PG

Synopsis

In a small commercial harbour in the south of
France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over
ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young
Syrians make a stopover to load their cattle, African
traders prepare a convoy of second-hand vehicles.
Men, machines, and animals transit through this
space open onto the sea.

Schedule

FFD 2017

Director

  • Laurent Aït Benalla

    Laurent Aït Benalla was born in 1976 and grew up in Morocco then lived in Russia at the age of 17. He studied film theory and the Russian language in Montpellier before working as a camera operator. Benalla directed several medium-length documentaries and has co-directed with Mohammed Atif (2003), Marcel Hanoun chemin fait (2010), Suite Anglaise (2011) broadcast on television and in festivals. O my body! (2012) is his first feature-length documentary.

Details

Original TitleLa terre ferme
Countries of ProductionFrance
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
SubtitleEnglish