THE DAM
Le Barrage
Ali CHERRI
Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation starts to take a life of its own…
Artistic & technical sheet
Maher El Khair (Maher)
Screenplay
Ali Cherri, Geoffroy Grison in collaboration with Bertrand Bonello
Photography
Bassem Fayad
Sound
Thomas Van Pottelberge, Jakov Munizaba, Simon Apostolou
Editing
Isabelle Manquillet, Nelly Quettier
Music
ROB
Production
KinoElektron
56 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière
75010 Paris – France
T: +33 1 48 24 51 34
info@kinoelektron.com
www.kinoelektron.com
Coproduction
Galerie Imane Fares (France)
Vega Foundation (Canada)
DGL Travel HQ (Soudan)
Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH (Allemagne)
Trilema (Serbie)
Indie Sales
32 rue Washington
75008 Paris – France
T: +33 6 76 01 41 69
info@indiesales.eu
www.indiesales.eu
Publicist (international press)
Brigitta Portier
T : +32 477 9825 84
brigittaportier@alibicommunications.be
Gary Walsh
T+32 495 7738 82
garywalsh@alibicommunications.be
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