For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

Al Sadd (Le Barrage), The Dam

Ali Cherri

France, Sudan, Germany, Serbia, Qatar, Lebanon, Greece, Netherlands, 2022, Color, 81’

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Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickworks fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly ventures into the desert to build a mysterious structure out of mud. As the Sudanese people rise up to demand their freedom, his creation seems to come to life…

Technical sheet

  • Subtitles:
    French
  • Script:
    Ali Cherri, Geoffroy Grison, Bertrand Bonello (collaboration)
  • Photography:
    Bassem Fayad
  • Editing:
    Isabelle Manquillet, Nelly Quettier
  • Sound:
    Thomas Van Pottelberge, Jakov Munizaba, Simon Apostolou
  • Production:
    Janja Kralj (KinoElektron)
  • Contact:
    Emilien Astor