KINDIL EL BAHR | LA MEDUSA
鈥淟o que me interesa es c贸mo reaccionan los hombres ante las mujeres. 驴C贸mo act煤an los amigos, los esposos, los parientes, ante una mujer?鈥, explica Damien Ounouri, el director. A trav茅s de un cuento fant谩stico, nos relata la historia de una mujer que yendo a la playa atraviesa una experiencia sensual por el ruido de las olas y de la arena. Pensando en su hombre ausente, se tira toda vestida al agua y termina asaltada por su feminidad. Kindil el Bahr, literalmente 鈥渓interna de mar鈥, es la historia de la revancha de una mujer en contra de los que la repriman por existir.
Kahina Boudar猫ne
"I am interested in the reactions of men towards women. How do friends, husbands, and relatives act around a woman?鈥 explains filmmaker Damien Ounouri. By means of a fairy tale, he tells the story of a woman who has a sensual experience triggered by the sound of the waves and the sand at the beach. With her absent partner in mind, she jumps into the water fully dressed and is then assaulted because of her femininity. Khindil el Bahr, which translates literally to 鈥渟ea lantern,鈥 is the story of a woman鈥檚 revenge against those who repress her merely because she exists.
Kahina Boudar猫ne
DAMIEN OUNOURI
El director franco-argelino Damien Ounouri reside y trabaja en Argel. Estudi贸 Cine en la Universidad de la Sorbonne Nouvelle mientras desarrollaba su pr谩ctica cinematogr谩fica de manera autodidacta paralelamente. Su proyecto de graduaci贸n acerca del director chino Jia Zhang-Ke, Xiao Jia Going Home (2008) fue seleccionado para participar de diversos festivales internacionales de cine. Su primer largometraje, el documental Fida茂 (2012) se hizo en coproducci贸n con Jia Zhang-Ke y se proyect贸 en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto previo a girar por el mundo y obtener premios, como el de Mejor Largometraje 脕rabe en LatinArab (2012) y la Menci贸n Especial en el Doha Tribeca Film Festival. A su vez, Damien dicta talleres de cine.
Franco-Algerian director Damien Ounouri is based in Algiers. He studied Cinema at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University while developing his cinema practice in an autodidact way. His graduate film project on Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke, Xiao Jia Going Home (2008), was selected for several international film festivals. His first feature film, documentary Fida茂 (2012), was co-produced by Jia Zhang-Ke and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival before travelling the world and being awarded Best Arab Feature at LatinArab (2012) and the Special Mention at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Damien is also a tutor, conducting cinemaworkshops.
