Dance of Outlaws & Survivors in CULTUREELS festival
08.04.2021
Dance of Outlaws and Survivors at the CULTUREELS festival!
CULTUREELS film festival from 12th to 18th of April features two Illume films; Dance of Outlaws, directed by Mohamed El Aboud, and Survivors, directed by Thu Nga Vu-Lilja and Juho Lilja.
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A film about a woman who doesn’t exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity – she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love.
This is a story of modern day outlaws, children of prostitutes, abandoned child brides and those who have had to escape to the fringes of patriarchal Moroccan society. Through the eyes of one young woman we see a life of constant struggle, but also a life free of the society's norms and boundaries. The woman in the centre of the film, Hind is both vulnerable and courageous as she tries to regain her life, her children and her mere right to live as an equal human being in the 21st century.
https://www.cultureels.com/haatanssi
Market economy has reached the small town of Dien Hong in Vietnam. Paid work in metal works has taken over the traditional work in the fields and the future looks bright. Then the demand for crude metal crashes. The memories of poverty return, but so does faith in one's own survival.
https://www.cultureels.com/selviytyjat
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