And Then They Burn the Sea is an elegiac contemplation on familial memory and loss. Filmmaker Majid Al-Remaihi ruminates on the experience of witnessing his mother’s gradual and terminal memory loss over the course of many years. Weaving a personal family archive, reenacted dreams and rituals, the film underlines the promise of cinema as a medium for memories even at their most irretrievable.
And Then They Burn the Sea
a film by
Majid Al-Remaihi
Biography
Majid Al-Remaihi is an award-winning artist and filmmaker from Doha, Qatar. His short film And Then They Burn the Sea was Qatar’s first at Locarno in 2021, and went on to win Best Short in Vienna Shorts, the Silver Tanit at Carthage, as well as screen at festivals such as Palm Springs. It became Qatar’s first submission for Oscars consideration. He is enrolled at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des Arts contemporains. His work focuses on unraveling the complexity of historical narratives and their reconstructions within the Arabian Gulf.
Filmography
- Domestic Acoustics – 2017 – 13 mins (student film)
- And Then They Burn the Sea – 2021 – 13 mins
- Perishable Idol – 2024 – 19 mins (student film)
