As the blue sky meets the surrounding seas, the native-turned-archeologist Hassan Al-Failakawy returns to the abandoned island of Failaka, off the coast of Kuwait. Between the desolation and the different ruins of the island after the Gulf War, Hassan is met with questions about return, restitution, and belonging.
Perishable Idol
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)
