2013, 4min30sec, Super 8, Color / France
Filmed in Super-8 during a demonstration of Kurds in Paris, Cem evokes the idea of a collective body. The “cem” or “jam” in Persian and Kurdish means being together, united; the term also refers to Sufi gatherings, always manifested through dance.
Screenings
- Beursschouwburg – Brussels, as part of Janus Tussle – A film program with Omar Adnan Chowdhury, Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer (2023)
- Sinematek – Istanbul (2023)
- Flying Broom Women’s Film Festival – Ankara (2023)
- BOZAR – Brussels (2023)
- Dresden Short Film Festival (2023)
- Instants Chavirés Montreuil – Andy Moor 60th birthday concerts (2023)
- Another Screen (Another Gaze) – “Films from Iran for Iran” (2022)
- Featured in the Constellation of films made by Bani Khoshnoudi on Derives.tv (2022)
Credits
Filmed and edited by Bani Khoshnoudi
Music : Weather by Andy Moor from his solo album MARKER (Unsounds – 2007)
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