Ceuta’s Gate

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Ceuta’s Gate

Bab Septa
Randa Maroufi
Animation Perspectives 2021
Documentary Film
France,
Morocco
2019
19 minutes
Spanish,
Arabic
Subtitles: 
English

Everything seems neat at first in Randa Maroufi’s performative reconstruction. Cars form orderly queues; market women tie up their baggage. On the monotonous grey background, the scenes appear schematic, like a blueprint where suddenly everything becomes graphically condensed. Everyday life at the border between the Spanish exclave of Ceuta and Morocco, which is crossed illegally by all kinds of goods.

André Eckardt

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Director
Randa Maroufi
Script
Randa Maroufi
Cinematographer
Luca Coassin
Editor
Randa Maroufi, Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis
Producer
Saïd Hamich
Sound
Mohamed Bounouar, Léonore Mercier