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Benghazi Stories – The Salesman (2012)

Duration: 04:22    Category: International, Mini   Opportunity: Stories

A quirky, enigmatic car salesman is happy to fob off his desperate clients with old cars as long as the wheels and the body look new. Could that be a metaphor for the Libyan government when you live in Benghazi?

This short documentary was made during a SDI documentary workshop in Libya, organised by the British Council.

Screening Formats: Digi-Beta, DVD

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Jihlava Film Festival 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – EcransMed Montreal 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Zagrebdox 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Shnit International Short Film Festival 2013

Compilation Screened at:
Encounters 2013 (UK)
Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival 2013 (Indonesia)

Links:
Libya in Motion Website
British Council Website

To arrange a screening please contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

 

Director: Ibrahim Algouri
Camera: Mohamed Algweel
Sound: Abdalleh Elsaid
Editor: Naziha Arebi
Editing Consultant: Anne Milne
Executive Producers: Noe Mendelle & Flore Cosquer
Project Manager for British Council Libya: Awatef Shawish

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