This screening will be preceeded by the talk "Cinematic solidarities in a South-South perspective: a Century of Latin Arab Cinema
Talk" by the programme's co-curators, Geraldo Campos and Christian Mouroux.
Cinematic Solidarities in a South-South Perspective: A Century of Latin Arab Cinema.
by Geraldo Campos and Christian Mouroux
This fascinating talk will trace the evolution of Arab–Latin American cinematographic relations across more than a century of cultural exchange. Campos and Mouroux will explore three pivotal moments in this dialogue.
The first is the pioneering era of the early 20th century, shaped by figures such as the Lama Brothers and the transregional experience of Oriente Films. The second focuses on the political solidarities of the 1960s and 70s, when decolonial movements inspired films like Palestina, Otro Vietnam and gatherings such as the Third World Filmmakers meetings. The third explores the 21st century, marked by the rise of new platforms for intercultural dialogue—festivals, co-production encounters, specialised showcases and residencies.
Together, these initiatives have fostered unprecedented collaboration between filmmakers from both regions. They represent a new phase of South–South cultural cooperation that continues to bridge Arab countries and Latin America through cinema.
Geraldo Campos
Geraldo Adriano Godoy de Campos is a Brazilian scholar and cultural promoter, professor of Political Theory at the Federal University of Sergipe, and founder of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (CEAI). Holding a PhD focused on Palestinian cinema and art, he has curated Arab film festivals and cultural programs across Brazil, fostering dialogue between Arab culture and global contemporary issues.
Christian Mouroux
Christian Mouroux is a producer, filmmaker, curator and festival director. He studied Political Science and Combined Arts at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2009, he joined the Civil Association Creciente Cine Fértil for the Promotion of Cultural Diversity as their artistic director. He co-established the first Arab film festival in Latin America, the LatinArab International Film Festival. He has been the director of the LatinArab Co-Production Forum since 2016, which contributes to the development of a scenario of cinematographic cooperation of the countries of both regions.
'Esto Es Beit Sahour' Synopsis
A family archive opens when a granddaughter discovers home-video footage from her grandfather’s 1995 journey to Beit Sahour. Over the next decade, she travels between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile, recording conversations, reunions and silences that reveal how exile reshapes names, memories and loyalties.
Objects, old tapes and family stories become clues linking Chile to Palestine, mapping a lineage scattered by migration yet bound by remembrance. Moving between present-day encounters and the images that began it all, the film pieces together a living portrait of kinship and loss. Intimate and quietly political, it shows how personal testimony can restore a history that borders tried to sever, and how memory, once set in motion, draws distant homes closer.
by Geraldo Campos and Christian Mouroux
This fascinating talk will trace the evolution of Arab–Latin American cinematographic relations across more than a century of cultural exchange. Campos and Mouroux will explore three pivotal moments in this dialogue.
The first is the pioneering era of the early 20th century, shaped by figures such as the Lama Brothers and the transregional experience of Oriente Films. The second focuses on the political solidarities of the 1960s and 70s, when decolonial movements inspired films like Palestina, Otro Vietnam and gatherings such as the Third World Filmmakers meetings. The third explores the 21st century, marked by the rise of new platforms for intercultural dialogue—festivals, co-production encounters, specialised showcases and residencies.
Together, these initiatives have fostered unprecedented collaboration between filmmakers from both regions. They represent a new phase of South–South cultural cooperation that continues to bridge Arab countries and Latin America through cinema.
Geraldo Campos
Geraldo Adriano Godoy de Campos is a Brazilian scholar and cultural promoter, professor of Political Theory at the Federal University of Sergipe, and founder of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (CEAI). Holding a PhD focused on Palestinian cinema and art, he has curated Arab film festivals and cultural programs across Brazil, fostering dialogue between Arab culture and global contemporary issues.
Christian Mouroux
Christian Mouroux is a producer, filmmaker, curator and festival director. He studied Political Science and Combined Arts at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2009, he joined the Civil Association Creciente Cine Fértil for the Promotion of Cultural Diversity as their artistic director. He co-established the first Arab film festival in Latin America, the LatinArab International Film Festival. He has been the director of the LatinArab Co-Production Forum since 2016, which contributes to the development of a scenario of cinematographic cooperation of the countries of both regions.
'Esto Es Beit Sahour' Synopsis
A family archive opens when a granddaughter discovers home-video footage from her grandfather’s 1995 journey to Beit Sahour. Over the next decade, she travels between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile, recording conversations, reunions and silences that reveal how exile reshapes names, memories and loyalties.
Objects, old tapes and family stories become clues linking Chile to Palestine, mapping a lineage scattered by migration yet bound by remembrance. Moving between present-day encounters and the images that began it all, the film pieces together a living portrait of kinship and loss. Intimate and quietly political, it shows how personal testimony can restore a history that borders tried to sever, and how memory, once set in motion, draws distant homes closer.
