Memory Of The Land

Memory Of The Land / ذاكرة الأرض (Dhakirat al-ʾard)

Samira Badran

2017, Spain, Palestine, 12’50min

“Palestine. A body is trapped at a checkpoint; an essential mechanism of the Israeli occupation. The body is pierced by structural and physical violence, which is aggressive and arbitrary and prevents and attacks its free movement and existence.”

Language: Arabic, Invented Language
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: No
Technique: 3D animation, Digital collage, painting, drawing, video, photograph.

Team:
Original idea: Samira Badran
Screenplay: Samira Badran & Oriol Martin Gual
Production company: Jaume Serra Torrello & Samira Badran
Producer: Jaume Serra Torrello & Samira Badran
Cinematography: Oriol Martin Gual
Edition & post-production: Oriol Martin Gual
3D Animation: Alex Guitart -Pol Cayuela Rull
Sound: Lucas Ariel Vallejos
Artistic direction: Samira Badran

Festivals – Screenings and Awards
2017 | Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, Special Jury Mention
2018 | Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival | Italy, Best Experimental Film in Venice, Best Experimental Film at Siena, Oltre le mura Award
2020 | Al Ard Doc Film Festival | Italy, Best Experimental Film
2021 | Sole Luna Doc film festival | Italy, Special Jury Mention

2017 | ZINEBI – Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Spain
2017 | Festival de Málaga. Cine en Español, Spain
2017 | LISFE Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands
2017 | DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany
2017 | Encounters – Bristol Short Film and Animation Festival, United Kingdom
2017 | Bideodromo, Spain
2017 | Festival of Animated Film BANJALUKA. Bosnia Herzegovina
2017 | BUSHO – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
2017 | Athens ANIMFEST. Greece
2018 | ANIMAC – International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Lleida, Spain
2018 | IBAFF – Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain
2018 | Chicago Palestine Film Festival, United States
2018 | Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
2018 | Festival Ciné-Palestine, Paris, France
2018 | Animakom, Spain
2018 | FIAV – Festival International d’Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Morocco
2018 | Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canadá
2018 | Cartón- Festival Internacional De Cortos De animación de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 | Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA
2018 | Olhares do Mediterrâneo- Cinema no Feminino, Portugal
2018 | DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, USA
2024 | 14. StopTrik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia
2025 | Animafest Zagreb World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia

Stills:

About Samira Badran
Samira Badran (born in Libya, in 1954) is a Palestinian visual artist currently residing in
Barcelona. She was deeply influenced by her late father, the artist Jamal Badran, who
played a crucial role in shaping her artistic development. Badran graduated from the
Academy of Fine Arts in Cairo in 1971- 1976 and later continued her studies at the Accademia
di Belle Arti in Florence from 1978-1982.
Her work explores the different layers of the Palestinian experience under occupation, delving into themes
such as collective memory, confinement, and immobility. Badran experiments with a variety of mediums, including ink drawings, watercolour, acrylic
painting, collage, photography, prints, and animation.

Personal Exhibitions
2017 FALASTIN AL-HADARA EXHIBITION, DARAT AL FUNUN, BLUE HOUSE, AMMAN-JORDAN.
2012 NOVA, ESPAI ÀGORA CATALUNYA – BARCELONA.
2008 UNIVERSITY ROVIRA I VIRGILI, SALOU – SPAIN.
1996 LA TRAMONTANA, CHAILLÉ LES MARAIS – FRANCE.
1995 SHOMAN FOUNDATION, AMMAN – JORDAN.
1987 THE BRITISH COUNCIL, AMMAN – JORDAN.

Find out more www.samirabadran.com