69th edition. October 18-26, 2024
69th edition.
October 18-26, 2024
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2024 - 69th Edition
Time of HistoryYouth Seminci

My Brother Ali

Mi hermano Ali
Paula Palacios
Spain, Portugal
 - 2024
Estreno mundial
An extraordinary story of friendship over the course of twelve years, in which Spanish filmmaker Paula Palacios has followed Ali, a young man who fled the war in Somalia at the age of fourteen. Their encounter in a Ukrainian prison in 2012 triggers a turning point in Ali's life. Filmed in Ukraine, USA, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Spain, often by Ali himself, My Brother Ali is a story about personal growth in a hostile world, as Ali, trying to fulfil ‘the American dream’, questions his fate and sets out in search of a new tribe.
Paula Palacios

She was born in Madrid in 1983 and has written, directed and produced more than thirty feature films and non-fiction series for networks such as ARTE, France 3, RTVE and Al Jazeera, among others. A specialist in the Arab world, she often seeks to reflect complex social realities in her work. In 2018 her first documentary short film, ‘La carta de Zahra’, which could be seen in Valladolid’s Time of History, and in 2020 she won the Silver Biznaga and the Audience award at the Málaga Festival with ‘Cartas mojadas’, her first feature film, which was nominated for the Goya, Forqué and Platino awards. In 2022 she was honoured in Los Angeles with the title of Global Emerging Filmmaker by the International Documentary Association and Netflix, to support her second feature, ‘My Brother Ali’.

Screenings

O.V. in English, Somali, Swahili, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian subtitled in English and Spanish
Wed. 23, 22:00
Teatro Zorrilla
Presentation
Q&A
Thu. 24, 19:45
Cines Broadway - Salas 4
Presentation
Q&A
DIRECTOR
Paula Palacios
SCREENPLAY
Paula Palacios
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Marc Galver, José Luis Salomón, Paula Palacios
ANIMACIÓN
Catarina Calvinho Gil
EDITOR
María Macías, Virginie Véricourt, Paula Palacios
SOUND
Marc Galver Lacruz, José Luis Salomón
MUSIC
Anne Victorino d'Almeida
PRODUCTION
Paula Palacios, Elsa Cornevin, Manuel Bouloy
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Morada Films, Serena Productions
CAST
Ali Ahmed Warsame, Paula Palacios
FEATURING
Ali Ahmed Warsame, Paula Palacios
RUNNING TIME
85 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
VERSION
V.O. en inglés, somalí, swahili, ruso, español y ucraniano subtitulada en español e inglés
EDAD RECOMENDADA
A partir de 14 años
COUNTRY
Spain, Portugal
CONTACT
Morada Films
IN SPAIN
Syldavia Cinema

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