THE CHALLENGE
2016, 69′
Director: Yuri Ancarani
Country: Italy, France
Language: ov Arabic sub English
A weekend spent in the desert rediscovering falconry, an ancient discipline practiced in the West by the medieval aristocracy that is still highly esteemed in Arab culture today. Yuri Ancarani’s follows a falconer in an important tournament in Qatar, creating a full-length film with strongly evocative images to a soundtrack of crescendo symphonic music composed by Lorenzo Senni and Francesco Fantini. Shown at the Locarno Film Festival, The Challenge won the Special Jury Prize in the Cineasti del Presente section.
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