Broken Cameras
Ouroboros
Salt Beyoğlu, Online
April 18 – May 5, 2024
Still from Ouroboros (2017)
©Momento Films
©Momento Films
April 18, 19.00, Salt Beyoğlu, Walk-in Cinema
April 29-May 5, saltonline.org
Ouroboros (2017)
Director: Basma Alsharif
77 minutes
English, Chinook, Italian; Turkish subtitles
Ouroboros refers to the symbol of the snake eating its own tail, suggesting a perpetual cycle of destruction and regeneration. In a similar cycle, the film follows a man as he embarks on a journey to move forward through his heartbreak and loss, marking the end as the beginning while exploring the concept of the “eternal return.” Set in Gaza, Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert in California, Matera and Martina Franca, Italy, and Brittany, France, it weaves together disparate landscapes, peoples, and histories to reflect on the complexities of speaking about a return to a place one cannot access or that doesn’t exist anymore.
Artist and filmmaker Basma Alsharif’s first feature-length film, Ouroboros, is an homage to the Gaza Strip and the possibility of hope even when all is lost. Alluding to the infinite recurrence of destructive events, the film’s experimental narrative proposes renewal as the only way to move forward.
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Thursday, April 18 at 19.00, the film will be streamed at saltonline.org between April 29-May 5. The film will be streamed in its original language with Turkish subtitles, and can only be accessed online by audiences in Turkey.
In accordance with Article 7 of Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, films that have not been assessed and classified by the General Directorate of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, can only be screened under the classification of 18+ at festivals, special screenings or similar culture and arts events.
April 29-May 5, saltonline.org
Ouroboros (2017)
Director: Basma Alsharif
77 minutes
English, Chinook, Italian; Turkish subtitles
Ouroboros refers to the symbol of the snake eating its own tail, suggesting a perpetual cycle of destruction and regeneration. In a similar cycle, the film follows a man as he embarks on a journey to move forward through his heartbreak and loss, marking the end as the beginning while exploring the concept of the “eternal return.” Set in Gaza, Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert in California, Matera and Martina Franca, Italy, and Brittany, France, it weaves together disparate landscapes, peoples, and histories to reflect on the complexities of speaking about a return to a place one cannot access or that doesn’t exist anymore.
Artist and filmmaker Basma Alsharif’s first feature-length film, Ouroboros, is an homage to the Gaza Strip and the possibility of hope even when all is lost. Alluding to the infinite recurrence of destructive events, the film’s experimental narrative proposes renewal as the only way to move forward.
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Thursday, April 18 at 19.00, the film will be streamed at saltonline.org between April 29-May 5. The film will be streamed in its original language with Turkish subtitles, and can only be accessed online by audiences in Turkey.
