2025 | Marocco, Spain | Documentary,Fiction,Experimental,Short

Nur Al Yanub / Mediodía

  • Deriya, Spanish English, Spanish 15 mins
  • Director | Zineb Achoubie & Lorenzo Sandoval
  • Writer | Zineb Achoubie & Lorenzo Sandoval
  • Producer | Zineb Achoubie & Lorenzo Sandoval

STATUS: Completed

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The film-essay Nur Al Yanub/Mediodia introduces the letter sent by a fictional character who explores cultural connections between South Spain and Morocco through patterns of different kinds. It departs from the notion of "mediodía", coined by Rodolfo Gil-Benumeya. In his book "Nor Orient, neither Occident. The Universe seen from Albaycín" he proposes a epistemology of the midday, which comes from the South and the Levant, connecting the different shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and beyond, towards the South. The film questions some of the ideas of Benumeya, proposing a friction with other thinkers, while presenting the continuity of different material productions and their relation with the rhythm of the landscape the character travels though.

Cosmovision archaelogy sufism Ibn Arabi Gil Benumeya mediodía barzaj Amazigh Andalusí Mediterranean patterns architecture textiles ataurique Granada Casablanca Marrakech