Short Film Competition · 45th Edition
Memories of an Unborn Sun
Director
Marcel Mrejen
Country
Algeria, Netherlands, France
Language
Chinese, Tamasheq, French
Synopsis
Every year, thousands of Chinese emigrants go to work on building sites in Algeria, living on isolated bases in the desert. Some die there, without ever being repatriated. Based on eyewitness accounts, hearsay and fake news, Marcel Mrejen constructs a parable with dystopian overtones exploring the relentless (neo)colonial exploitation of the Algerian territory.
Cast
Yves Yan, Hawad
Screenplay
Marcel Mrejen
Producers
M'Hand Abadou Djezairi, Philippe Martin, Marcel Mrejen, Amina
About the Director
Marcel Mrejen (FR/DZ) born in 1994 (Paris, FR) is a visual artist and filmmaker exploring the articulation of technology within living and economic metabolisms. The form of his work spans various time-based media — installations, filmmaking, sound, and machine-learning.