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KARLOVY VARY 2024 Compétition

EXCLUSIF : Le teaser poster et les premiers clips de Xoftex, sélectionné à Karlovy Vary

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- Le nouveau film de Noaz Deshe, lauréat du Lion du futur de Venise pour White Shadow, suit des demandeurs d'asile qui filment des sketches satiriques tandis qu'ils attendent dans un camp de réfugiés

EXCLUSIF : Le teaser poster et les premiers clips de Xoftex, sélectionné à Karlovy Vary

Cet article est disponible en anglais.

Xoftex is a Greek refugee camp, where Syrian and Palestinian asylum seekers anxiously wait for news of their refugee status. To pass the time between interviews with the immigration office, Nasser and his friends film satirical sketches and make preparations for a zombie horror flick. Except that the reality of the camp could be taken for a horror scenario itself. The tension between its inhabitants gains momentum and every conflict removes one more brick from the wall which divides reality from dream – or, indeed, nightmare.

This is the synopsis of Xoftex [+lire aussi :
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, the new film by Berlin- and Los Angeles-based artist-filmmaker Noaz Deshe, which is having its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking place from 28 June-6 July.

According to KVIFF selection committee member Anna Kořínek, "Fragments of real life, humour, and the unimaginable suffering of people risking their lives to escape their own country, merge into an explosive, at times, surreal spectacle which invites the viewers to immerse themselves in the story and the lives of immigrants in a way they will never have experienced before."

Deshe won the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for a Debut Film in Venice for his first feature White Shadow [+lire aussi :
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interview : Noaz Deshe
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, a harrowing story about being an albino in Tanzania boasting Ryan Gosling as an executive producer, which was selected for the International Film Critics' Week and later went on to participate in the World Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Deshe has also collaborated with Babak Jalali as a cinematographer in his IFFR Tiger Award winner Radio Dreams and as a musician in his Locarno competitor Frontier Blues [+lire aussi :
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Written by both Deshe and Jalali, Xoftex was produced by Andro Steinborn for Germany's Arden Film, as well as Deshe himself, and co-produced by Christophe Audeguis for France's The Cup of Tea.

Check out our exclusive poster and clips below:

(Traduit de l'anglais)

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