The 11 restored films in this programme cover a time span from the early 1960s to the mid-1980s within a cinematic topography that places marginality at the centre of its investigation. This year, the focus is on lesser-known voices from the essential period of Latin America liberation cinema and those silenced by the Iranian regime, the repression of the Arab world and colonial violence. Some of this year’s rediscoveries include: Gehenu Lamai by Sinhalese film poet Sumitra Peries; Iranian New Wave’s Postchi and Safar, by masters Dariush Mehrjui and Bahram Beyzaie; La paga (debut film believed to be lost) by Ciro Durán, a key figure in Colombian cinema; São Paulo Sociedade Anônima by Luiz Sergio Person and Uirá, Um Índio Em Busca De Deus by Gustavo Dahl, two faces of Brazilian history between colonialism and industrialization. Last but not least, the previously unseen, longer version of Ghazl el-Banat by Jocelyne Saab and two fundamental Tunisian works: the incendiary Riḥ Es-Sed by the Tunisian master Nouri Bouzid and Al Ôrs by the Nouveau Théâtre Collective. Finally, a new restoration of the Guinean diptych Mortu Nega by Flora Gomes, and O Regresso de Amílcar Cabral by Sana Na N’Hada.

Curated by Cecilia Cenciarelli