2013 Edition

Libya Hurra

Libya Hurra

Section: Arab and African Freedom Films

Country: Austria

Production Year: 2012

Runtime: 70 Minutes

Director: Fritz Ofner

Screenwriter: Fritz Ofner

Cinematographer: Fritz Ofner

Editor: Fritz Ofner

Synopsis: A road trip through Libya during the last weeks of the revolution against Muammar al-Gaddafi’s regime, Libya Hurra documents a collective mood characterizing people in one particular place in a narrow time window. Without losing itself in facts and statements, the film outlines realities of life in long sequence takes shot during an armed revolution, which usually – even from a country in the focus of media reporting – remains completely hidden.