2013 Edition

I Lived in the Absence Twice

I Lived in the Absence Twice

Section: Short Films

Country: Algeria

Production Year: 2011

Runtime: 23 Minutes

Director: Drifa Mezenner

Screenwriter: Drifa Mezenner

Cinematographers: Drifa Mezenner, Yacine Hireche

Editors: Joelle Dufour, Linda Attab

Synopsis: In this personal experience about exile, memory and absence, the filmmaker retells the story of her brother Sofiane who left Algeria and headed to England in 1992, the year when the elections have been suspended which drove Algeria into ten years violence and killing.