Perishable Idol
TITLE
Perishable Idol
DIRECTOR
Majid Al Remaihi
COUNTRY
Qatar, Kuwait, France
YEAR
2024
DURATION
19′
GENRE
Documentary
Perishable Idol
As the blue sky meets the surrounding seas, the native-turned-archeologist Hassan Al-Failakawy returns to his abandoned island of Failaka, off the coast of Kuwait, after decades of displacement.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Majid Al Remaihi
Majid Al-Remaihi is an award-winning artist and filmmaker from Doha, Qatar. His short film And Then They Burn the Sea was Qatar’s first at Locarno in 2021, and went on to win Best Short in Vienna Shorts, the Silver Tanit at Carthage, as well as screen at festivals such as Palm Springs. It became Qatar’s first submis- sion for Oscars consideration. He is enrolled at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des Arts contem- porains. His work focuses on unraveling the complexity of historical narratives and their reconstructions within the Arabian Gulf.
- Director Majid Al Remaihi
- Screenplay Majid Al Remaihi
- Cinematography Arnaud Alberola
- Cast
- Editing Gabriel Gonzalez
- Producer/s Luc-Jérôme, Bailleul Elodie Wattiaux
- Production CompanyLe Fresnoy
- Distributor/s Square Eyes Distributor Worldwide
- Project TitlePerishable Idol
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date1 January 2024
- Country of originQatar, Kuwait, France
- Country of filmingQatar, Kuwait, France
- LanguageArabic
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectYes
Majid Al Remaihi
Majid Al-Remaihi is an award-winning artist and filmmaker from Doha, Qatar. His short film And Then They Burn the Sea was Qatar’s first at Locarno in 2021, and went on to win Best Short in Vienna Shorts, the Silver Tanit at Carthage, as well as screen at festivals such as Palm Springs. It became Qatar’s first submis- sion for Oscars consideration. He is enrolled at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des Arts contem- porains. His work focuses on unraveling the complexity of historical narratives and their reconstructions within the Arabian Gulf.
