BEHIND THE SUN

a.k.a. وراء الشمس

dir. Bentley Brown
17 min | USA | 2023
Arabic

Amid a sea of societal change leading to the opening of cinemas, a filmmaker explores astrophysical metaphors to make sense of a failed relationship to person and place.

Recipient of the Graduate Creative Award from the department of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and a participant in the Mimesis Documentary Lab

Festival Selections

• Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (2023)

• Camden International Film Festival, Camden, USA (2023)

• Mimesis Documentary Festival, Boulder, USA (2023)

• Minikino Film Week, Bali, Indonesia (2023)

• MESA Film Fest (Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting), Montréal, Canada (2023)

• Forum Film Dokumenter, Jakarta, Indonesia (2023)

• Labocine, New York, USA (2024)

• Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, USA (2024)

• Prismatic Ground, New York, USA (2024)