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SOCOTRA, THE ISLAND OF DJINNS

SOCOTRA, LA ISLA DE LOS GENIOS

By Jordi ESTEVA

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Environmental - Completed 2016

“The first and unique documental spoken in the genuine Soqotrí language”

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Visions du Réel 2016
International Competition
Festival de Málaga de cine Español 2016
Sección Oficial Documental
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    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Environmental, Documentary
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 64 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jordi ESTEVA
    • Writer(s)
    • Jordi ESTEVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Jordi ESTEVA (Siwa Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • The film is the story of a trip on the remote island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, in front of Yemen.
      Socotra is isolated during the monsoon winds, when is imposible to land. This isolation has preserved a unique environment. Frankincense and myrrh trees grow freely on Socotra.
      Ahmed Afrar with some companions and three cameleers with their animals trek to the mountains before the rainy season.
      During the trip, the socotrians speak tell stories by the fire. During the night, conversation turns to legends of djinns and monstrous snakes that dwell in the cavernous interior of the island. A surprising and vanishing world is revealed.
      Is the first and only movie spoken entirely in the genuine socotra language, A southern arabian language related to the old language of the Kingdom of Sheba.
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