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Screening of the film “Theeb” (Wolf) in Córdoba
October 11, 20247:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached
Screening in the original language with Spanish subtitles.
As part of our Jordan Country Focus, on Friday, October 11, we will be screening this film by director Naji Abu Nowar at our Cordoba headquarters, followed by a discussion led by Elena Calvo Polo.
“Theeb,” by Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan, 2014, 100 min.).
The screening will be followed by a colloquium led by Elena Calvo Polo.
Naji Abu Nowar. Born in Oxford, this British-Jordanian director spent his childhood in Jordan but later returned to England to continue his university studies at King’s College London. His education focused on military affairs, but in 2009 he directed his first short subject film, “Death of a Boxer,” which was presented at the Dubai International Film Festival, as well as others. He eventually filmed “Theeb” (2014), which would become his first feature film thus far. It was selected at several of the best-known festivals, including the Oscar Awards, BAFTA Awards, Toronto and Venice, where he was given the award for Best Director.
The year is 1916. Theeb is living with his brother Hussein in a forgotten corner of the Ottoman Empire. After their father’s death, one day Hussein must accompany an army officer on his way to a water well on the pilgrimage road to Mecca. Theeb decides to chase after Hussein, thus embarking on a journey through the Arabian desert. When he is left alone and is forced to face his potential enemies, he quickly learns the meaning of words like betrayal, responsibility and maturity, while coming to terms with the meaning of the name he was given by his father: Theeb (“Wolf” in Arabic). It is an exciting film nominated for the 88th edition of the Oscar Awards (2015) in the category of Best Foreign Film.
Naji Abu Nowar. Born in Oxford, this British-Jordanian director spent his childhood in Jordan but later returned to England to continue his university studies at King’s College London. His education focused on military affairs, but in 2009 he directed his first short subject film, “Death of a Boxer,” which was presented at the Dubai International Film Festival, as well as others. He eventually filmed “Theeb” (2014), which would become his first feature film thus far. It was selected at several of the best-known festivals, including the Oscar Awards, BAFTA Awards, Toronto and Venice, where he was given the award for Best Director.
Elena Calvo Polo (Puertollano, 1996).
Holder of a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She later completed her Master’s Degree in Creative Documentary, Experimental Cinema and Video Creation, which is when she began to develop her own projects. She has participated in national and international festivals as a jury member, including CINENOVA (Lisbon), FILMADRID, DOCUMENTA MADRID and FANCINE (Malaga). She is the president of the Algarabía Cultural Youth Association and manages the cultural agenda CULT.CO. She recently completed an artist-in-residency program at the CDNA in Limoges and formed part of the group exhibition “Homemade: Current domestic video art in Spain” at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque (Madrid). She also forms part of the Hamaca Catalogue, an experimental audiovisual platform. She is currently combining her research and doctoral thesis on Experimental Cinema in Spain with the distribution of her latest 16mm film at festivals and is coordinating the upcoming issue of the international journal FLAMME, by the HEIC Research Group at the University of Limoges.
Holder of a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She later completed her Master’s Degree in Creative Documentary, Experimental Cinema and Video Creation, which is when she began to develop her own projects. She has participated in national and international festivals as a jury member, including CINENOVA (Lisbon), FILMADRID, DOCUMENTA MADRID and FANCINE (Malaga). She is the president of the Algarabía Cultural Youth Association and manages the cultural agenda CULT.CO. She recently completed an artist-in-residency program at the CDNA in Limoges and formed part of the group exhibition “Homemade: Current domestic video art in Spain” at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque (Madrid). She also forms part of the Hamaca Catalogue, an experimental audiovisual platform. She is currently combining her research and doctoral thesis on Experimental Cinema in Spain with the distribution of her latest 16mm film at festivals and is coordinating the upcoming issue of the international journal FLAMME, by the HEIC Research Group at the University of Limoges.
