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GARDEN CINEMA EVENT

Filum Presents: Trances 18

Ahmed El-Maanouni, Morocco, 1981, 90m.

A mesmerising exploration of the legendary Moroccan band Nass El-Ghiwane, dubbed the nation's soul music by director Ahmed Maanouni and the "Rolling Stones of Africa" by ardent fan Martin Scorsese.


Their acoustic traditional instruments, entrancing polyrhythmic percussion and poetic socially resonant lyrics hypnotises, delivering listeners to ecstatic heights. Part-concert documentary, part experiment in sound and image, Maanouni’s film is a sonic journey into the soul of a nation by way of a band like no other.


Restored in 2007 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Ahmed El-Maanouni, and Izza Genini. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.


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