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Familiar Phantoms

Familiar Phantoms

2023•42m
DramaDocumentaryHistory

Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma.

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Production

Film and Video Umbrella, The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Art Fund, Arts Council England, Danish Arts Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond

Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sofia Asir

Narrator

Sofie Baldgiev

Young Larissa

Leila Sansour

Aunt

Maxim Sansour

Father

Kaya Sansour Lind

Young Girl

Anton Sansour

Young Boy

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