Mare (2025)

A short experimental film by Jan Motal & the Collective

The sea. A poem. Waves of water, words, and destinies. A sentimental poem by the medieval poet Ibn Hamdis, who had to flee his homeland of Sicily, recited by artificial intelligence. The words crash, break, and twist like the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, across which people from Africa and the Middle East are now fleeing in the opposite direction to Ibn Hamdis. Memories of home choke in the mechanical throat, just as the coast of Sicily transforms into a dark visual poem. A tribute to all those who had to leave their homes and perished at sea.

Directed by: Jan Motal Czech Republic, 2025

CC BY-ND-NC