Name: Kubra
Released: 2022-03-02T09:17:20-05:00
Duration: 671S

SYNOPSIS

Kubra is an Afghan performance artist, refugee in Paris. By turning her body into a painting, she goes in search of her history. Her current situation transforms her relationship with the world and the body, but her art continues to be abused. Is struggling the only way to be in the world for Kubra?

Theme(s): , Culture, Feminism, Human Rights, Migration

DETAILS

Director | , Mélanie Trugeon

Year | , 2021

Country | , France

Duration | 11 minutes

Original language | , French

Subtitles | , French

Screenplay | Mélanie Trugeon

DIRECTOR

Mélanie Trugeon

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Writer and director of documentaries, Mélanie Trugeon studied human and social sciences with a focus on cinema. Mélanie then joined the world of contemporary creation and participated in the conception and implementation of artistic projects before dedicating herself full time to her directing activities. Her projects deal with intimacy and identity. She gives a central place to binary and non-binary women. Kubra is her first short documentary film. She is currently on the development of her documentary film Mon corps, ce pays, with which she is selected to participate in the workshop "Conceiving a documentary project" at the Fémis in 2019, and for which she received the FIPADOC 2021 Best Pitch Award. In addition, Mélanie was nominated for the 2019 COAL Award for her graphic novel co-written with Claire Malary, Le désert d'Ata.