THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY
FARIS ALRJOOB Germany, 2023
One of the first Jordanian films to premiere at Cannes, Faris Alrjoob’s beguiling short languidly drifts on the shifting tides of love and loss. At once eerie and sensuously pleasurable, sun-drenched frames are imprinted with the specter of grief, made achingly tangible on sumptuous 16mm film stock.