Jaima
Amid the dunes of the Sahara, a Jaima, the traditional Saharawi tent. A woman, through the tea ritual, takes us into the past and present of her people, persecuted and driven out of their land. She offers us three teas: the first, bitter as life; the second, sweet as love; the third, mild as death. The light of the desert is reflected on the Saharawi people, their life made up of essentials and their struggle to endure.
Jaima
Francesco Pereira
Svizzera 2023
18′
Direction
Francesco Pereira (2000, Madrid), born in Spain to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, moved to Switzerland at 10. At the age of 14, he made his first short film, which was screened at the Schweizer Jugendfilmtage. From that moment on, he decided to further explore the potential of cinematic poetry. Currently, he is graduating in film directing at the International Conservatory of Audiovisual Sciences at Locarno. “Jaima” is his first film.
