28 minutes
Larissa Sansour & Soren Lind
Fiction Experimental, Animation
2019 - Palestine, Denmark, UK
Canadian Premiere
Screens with: letter to a friend
In Vitro is set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. An abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard. Using heirloom seeds collected in the final days before the apocalypse, a group of scientists are preparing to replant the soil above.
In the hospital wing of the underground compound, the orchard’s ailing founder, 70-year-old Dunia is lying in her deathbed, as 30-year-old Alia comes to visit her. Alia is born underground as part of a comprehensive cloning program and has never seen the town she’s destined to rebuild.
Awards
Festival internazionale Segni della Notte: Special Mention - Nights Award
Past Festivals
El Gouna Film Festival (Egypt)
Cinema Days (Palestine)
BFI London Film Festival (UK)
Festival internazionale Segni della Notte at Urbino (Italy)
And Much More
Co-presented by Pleasure Dome, Images Festival, and Planet In Focus