Nomad Shadow
★★★★★ “The plot is pleasingly unpredictable, the images often remarkable, the editing tight, the acting excellent”
★★★★★ “It is believable. It’s as if real life was taken into a film scenario”
★★★★★ “Imanishi’s debut suggests that sometimes the most radical act is simply learning to live in the space between shores”
Sinopsis
Mariam is a twenty-something Sahrawi woman who fled Western Sahara a decade ago. Deported from Spain and sent home, Mariam is desperate to return to Europe but has no way of making enough money. Her family isn’t exactly welcoming. Her mother and sister resent her for leaving. Her protective brother Alwali won’t let her work in his lucrative drug business, her sole potential source of income. Her only solace is her old friend Sid, also an outsider, and her new-found, unlikely friendship with Alwali’s Moroccan girlfriend Gaila. As Mariam struggles to come to terms with her new situation, it becomes clear that her experiences in Europe may have made reacclimation impossible.
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Awards and selections
- Project developed at the Sundance Institute Scriptwriting and Directing Lab, 2018
- Project selected at the MIA Co-Production Market and Pitching Forum, Rome, 2018
- Project selected for European Work in Progress in Cologne (Germany), 2024
- Project selected for the ‘D’A Lab – Final Cut’ at the D’A Festival in Barcelona, 2025
- Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025
- Official selection Tallin Black Nights Film Festival 2025
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Dir. Eimi Imanishi
2025
Genre: Drama
Running time: 82’
O.V.: Hassaniya arabic / Spanish / Darija arabic
Countries: USA / Spain
Produced by: Un Capricho de Producciones / Peculiar Films
Coproduced by: Dialectic production / Virginie Films / Incognito Films /
Writer: Eimi Imanishi
Cast: Nadhira Mohamed / Omar Salem / Suleiman Filali / Eddami Elabed
Producers: Belén Sánchez, Queralt Pons, Virginie Lacombe, Eimi Imanishi, Damon Owlia, Shrihari Sathe, Jayne Baron Sherman
Executive Producers: Gregory Franklin, Peter Howard, Yacine Laloui, Julia Thompson
Co-executive Producers: Jeremy Guillory, Damian Wille, Kashif Incubator
With the support of: Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship
Music Score: Clara Aguilar
DOP: Frida Marzouk
Sound Designer: Jakov Munizaba
Editing: Noelia R. Deza
Production Manager: Djabir Merdaoui
Production Designer: Anna Chwaliszewska
Art Director: Azza Mustafa
Costume design: Marina Pedreño