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تَناثُر البحر
Scattered Sea

new film type experimental film Production Country Germany, Malta, Morocco production year 2025 runtime 13'37 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language English subtitles Arabic, German, English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language English subtitles Arabic, German, English

Moving between magical realism, performance, and documentary, SCATTERED SEA explores how people connect across borders in a diverse world marked by entangled traumas, fractured presents, power imbalances, and longing for belonging. 17 performers from North Africa and Europe form hybrid spaces, decolonial imaginaries for plural futures, as a new island emerges on the sea. Filmed in Morocco, Malta, and Germany, this triangle mirrors colonial layers and frictions between Europe and the MENA region.

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تَناثُر البحر تَناثُر البحر تَناثُر البحر تَناثُر البحر تَناثُر البحر تَناثُر البحر
director Lia Sáile Editing Lia Sáile, Lisa Domin-Alouane Production Lia Sáile Script Lia Sáile Sound Design Lia Sáile, Jeesoo Hong DOP Katja Rivas Pinzon Original Score Phanton (Springer & Wolff) Cast Narrator: Semira Zadeh film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2025 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
2025 Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt
2025 Zambia Short Film Festival, Lusaka
2025 Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco (Best Experimental Film)
2025 Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), Greece
2025 Festival International Signes de Nuit, Paris, France (Honorable Mention)
2026 Caribbean Sea International Film Festival, Margarita Island, Venezuela
2026 SPE Media Fest, Atlanta, USA
2026 VIDEOFORMES - International Hybrids & Digital Arts Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/

Lia Sáile

Lia Sáile, born 1985, is an interdisciplinary artist working with film, installation, performance, and site-specific interventions. Her practice explores borders, transitions, and belonging, creating speculative imaginaries and spaces of plural coexistence. Her works are shown internationally.

Filmography
2014 Release
2018 [TUNIS]
2025 Scattered Sea

Portrait of Lia Sáile