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The Challenge
Title
The Challenge.
Publication
Kino Lorber, 2017.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from title frames.
Film
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2017.
In English
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Italian visual artist Yuri Ancarani's exquisite documentary enters the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry. The opulence of this Middle Eastern gas state is on full display as the men race SUVs up and down sand dunes, fly their prized falcons around on private jets, and take their pet cheetahs out for desert spins in their souped-up Ferraris. The result is a film jaw-dropping not only for its displays of wealth, but for the pure cinematic beauty that won Ancarani the Filmmaker of the Present award at the 2016 **Locarno Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **San Francisco International Film Festival**. *"Composed over three years, THE CHALLENGE is elegantly distilled, each image deliberately framed, the rhythm alternating between meditative tranquility and flurried agitation." - Liam Lacey, **POV Magazine***
Variant and related titles
Kanopy Base.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Arabic
Added to Catalog
August 31, 2023
Publisher's number
5793465 Kanopy
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
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