Swim – Aalam Wassef

SWIM,
True Stories
From Kamalozten

Swim tells the story of a satirist living in the fictional dictatorship of ‘Kamalozten’. Confined in his apartment, the satirist produces work that he knows cannot be kept or shown. He is seen constantly erasing or hiding his satirical work. Swim is narrated in English and in Aalam’s invented language of ‘Kamalozteni’ which helps to underscore the absurdity of the subject of censorship and suppression.

Swim, True Stories of Kamalozten
Short film, 16 minutes
Credited to ‘The People of Kamalozten’

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