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NOMAD SHADOW USA-Spain-France, 2025, 88 min, color

Mariam, a rebellious 27-year-old woman, gets deported from Spain after living there for 10 years and is forced to return home to Western Sahara – a country that has been occupied by Morocco since the 1970s, and where there is little economic opportunity, particularly for women.

Mariam crosses the border into her homeland carrying the guilt of failing the European dream and convinced that she must return to Spain no matter the cost. Caught in an emotional chasm between the world she wants and the world she finds herself in, the film follows Mariam’s whirlwind struggle as she tries to steer her own destiny in a place that feels both familiar and alienating upon her return.

Eimi Imanishi

Eimi Imanishi

Eimi Imanishi is a Japanese-born director and screenwriter based in New York City. who earned a BFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, where she majored in sculpture. She has directed the short films Battalion To My Beat (2016), which played the Toronto International Film Festival, One-Up (2017), and 3x13 (2021). Nomad Shadow (2025), is her feature debut.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2016 Battalion To My Beat / short

2017 One-Up / short

2021 3х13 / short

2025 Nomad Shadow

DIRECTOR
Eimi Imanishi
SCRIPT
Eimi Imanishi
CAMERA
Frida Marzouk
MUSIC
Clara Aguilar
CAST
Nadhira Mohamed, Omar Salem, Suleiman Filali, Eddami Elabed, Chekh Mehdi
PRODUCERS
Belén Sánchez Silvero, Shrihari Sathe, Eimi Imanishi, Queralt Pons Serra, Damon Owlia, Jayne Baron Sherman, Virginie Lacombe, Eric Dupont
PRODUCTION
Dialectic, Un Capricho de Producciones, Peculiar Films, Virginie Films, Incognito Films

NOMAD SHADOW USA-Spain-France, 2025, 88 min, color

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20:30 h
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