Time-Space: A Collection of Short Films
Part of Falastin Film Festival
(Fri 24 May: 3:30pm)
A collection of short films exploring themes and experiences of time and space. All films are subtitled in English. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A discussion led by Rita Mahfouz, filmmaker and visual artist from Lebanon.
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Silent Protest المظاهرة الصامتة (PG) by Mahasen
Nasser-Eldin
On 26 October 1929, Palestinian women launched their
women’s movement in Jerusalem. Approximately 300 women converged into
the city from all over Palestine. They held a silent demonstration
through a car convoy across the city in protest at the British High
Commissioner’s bias against Arabs in the Buraq uprising. This is their
story on that day.
Genre: Documentary, Historical, Archives | Year of Release: 2019 | Original Language: Arabic | Subtitles: English
Nation Estate (12A) by Larissa Sansour
In this
sci-fi short, one colossal high-rise houses the entire Palestinian
population – now finally living the high life. With a glossy mixture of
computer-generated imagery, live actors and an arabesque electronic
soundtrack, Nation Estate explores a vertical solution to
Palestinian statehood where each city has its own floor and intercity
trips previously marred by checkpoints are now made by elevator.
Genre: Short, Science-Fiction, Dystopian | Year of Release: 2013 | Original Languages: Arabic, English | Subtitles: English
Canada Park حديقة كندا (12A) by Razan
AlSalah
I walk on snow to fall unto the desert. I find myself on
unceded indigenous territory in so called Canada, an exile unable to
return to Palestine. I trespass the colonial border as a digital spectre
floating through Ayalon-Canada Park, transplanted over three Palestinian
villages razed by the Israeli Occupation Forces in 1967. Canada Park is
an experimental video poem exploring the politics of dis/appearance of
Palestine as narrativized, mapped and imaged in Google Streetview and
early 20th century colonial landscape photography of the ‘Holy Land’.
Genre: Short, Experimental, Poem | Year of Release: 2020 | Original Languages: Arabic, English | Subtitles: English
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Falastin Film Festival (FFF) is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collective of Palestinians and allies dedicated to bringing Palestinian art to Edinburgh and Highland audiences. Palestinians are often summed up as an ‘occupied people,’ and spoken for, though they have their own stories to tell. Using cinema as a tool of resistance the festival strives to decolonize the narrative and equip audiences with historical context. There is a desire to build community while celebrating Palestinian art and culture through cinema, music, cuisine, and other storytelling mediums. Scotland’s exposure to Palestinian society, art, culture, and humanity altogether remains rather limited. FFF hopes to fill this gap, using both classical and contemporary cinema primarily but not exclusively. They strive to highlight Palestinian steadfast resistance, cultural preservation, stories of love, and in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life. In so doing, they offer a refreshing portrayal that encompasses the geographic, linguistic, and experiential diversity of the Palestinian people globally.
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