Falastin Film Festival, Film

On Sound عن الصوت

Falastin Film Festival 2025

(Sat 17 May: 1:30pm)

An aesthetic and provocative screening of four experimental shorts uncovering the occupation’s haunting manipulation of sound as a form of torture, the politics of sound and sonic self-determination.

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Untitled (To The Lebanese Citizens) (بدون عنوان (إلى المواطنين اللبنانيين (Ali Cherri)
During the July War in 2006, the State of Israel intercepted the broadcast of the radio station Voice of the People to transmit an audio message to the Lebanese population.

Genre: Short | Year of Release: 2006 | Original Language(s): Arabic, English

Vibration from Gaza ذبذبات من غزة (Rehab Nazzal)
Vibrations from Gaza offers a glimpse into the experiences of Deaf children in the occupied and confined coastal territory of Gaza, Palestine.

Genre: Short, Documentary, Experimental | Year of Release: 2023 | Original Language: Arabic | Subtitles: English

Offing خط الافق (Oraib Toukan)
Produced in the aftermath of the 2021 Israeli war on Palestinians residing in the Israeli-besieged Gaza strip, stories by Gaza artist Salman Nawati are told against footage that explores the tender and the mundane as acts of life.

Genre: Short, Experimental | Year of Release: 2021 | Original Language: Arabic | Subtitles: English

The Diary of a Sky (Lawrence Abu Hamdan)
An atmospheric symphony of violence unfolds over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts.

Genre: Documentary, Video Essay | Year of Release: 2024 | 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.

Visit their website falastinfilmfest.com or follow them on social media @falastinfilmfest.

• Film
• £10.00
• 17 May 2025
• 95 minutes
• 13:30
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• Netherbow Theatre
• PG
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  Sustained drone/fighter jet sounds, military violence