Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2024

Kamal Aljafari: A Fidai Film + UNDR + Paradiso, XXXI, 108

Expired October 6, 2024 4:59 AM
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3 films in package
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
“It’s going to be quite soundless; the roar of our aircraft is drowning everything else. We are running straight into the most gigantic of soundless fireworks in the world, and here we go to drop our bombs.” ––Kamal Aljafari
UNDR
Employing archival footage, UNDR constructs an eerie narrative of calculated incursion. The film reminds its audience that Palestine remains a land subjected to aerial surveillance that seeks to appropriate the landscape.
A Fidai Film
During the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982, the Israeli military raided a Palestinian archive in Lebanon. A Fidai Film explores the visual memory of this looting and appropriates images now in the hands of the Israeli state.
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In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded Beirut. They raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents related to, from, and about Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Starting with the premise of the plundered image, A Fidai Film explores the visual memory of this looting and re-appropriates images now in the hands of Israeli archivists.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    78 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic, English, Hebrew
  • Country
    Palestine
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Kamal Aljafari
  • Screenwriter
    Kamal Aljafari, Ghassan Kanafani
  • Producer
    Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino
  • Editor
    Kamal Aljafari, Yannig Willmann
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