15 - 30

NOV 2019

THE BARBICAN | CURZON SOHO | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS | THE RIO l THE TABERNACLE | SOAS | P21

REAL PALESTINE: NON-FICTION SHORTS

Coffee Pot | I Insist To Keep On Filming | Jerusalem | Six Miles Out | The Record l Tour De Gaza

Saturday 30th November | 4:00 pm
brunei LECTURE THEATRE, SOAS UNIVERSITY, BLOOMSBURY, WC1H 0XG

This selection of 5 short films from across Palestine relay effective and important stories about a country under occupation. These films are made up of first time and student films as well as those by established makers.

Coffee Pot
2018 l Thaer Al Azzah l 0’
Jomu’a lives in a refugee camp. Every morning he wakes up early to go to the camp entrance to earn his living selling coffee. But everyone there is in need of more income. The options are strained in a place where employment and occupation interchange as a test of moral and financial wellbeing.

I Insist To Keep On Filming
2018 l Heidi Motola and Anne Paq l 10’
After 10 years of filming Bilal Tamimi has now gained a respected notoriety for documenting injustices in his village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank. This 10 minute short film by two members of the photojournalism collective Activestill chrinicles his work and the way he fearlessly uses his camera as a weapon.

Jerusalem
2019 l Mikel Ayestaran l 9’
This very short film is a visit to the great, complex, multi-layered city of Jerusalem through the eyes of basque journalist  Mikel Ayestaran. 

Six Miles Out
2017 l Hosam Abu Dan l 11’
For most people, fishing is an experience between themselves and nature. But in Gaza even though the blue seas are a fertile fishing ground, this is not a simple activity. It is an act of bravery, while the Israeli Navy prowls nearby ready to shoot.


The Record
2019 l Chris White l 5’
What does it take to break a world record? Grit, determination, and creative thinking - as two young girls discover.

Tour De Gaza
2019 l Flavia Cappellini l 19’
Twenty-two-year-old Alaa AlDali trained daily in the 40-km long, conflict-ridden Gaza Strip. Despite being the fastest Palestinian road cyclist, he was repeatedly refused permission to travel abroad for competitions. Until one day, he was shot by an Israeli sniper while protesting his immobility. This short documentary follows Alaa’s physical rehabilitation and his new struggle to be a paracyclist under the Gaza blockade. Tour de Gaza takes us through this inaccessible landscape on the wheels of this ambitious cyclist, as he maintains steadfast to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.