A portrait of a Palestinian refugee in Jordan and her struggles with the religious and social constraints around her at a time of great tension and anguish preceding the Gulf War.
Omar Al-Qattan is a Palestinian-British director, producer and writer. Born in Beirut in 1964, he has worked in film since 1991. His film credits include, among others, Dreams and Silence (1991), a 52 minute documentary shot during the weeks preceding the Gulf War, portraying a Palestinian woman refugee in Jordan and her struggles with the religious and social constraints around her at a time of great tension and anguish. The film, one of the first to tackle the theme of political Islam, won the Joris Ivens Award.
Omar Al-Qattan -- Documentary (UK: 1991)
In this short documentary film, the director and her father explore the meaning of identity on the face of war and the loss it entails. Shamounki explores her family history as she takes her camera long the terrain of this story of memory and identity.
Nadine Shamounki was born to Palestinian parents in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Jordan, Europe and the USA. She acquired her two undergraduate degrees from The University of Maryland in Cultural Anthropology and Art Studio. She finished her M.A. at New School University in Media Studies.
Nadine Shamounki -- 19' (USA: 2002)
Born in 1942 in Palmilla, Chile to Palestinian parents, is a major Latin American director and screenwriter. Littin has had a long and distinguished career as a filmmaker and screenwriter in his home county and in Europe.
End of September reorients Palestinian history by linking the past, present, and fantastical future. Dalal (Majd Hijjawi), a female fada’i (freedom fighter) returns to Palestine in shifts of time. Challenged by the results of the end of Israeli occupation, Dalal journeys through the Holy Land in search of fellow fedai Jad (Firas Taybeh). Betrayed by her own history, Dalal relives the reproduced/recycled Palestinian plight.
Suha Arraf was born in 1969 in the village of Mi’ilya to a Palestinian family. She obtained her BA degree in Philosophy and Literature at Haifa University (1990) and her Master’s degree in Anthropology at the University of Tel Aviv (1994).
Suha Arraf -- Documentary (Palestine: 1999)
Enough Already is a chronicle of a Palestinian immigrant family through three generations in Brooklyn, New York.
Suzy Salamy -- Documentary, 19’ (USA: 1998)
Saïd, seventy, has been demoralized by his wife’s illness which has left her hospitalized. He withdraws into solitude and writes poetry to express the infinite love he carries for his beloved.
Hiam Abbas began her career acting in Palestinian theater groups before taking film roles with directors such as Rashid Masharawi and Michel Khleifi. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge, Paradise Now(2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), and Free Zone (2005).
Hiam Abbas -- 26’, Arabic/French (France: 2003)
Majdi El-Omari -- 26' (Canada: 1993)
