This is the story of a mother from Gaza, who campaigns to improve the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, and to bring about their freedom. Even after the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, her sons remain incarcerated.
Mohamad Ayache -- 21’ (Palestine: 2000)
The film traces the 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and the new generation of the diaspora.
Nicolas Damuni -- 10' (France: 2002)
Documentary on the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and siege of Beirut.
Mai Masri (b. 1959) is a Palestinian filmmaker largely based in Lebanon. Masri received a degree in film production from San Francisco State University. She has directed and produced several award-winning films that have been broadcast and shown internationally.
Mai Masri & Jean Chamoun -- 50', Arabic (Lebanon: 1983)
"Makloubeh" or "Upside Down" is the name of a typical Palestinian dish that gives the film its title. Rashid Mashharawi uses the theme of food to explore Palestinian identity. With disarming humor, his depiction of rural simplicity and the bucolic freshness of this shots help him achieve his objective.
Rashid Masharawi was born and raised in Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip. He is a self-taught filmmaker, beginning to work at eighteen in the cinema industry and acquiring skills on over twenty films before starting himself to write and direct his own. Masharawi’s films portray his knowledge of living under the Israeli Occupation in refugee camps, the new space of the intifada, as well as his constant reflection on cinema narrative.
Rashid Masharawi -- 10’ (Palestine: 2000)
Starting with the hands’ gestures of various sculptures for imperative historical Egyptian figures and through the sketches of a painter, the camera hence continues to follow the hands of different people while doing various jobs.
Enas I. Muthaffar was born and raised in Jerusalem. She obtained a BA in film direction from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo, Egypt, and an MA in Feature Film from Goldsmiths College, University of London
Enas I. Muthaffar -- Documentary, 5' (Egypt: 1999)
Viva El Presidente: El Recurso del Metodo; Le Recourse de la Methode; The Discourse on Method)
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.
Miguel Littin (1978)
Before leaving to settle abroad, Ahmad accepts one last job. He must audition actors for the new National Palestinian Theatre. On the road with interviewer Bissan and her cameraman Loumir, Ahmad goes in search of talent in the numerous refugee camps of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Hopefully for the last time, Ahmad experiences the insurmountable difficulties of life in Palestine: harassing searches at check points and borders, barricades, constant tension. He realizes the destiny of all waiting refugees is much the same as his own. He ends up guiding the auditioning actors into dramatizing what best embodies their destiny. But with the chance to catch his plane at risk, Ahmad could see the opportunity for his long-awaited exile slip away.
Rashid Masharawi was born and raised in Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip. He is a self-taught filmmaker, beginning to work at eighteen in the cinema industry and acquiring skills on over twenty films before starting himself to write and direct his own. Masharawi’s films portray his knowledge of living under the Israeli Occupation in refugee camps, the new space of the intifada, as well as his constant reflection on cinema narrative.
Rashid Masharawi -- 90’, Arabic (Palestine/France: 2005)
Easter in Palestine has a special meaning. This documentary film follows two Christian women from Ramallah in the West Bank during Easter Holy Week. They express their feelings towards being not permitted to attend the celebrations in Jerusalem (16 km far from Ramallah), and how they wait for the Holy Light to come from Jerusalem with other fellow Christians. Traditional customs of Easter are also shown, together with special events that took place during Easter Week.
Rawan Damen is has been a TV Senior Producer and director at Al Jazeera since 2006. She received her MA in Communications Studies from Leeds University/UK, Dec. 2003. BA in Media and Sociology from Birzeit University/Palestine, June 2001.
Rawan Damen -- Documentary, 10’, English (Palestine: 2000)
