Dir. Kamal Aljafari
2024, Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France, 78 min
Arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Rated 18A
In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time, it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents of Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Taking this as a premise, A Fidai Film aims to create a counter-narrative to this loss, presenting a form of cinematic sabotage that seeks to reclaim and restore the looted memories of Palestinian history. It’s a poignant exploration of identity, memory, and resistance, told through a unique blend of documentary and experimental filmmaking techniques.
Featuring a prerecorded intro by director Kamal Aljafari.
Plays with UNDR
Dir. Kamal Aljafari
2024, Palestine, 15 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Rated 18A
Helicopter footage examines the desert, surveying ancient natural formations and human interventions. Dynamite changes the face of the land. Farmers work their fields. Children play hide-and-seek. Employing archival footage, UNDR constructs an eerie narrative of calculated incursion. We cannot help but recall that Palestine remains a land subjected to aerial surveillance that seeks to appropriate the landscape.
