Reel Palestine Film Festival 2022 - 8th Edition
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Reel Palestine returned for its 8th edition from January 28th – February 6th, 2022, presented by Bayt, and in collaboration with our long-term partner Cinema Akil, the GCC’s only arthouse cinema. The festival showed films from Palestine and its diaspora by award-winning international directors and upcoming first-time filmmakers, featuring intimate stories of exile, resistance, and the love that encapsulates the human experience when identifying with separation and restrictions to survive and thrive.
In the ever-changing transient state of the world with the presence of disputes, forced displacement is a present reality for millions in today's world. This consciously or subconsciously causes people to construct a dreamlike landscape of a home or a place of belonging through heritage and history explored in imagery, stories of nostalgia, and family relations." |
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Reel Palestine Film Festival 2022 Highlights
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How do people who have been stationed away from their ancestral land dream up an identity by constructing a mental landscape to pursue a sense of belonging through art, film, and heritage traditions? The experience of a fragmented identity caught amid a complex battle is a surreal experience that many people, Palestinian or not, can relate to.
Reel Palestine is a community-driven and volunteer-based initiative that’s been growing year on year as a result of the labor of love driven by the community for sharing stories and heritage primarily through film. The 8th edition, presented by Bayt, presented a diverse offering of films and events in music, photography, workshops and talks. |
Video credit: Seeing Things.
The Majazz Project x Reel Palestine
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Reel Palestine presented a curated mixtape by the Majazz Project, a research project by UK-based actor and musician, Mo’min Swaitat, which was born out of an archive of rare tapes and vinyls from Palestine, many of which were acquired at a record store in Jenin, focused on sampling, remixing, and reissuing vintage Palestinian cassettes.
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Reel Palestine 2022 Happenings
'Farha' Director, Darin J. Salam - Q&A
presented with Cinema Akil Reel Palestine was proud to host Jordanian writer and director Darin J. Sallam, director of Farha, screened during Reel Palestine 2022. Two special Q&A sessions with the audience was hosted after the screening of the film Farha.
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'As I Want' Director, Samaher Alqadi - Q&A
presented with Cinema Akil Reel Palestine hosted a virtual Q&A with director Samaher Al Qadi after the screening of her film 'As I Want'. Samaher is an emerging voice in Arabic documentary film-making.
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The Power & Importance of Shorts
presented with Cinema Akil & FilmLab Palestine In this conversation, filmmaker, producer, and cultural art manager Hanna Atallah, co-founder of FilmLabs Palestine, discussed the importance of funding, producing, and releasing short films from Palestine to cultivate and promote upcoming filmmakers and their work locally and beyond.
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Reel Palestine Souk
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Reel Palestine’s Souk took place across two weekends and featured a curated collection of unique crafts, souvenirs, and flavors made and inspired by Palestinian traditions. In collaboration with Alserkal Avenue during Quoz Arts Fest and in collaboration with Kave. Thank you to the following partners for participating:
970 Rising / Globenir x Alwan / Ashghal El Teta / Ayadi by Widad / ByHebaHerz / Colouring Palestine / Teta's Table / Dammah / Exhale / Frost & The Moon / Homegrown Palestine / Jenin / Kashkool Game / Kenar Embroidery / Lady Spatula / Layyef Kayyef / Map My Mirror / Mooneh by Dima Al Sherif / Nasij / Noor Shamma / Palmera Art / Qamha / Shatila Studio / Thob |
Reel Palestine 2022 Happenings
Visuals that Inspire & Inform
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Build the career you want
Speed Resume Clinic presented by Bayt Attendees got the chance to join the experts from the region’s number one job site as part of a CV clinic workshop which included a 10 min consultation with Bayt’s Head of CV Services.
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Dissecting Film 101
presented by Reel Palestine In this two part interactive workshop, Reel Palestine presented a guide to audiences wanting to explore and understand films in new ways which was followed up by two group discussion centered around digesting and talking through the film.
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Palestine Themed Workshops
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Kave at Alserkal Avenue hosted a full schedule of talks, creative making work shops, traditional Palestinian dishes and book clubs for adults and children alike! Thank you to Haya's Kitchen, Ana Min Hunak, Samya Reads, Oh the books that you read, Lady Spatula, Farah Nasrawi and Eman.
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Thank you to our sponsors
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