FILM PROGRAM 2024
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THE TEACHERDirected by Farah Nabulsi
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HERE AND ELSEWHERE Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Groupe Dziga Vertov, Anne-Marie Miéville
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R21 AKA RESTORING SOLIDARITYDirected by Mohanad Yacubi
2022 | PG15 | Documentary Arabic, Japanese, English with English subtitles | 71’ An undelivered letter written by a Japanese activist that was lost on its way, has been found by a Palestinian filmmaker after 30 years.
The growing struggle for Palestinian self-determination between 1960 and 1980 was supported by radical left-wing movements worldwide, also in Japan. This is illustrated by a collection of 16mm films by militant filmmakers from various countries, which were dubbed and screened in Japan. Their Japanese audiences felt oppressed by the US after World War II, and not only sympathized but also identified with the Palestinians *JAN 27 | 04:15 PM | Masterclass with Mohanad Yacubi *JAN 27 | 05:30 PM FEB 02 | 07:00 PM *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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AIDA RETURNSDirected by Carol Mansour
2023 | PG15 | Documentary Arabic, French, English with English subtitles | 72’ This film is a poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the director’s mother Aida struggled with losing herself to Alzheimer’s disease, but finding solace in her repeated “returning” to the Yafa and Palestine of her youth; the journey of the loss of a parent; and the ultimate return journey back to Yafa where Aida would finally find rest and be herself once more
*JAN 27 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Director | World Premier FEB 03 | 09:30 PM *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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LYDDirected by Rami Younes, Sarah Ema Friedland
2023 | PG15 | Sci fi Documentary Arabic, English with English subtitles | 78’ A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.
*JAN 27 | 09:00 PM JAN 31 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Directors *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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SLINGSHOT HIP HOPDirected by Jacqueline Reem Salloum
2008 | PG15 | Documentary Arabic, Hebrew, English with English subtitles | 83’ Slingshot Hip Hop documents the emergence and evolution of Palestinian Hip Hop, weaving together the narratives of resilient young artists navigating life in Gaza, the West Bank, and Palestine 48. As they delve into the world of Hip Hop and harness its power as a transformative tool, overcoming the barriers imposed by occupation and poverty.
*JAN 27 | 10:00 PM | Outdoors Screening at The Yard *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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We No Longer Prefer Mountains
Directed by Inas Halabi
2023| PG15 | Documentary Arabic, English with English subtitles | 96’ We No Longer Prefer Mountains begins with an ascent of Mount Carmel upon which the Druze towns of Dalyet el Carmel and Isfiya are located, drawing the viewer into a world of geographic isolation and a locale shaped by coercion and control. Weaving together intimate engagements with members of the community in shared domestic spaces and outdoor environments, the film explores how the inner politics of the Druze have been reconfigured and reshaped since 1948; whilst opening up possibilities for imagining alternative futures.
*JAN 27 | 09:15 PM | Q&A with Director FEB 01 | 09:15 PM *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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TOMORROW'S FREEDOM: MARWAN BARGHOUTIDirected by Georgia Scott, Sophia Scott
2022| PG15 | Documentary Arabic, English with English subtitles | 97’ Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison. Tomorrow’s Freedom captures his story and the tireless spirit of a people fighting for justice. For five years, Georgia and Sophia Scott followed the family of imprisoned Palestinian political leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Marwan Barghouti. The resulting film shares the struggles of his hunger strikes, brought on by harsh prison conditions and the desire to make a stand. The film also shows painful prison visits, often ending with the family being turned away at the last moment. A collage of interviews with the people who know him best, Tomorrow’s Freedom paints a portrait of a man who may one day lead the Palestinian people
*JAN 28 | 04:15 PM | Q&A with Producer Sawsan Asfari JAN 31 | 09:15 PM *ALERT: As the events of Quoz Arts Fest take place on January 27 & 28, there will be entry fees to access the full experience of Quoz Arts Fest. Read more about this exciting weekend and book your tickets separately clicking here. |
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THREE PROMISESDirected by Yousef Srouji
2023| PG15 | Documentary Arabic, English with English subtitles | 60’ While the Israeli army retaliates against the second intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent in the basement. Her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking film that conveys the anguish of children and their parents who are forced to choose between safety and emotional upheaval.
JAN 29 | 09:15 PM JAN 30 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Director |
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BYE BYE TIBERIASDirected by Lina Soualem
2023| PG15 | Documentary Arabic, French, English with English subtitles | 82’ 30 years ago, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass left her native village Deir Hanna in Galilee to follow her acting dream in France. Camera in hand, her daughter Lina questions her mother’s bold choices and the way the women in her family – who she has left behind – have influenced her life. How do those who live on the screen of our memories define who we are today?
JAN 28 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Director JAN 29 | 07:00 PM |
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NOTES ON DISPLACEMENTDirected by Khaled Jarrar
2022| PG15 | Documentary Arabic, English with English subtitles | 74’ The news is full of images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey, destination Germany. Their fear, disorientation, and solidarity is palpable
FEB 02 | 09:00 PM FEB 03 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Director |
SHORTS PROGRAM
84'
JAN 30 | 09:00 PM | Q&A with Yara Alsaade, Red Passport
FEB 01 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Waleed Abu Nada, Heavy Metal
FEB 01 | 07:00 PM | Q&A with Waleed Abu Nada, Heavy Metal
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PALESTINE 87Directed by Bilal AlKhatib
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THE KEY
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Directed by Rakan Mayasi
2022 | PG15 | Drama Feature Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles | 18’ An Israeli family’s equilibrium gradually disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard every evening at the door of their apartment. |
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RED PASSPORT
Directed by Edward Knowles, Timo Bruun 2022 | PG15 | Documentary Arabic with English Subtitled | 22' The film deals with the story of a Palestinian-Syrian man named Abdo Al-Asadi who decided that his first destination, after obtaining Dutch citizenship, would be to visit his mother home land , Palestine accompanied with his two oldest and youngest daughters. He , carefully, starts thinking, after coming back from Palestine, that it makes sense for him to make a movie talking about the journey’s narrative, and ,of course, to be a narrator of the shots, and a maker of its events through the space of the new place that he never knew before but through his imagination of his political and cultural awareness, and through his previous involvement of political experience in Palestinian national activity. A dream of returning from the liberation gate, but, alas, he found only one gate when he returns, it was the gate of a foreign tourist who is hiding behind a foreign nationality he has just obtained, and through a red passport, which is why his title was: Red Passport. His ambitions at this moment was only to see the land that he dreamed of all his life, and his main concern was for his two daughters (Yara and Salma) to realize that they had a history and roots on this land. |
