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"No-one is free until we are all free! Bristol Palestine Film Festival closes with an all-encompassing documentary rallying for an end to the intergenerational persecution and oppression of the Palestinian people. Where Olive Trees Weep is another landmark of compassion, truth and solidarity on film."
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A event held at Arnolfini on Sunday 8th December. The event starts at 13:30.
Sunday 8th December 13:30-15:50 (doors at 13:00)
Arnolfini
+ Q&A with Ashira Darwish (via Zoom), hosted by Melissa Chemam.
103 mins
Dir. Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo (2024)
Palestine / USA
Where Olive Trees Weep is a heartbreakingly beautiful and poignant new film about the struggles and resilience of Ashira Darwish, Ahed Tamimi, and other Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice, featuring Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma healing work for Palestinian women tortured in Israeli prisons.
DONATIONS:
All donations raised from this year's festival will be shared between two initiatives dedicated to supporting Palestinian filmmaking and filmmakers: FilmLab Palestine, based in Ramallah, and the children’s animation workshop My Story Became a Film in Gaza.
FilmLab Palestine's mission is “to boost film production and viewership in Palestine by providing the ideal space for filmmakers to convene, evoke learning, exchange experiences, inspire one another, produce film art, while exposing viewers to a diverse repertoire of films.”
My Story became a Film's founder, Haneen Muhammad Koraz, said: "I deeply believe that every person has the right to express themselves freely, and that art making and learning cartoon films is one of the means of free expression, audio-visually, for all segments of society. I tried to change the reality, even if just a little, for the children and women in the tents and I have conducted workshops specifically for children. Children and women draw, color, discuss, play, learn using the photography program, photograph scenes, write stories that express their suffering and reality, draw cartoon characters, and record their voices on film. They have created many cartoon films."
Part of Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024.
See the full festival programme here: https://bristolpff.org.uk
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Arnolfini
+ Q&A with Ashira Darwish (via Zoom), hosted by Melissa Chemam.
103 mins
Dir. Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo (2024)
Palestine / USA
Where Olive Trees Weep is a heartbreakingly beautiful and poignant new film about the struggles and resilience of Ashira Darwish, Ahed Tamimi, and other Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice, featuring Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma healing work for Palestinian women tortured in Israeli prisons.
DONATIONS:
All donations raised from this year's festival will be shared between two initiatives dedicated to supporting Palestinian filmmaking and filmmakers: FilmLab Palestine, based in Ramallah, and the children’s animation workshop My Story Became a Film in Gaza.
FilmLab Palestine's mission is “to boost film production and viewership in Palestine by providing the ideal space for filmmakers to convene, evoke learning, exchange experiences, inspire one another, produce film art, while exposing viewers to a diverse repertoire of films.”
My Story became a Film's founder, Haneen Muhammad Koraz, said: "I deeply believe that every person has the right to express themselves freely, and that art making and learning cartoon films is one of the means of free expression, audio-visually, for all segments of society. I tried to change the reality, even if just a little, for the children and women in the tents and I have conducted workshops specifically for children. Children and women draw, color, discuss, play, learn using the photography program, photograph scenes, write stories that express their suffering and reality, draw cartoon characters, and record their voices on film. They have created many cartoon films."
Part of Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024.
See the full festival programme here: https://bristolpff.org.uk
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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