Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Using the techniques of counterfactual sci-fi to dream of a city that should have been, Palestine’s ancient capital of Lyd (now a part of Israel) is reborn on-screen. A truly unique and hopeful offering from Bristol Palestine Film Festival, mixing documentary footage with the aching what-ifs in the heart of every exile."
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A event held at Bristol Palestine Museum on Tomorrow. The event starts at 19:30.
Wednesday 4th December 19:30-21:10
Palestine Museum and Cultural Centre
Pre-recorded interview between journalist Jonathan Cook and directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland.
Dirs. Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland (2023)
63 mins
Palestine / UK / USA
This feature-length, sci-fi documentary shares multiple pasts, presents, and futures of the city of Lyd in Palestine/Israel. Lyd was once a thriving Palestinian city with a rich history. When the State of Israel was founded in 1948, Lyd became an Israeli city, and in the process, hundreds of Lyd’s Palestinian residents were massacred by Israeli forces, and most of the city’s 50,000 Palestinian residents were exiled. This film dares to ask the question: what would the city be like had the Israeli occupation of Lyd never happened?
ACCESS:
The museum is on the 2nd floor of the building and currently only accessible via stairs.
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 himself 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
Palestine Museum and Cultural Centre
Pre-recorded interview between journalist Jonathan Cook and directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland.
Dirs. Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland (2023)
63 mins
Palestine / UK / USA
This feature-length, sci-fi documentary shares multiple pasts, presents, and futures of the city of Lyd in Palestine/Israel. Lyd was once a thriving Palestinian city with a rich history. When the State of Israel was founded in 1948, Lyd became an Israeli city, and in the process, hundreds of Lyd’s Palestinian residents were massacred by Israeli forces, and most of the city’s 50,000 Palestinian residents were exiled. This film dares to ask the question: what would the city be like had the Israeli occupation of Lyd never happened?
ACCESS:
The museum is on the 2nd floor of the building and currently only accessible via stairs.
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 himself 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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