XV edition

2018

candidate

films

1948: Creation and Catastrophe

by Andy Trimlett and Ahlam Muhtaseb | USA, 2017 | 85 min | English/Arabic/Hebrew

A Long Hot Summer in Palestine

by Norma Marcos | France, 2017 | 74 min | Arabic

Accross

by Raffaelo Rossini | Italy, 2017 | 58 min | English/Arabic

Back to Tell a Tale

by Yara Abou Haidar | Lebanon, 2017 | 50 min | Arabic

Bayn Al Sama Wa Al Ard (Between Heaven and Earth)

by Sahera Dirbas | Switzerland, 2015 | 12 min | Italian/Arabic

Bloody Basil

by Elia Ghorbia | Palestine, 2017 | 14 min | Arabic

Broken Dreams

by Mohamed Harb | Palestine, 2016, 53 min, Arabic

Couscous: Seeds of Dignity

by Habib Ayeb | Tunisia, 2017 | 61 min | Arabic

Detention

by Emtyaz Al-Mograbi | Palestine, 2017 | 16 min | Arabic

DisAbility

by Linda Paganelli and Margherita Pescetti | Palestine, 2015 | 15 min | Arabic

Chadhaya el Ahlem (Dream Fragments)

by Bahïa Bencheikh-El- Fegoun | Algeria, 2017 | 75 min | Arabic/French

Ahrar Fil Manfa (Free Men in Exile)

by Omar Kayed | Lebanon, 2017 | 22 min | Arabic

Gaza

by Carles Bover and Julio Pérez | Spain, 2017 | 19 min | Arabic

Gaza By Her

by May Odeh e Riham Ghazali​ | Palestine, 2017 | 20 min | Arabic

Ghost Hunting

by Raed Andoni | France/Palestine/Switzerland/Qatar, 2017 | 94 min | Arabic

Home

by Berber Verpoest | Belgium, 2017 | 23 min | English/Arabic

Mate Superb

by Hamdi AlHroub | Palestine, 2014 | 14 min | Arabic

Objector

by Molly Stuart | Israel/Palestine, 2017 | 14 min | English/Hebrew/Arabic

Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory

by Mohanad Yaqubi | Palestine/France/Qatar/Lebanon, 2016 | 62 min | English/Arabic/French/Italian

One Minute

by Dina Naser | Jordan/Belgium, 2015 | 11 min | Arabic

Rasheed

by Samia Badih | Lebanon, 2016 | 74 min | English/Arabic

Repeating History

by Nadim Fetaih | Egypt, 2017 | 35 min | Arabic/English

Road to Sufsaf

by Nour Maatouk | Lebanon, 2017 | 52 min | Arabic

Rough Stage

by Toomas Järvet | Estonia/Palestine 2015 | 74 min | Arabic/English

Sorry I Drowned

by Yaza al-Saadi | Lebanon, 2017 | 7 min | Arabic

The Killer Tears

by Khalid Faqih | Palestine, 2016 | 22 min | Arabic

The School at Khan al-Ahmar

by Helen Eisler | UK, 2017 | 17 min | English

The Sunbird

by Ayed Nabaa | Jordan/Palestine/Qatar/France/Germany, 2016 | 60 min | Arabic/French/English

The Truth: Lost at Sea

by Rifat Audeh | Jordan, 2017 | 56 min | English

They Want Them Gone

by Hanaa Mahameed | Palestine, 2017 | 22 min | Arabic

War of Antiquities

by Lana Shaheen | Palestine, 2016 | 26 min | Arabic

Whispers of the Cities

by Kasim Abid | UK, 2014 | 62 min

collateral

events

Photo Exhibition: Palestine, Resisting Cities

by Ahmed Mahseri

Film: 3000 Nights (out of competition)

by May Masry 

Film: Door (out of competition)

by Hamdi Al-Salibi | 15 min

Film: 100 Balfour Road (out of competition)

by Anas Al-Karmi | 12 min

Seminar: L’assedio continua. Gaza oggi e tutti i giorni

by Samed Ismail

Seminar: L’acqua rubata: il fenomenro del watergrabbing in Palestina

by Alessia Ferrari

Theatre Performance: La Tragedia di Guevara

by Gruppo Storico Teatro / directed by Monica Zuncheddu

Seminar: Palestina: occupazione, apartheid e resistenza

Morning workshop dedicated to secondary school teachers

Palestina in Cattedra

Morning workshop dedicated to secondary school students

Theatre Performance: La Terra degli Aranci Tristi

by Omar Suleyman / lyrics by Ghassan Kanafani

ju

ry

Monica Maurer (President of the Jury)

Film director and writer

Antonello Zanda

Director of Cineteca Sarda Società Umanitaria 

Wasim Dahmash

Professor of Arabic and Arab Literature

Ibrahim Nasrallah

Palestinian Poet and Writer

Giuseppe Pusceddu

PhD, Former Artistic Director of the Festival

Antioco Floris

Professor of Cinema and Digital Media, University of Cagliari

Patrizia Manduchi

Professor of History of Islamic Countries, University of Cagliari

Awa

rds

– Al Ard Award (best documentary of the Festival, assigned by the jury):

Dream Fragments

Bahïa Bencheikh El-Fegoun (Algeria)

– Palestine Award (best documentary about Palestine, assigned by the jury):

Broken Dreams

Mohamed Harb (Palestine)

– Emerging Director Award (assigned by the jury);

Home

Berber Verpoest (Belgium)

– Special Mentions of the Jury:

Bloody Basil

Elia Gorbiah (Palestine)

– Audience Award (assigned by the audience):

The Truth: Lost at Sea

Rifat Audeh (Jordan)

– Sardegna Palestina Award (assigned by the Selection Board – NEW!)

Ghost Hunting

Raed Andoni (France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar)

Pict

ures

Loca

tion

Municipal Auditorium (Auditorium Comunale di Cagliari) AKA Piccolo Auditorium

Piazza Dettori – CAGLIARI

Unla 

Ex Caserme Mura – MACOMER

Partner

ship