XVII edition

2020

Al Ard Film Festival XVII Edition

candidate

films

Section: Al Ard Classic

(documentaries)

February 27th​

by Marie-Thèrèse Jakoubek | Germany/Austria/Algeria/RDAS | 2018 | 43 min

The Justice of Unesco

by Kamal Azraq | Palestine | 2018 | 27 min

Jaffa

by Raed Duzdar | Palestine | 2019 | 70 min

Imprisoning a Generation

by Zelda Edmunds | Palestine/USA | 2016 | 51 min

The Walls of Dheisheh

by C. Lehec & T. Abu Laban | Palestine/Switzerland | 2018 | 36 min

Relocation Room

by Mohamed Harb | Palestine | 2018 | 25 min

Leave Yamlikha Alone​

by Jihad Ben Slimen | Tunisia | 2019 | 26 min

Seed Queen

by Mariam Shahin | Palestine/Qatar | 2018 | 25 min

Tour de Gaza​

by Flavia Cappellini | UK/Palestine | 2019 | 19 min

On The Doorstep

by Sahera Dirbas | Palestine | 2019 | 47 min

Aisle

by Hicham Kayed | Lebanon/Germany | 2019 | 52 min

Gaza Demands Life

by Tamer Jamal | Palestine | 2018 | 42 min

Shrapnel

by Mohmmad Krunz | Palestine | 2019 | 10 min

Between Two Crossings

by Yaser Murtaja | Palestine | 2018 | 42 min

Secular. The Invisible Middle Easterner

by Hashim Almadani | Spain| 2020 | 64 min

Naila and the Uprising

by di Julia Bacha | USA/Palestine | 2017 | 76 min

Out of Place – Edward Said

by Heba N. Bourini e Mohammad Jameel | Jordan | 2018 | 48 min

Brazilian Palestine

by Omar Luiz de Barros Filho | Brasile/Palestina 2019 | 79 min

Hummus. A Story of Appropriation

by Abdel Lafi | Palestine/UAE | 2019 | 51 min

Colors of Resistance

by Areeb Zuaiter | USA/Palestine | 2019 | 34 min

Footballization: Chi Non Sa Come Tornare a Casa?

by Francesco Furiassi e Francesco Agostini | Italy | 2018 | 76 min

 

Section: Echo of the Camps

(Short films by young filmmakers from Palestinian refugee camps)

Capital of Hope, Capital of Diaspora

by Mohamad Khalil Abu Mat’hana | Syria | 2018 | 16 min

Bigger than Alleys

by Ahmed Saleh | Palestine | 2019 | 23 min

Ala Ajal

by Tasneem Abu Sokkur | Jordan| 2019 | 8 min

Ambience

by Wisam Al Jafari | Palestina | 2018 | 15 min

In the Land of Oranges

by Nadir Mauge | Lebanon, 2015 | 15 min

 

Section: Handala

(Experimental and Animation Films)

Dreamlike

by Mohammad S. Shaban | Iran | 2019 | 46 min

Endless Dream

by Amjad Jamal e Lilian Al-Azzah | Palestine | 2018 | 8 min

Makun (Don’t cry)

by Emilio Martì Lopez | Spain| 2019 | 30 min

Soufisme

by Younes Ben Hajria | Tunisia | 2019 | 20 min

Memory of the Land

by Samira Badran | Spain | 2017 | 13 min

collateral

events

Exhibition: Lo sguardo di Handala 2

Reprinting of Naji Al-Ali’s Comics

Film: Gaza (out of competition)

by Garry Keane & Andrew McConnell | Ireland/Palestine | 2019 | 92 min

Film: Naji Al-Ali: An Artist With Vision
(out of competition)

by Kasim Abid | Egypt/Lebanon | 1999 | 52 min

Live Concert: Bakis Beks e Dj A-Solo

Rap from Sardinia (FB, IG, YT)

Reading and Music: Cosa Diremo al Nostro Mare

with Giuseppe Boi, Ivana Busu, Federica Putzolu e Fabrizio Lai

Film: Another Point of View
(Our of Competition)

by Bilal Alkhatib |Palestine | 2019 | 14 min

Film: Area C
(Our of Competition)

by Salah Abu Nima |Palestine | 2018 | 10 min

Seminar: Viaggio Libero. Io, vivo-Suono io, vivo-Immagine io, vivo-Corpo

by May Mask Kollective

Palestina in Cattedra

Morning workshop dedicated to secondary school students

Seminar: Shooting Revolution

by Monica Maurer

Seminar: Filming Gaza

by Flavia Cappellini

Live Concert: Raushana

by Marwan Abado

ju

ry

Monica Maurer (President of the Jury)

Film director and writer

Andrea Mura

Filmmaker, Artistic Director of Sole Luna Doc-Film Festival

Franca Gabriella Piras

Former Professor of Modern Literature

Antonello Zanda

Director of Cineteca Sarda Società Umanitaria 

Wasim Dahmash

Professor of Arabic and Arab Literature

Ibrahim Nasrallah

Palestinian Poet and Writer

Patrizia Manduchi

Professor of History of Islamic Countries, University of Cagliari

Awa

rds

Al Ard Award 2020

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

Between Two Crossings

by Yasser Murtaja

Palestine Award 2020

– Palestine Award (best documentary on Palestine, assigned by the Jury):

On The Doorstep

by Sahera Dirbas

Emerging Director Award

– Emerging Director Award (assigned by the Jury):

Imprisoning a Generation

by Zelda Edmunds

– Handala Award (assigned by the Selection Board):

Memory of the Land

by Samira Badran

Eco of the camp award

– Echo of The Camp Award (assigned by the Selection Board):

Ambience

by Wisam Al Jafari

– Sardegna Palestina Award (assigned by the Selection Board):

The Walls of Dheisheh

by Clemence Lehec and Tamara Abu Laban

audience award al ard 2020

– Audience Award:

Between Two Crossings

by Yasser Murtaja

Special Mentions al ard 2020

– Special Mentions of the Jury:

Aisle

by Hisham Kayed

Hummus

by Abdel Lafi

Seed Queen

by Mariam Shahin

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Lazzaretto

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