XVIII edition
2022

candidate
films
Section: Al Ard Classic
(documentaries)
Crowned by Bay Leaves
by Hajat Amjad Labban | Palestine | 2020 | 14 min
120 Km
by Waseem Khair | Palestine | 2021 | 30 min
The Wall
by Mira Sidawi | Lebanon | 2020 | 20 min
Jump the Wall
by Mathilde Babo, Ahmad Al-Khalil | Germany | 2021 | 5 min
As I Want
by Samaher Alqadi | Palestine/Egypt/Norway/ France/Germany | 2021 | 88 min
Borderline
by Antoine Bonzon, Benoit Bizard | France | 2021 | 52 min
Roots in the Middle
by Farida Kilani | Italy | 2019 | 10 min
Om Layoun
by Habib Ayed | Tunisia | 2021 | 80 min
Bank of Targets
by Roshdi Sarraj | Palestine | 2021 | 25 min
Letter to a Friend
by Emily Jacir | Palestine | 2019 | 43 min
Gaza Footbullet
by Iyad Alasttal | Palestine/France | 2021 | 36 min
Mosaic
by Mohamad Khalil Abu Mathana | Syria | 2021 | 7 min
Uranus
by Aya Matrabie | Palestine | 2020 | 11 min
Second Wind
by Tariq Keblaoui, Nessim Stevenson | Lebanon | 2021 | 26 min
Liwan: a Story of Cultural Resistence
by Doris Hakim | Palestine/Spain | 2021 | 28 min
Abbas 36
by Marwah Jbara Tibi e Nidal Rafa | Palestine | 2019 | 72 min
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
by Mai Masri | Lebanon | 2021 | 75 min
Walled Citizen
by Sameer Qumsiyeh | Palestine | 2020 | 79 min
Fedayn, le combat de Georges Abdallah
by Collectif Vacarme(s) film | France | 2020 | 81 min
A Talk with Remarkable People
by Maryse Garghour | Lebanon/Greece | 2021 | 52 min
Wadi Al-Qilt the Untold Story
by Faisal Zakarneh | Palestine | 2021 | 27 min
Holy Steps
by Mahmoud Emam Daood | Egypt/Italy | 2021 | 39 min
Sarura. The Future is an Unknown Place
by Nicola Zambelli | Italy | 2021 | 80 min
Section: Handala
(Experimental and Animation Films)
The Seven Villages
by Farah Abou Kharroub | Lebanon/Czechia| 2020 | 17 min
Sard
by Zeina Ramadan | Palestine | 2019 | 8 min
Old Child
by Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi | Belgium | 2020 | 16 min
Don’t Cry
by Hisham Zreiq | Germany/Palestine | 2022 | 10 min
What Remains
by Christian Harb | Lebanon | 2020 | 5 min
When Beirut Was Beirut
by Alessandra El Chanti | Lebanon | 2021 | 12 min
Encountering Samir
by Rand Beiruty | Germany | 2020 | 5 min
collateral
events
Exhibition: Malaka Mattar
Paintings by Gazawi Artist Malaka Mattar
Film: Bethlehem 2001 (out of competition)
by Ibrahim Handal | Palestine | 2020 | 14 min
Seminar: Per una Drammaturgia Autentica e Anticoloniale
by Filippo Kalomenidis
Film: Surda Checkpoint
(out of competition)
by Kasim Abid | Iraq/UK | 2005 | 22 min
Film: Shattered: Beirut 6.07 (Out of Competition)
by Carol Mansour | Lebanon | 2020 | 17 min
Film: Sun Ruled by a Crescent (Out of Competition)
by Helmi Nouh | Egypt | 2021 | 15 min
Palestina in Cattedra
Morning workshop dedicated to secondary school students
Seminar: “Palestina: colonialismo e apartheid”
by Gabriel Traetta, Tina Marinari, Fausto Gianelli, Romana Rubeo, Wasim Dahmash
Live Concert: Rahawan
by Haya Zaatry
ju
ry
Monica Maurer (President of the Jury)
Film director and writer
Filippo Kalomenidis
Writer and screenwriter
Franca Gabriella Piras
Former Professor of Modern Literature
Antonello Zanda
Writer, 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 (best documentary of the Festival, awarded by the Jury):
Beirut: Eye of the Storm
by Mai Masri

– Palestine Award (best documentary on Palestine, assigned by the Jury):
Letter to a Friend
by Emily Jacir

– Emerging Director Award (assigned by the Jury):
Liwan: a Story of Cultural Resistance
by Doris Hakim

– Handala Award (assigned by the Selection Board):
What Remains
by Christian Harb

– Sardegna Palestina Award (assigned by the Selection Board):
Walled Citizen
by Sameer Qumsiyeh

– Audience Award:
Sarura. The Future is an Unknown Place
by Nicola Zambelli

– Special Mentions of the Jury:
A Talk with Remarkable People
by Maryse Garghour
Bank of Targets
by Roshdi Sarraj
The Wall
by Mira Sidawi
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Loca
tion
Teatro Massimo
Via De Magistris – CAGLIARI


