XVIII edition

2022

Al Ard XVIII

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 2022

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

Beirut: Eye of the Storm

by Mai Masri

Al Ard Palestine Award 2022

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

Letter to a Friend

by Emily Jacir

Al Ard emerging director award

– 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

Al Ard Sardegna Palestina Award 2022

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

Walled Citizen

by Sameer Qumsiyeh

Al Ard Audience Award 2022

– Audience Award:

Sarura. The Future is an Unknown Place

by Nicola Zambelli

Al Ard Special Mention

– 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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ures

Loca

tion

Teatro Massimo

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