XX edition
2024
candidate
films
Section: Documentary Feature Films
I Live Here and Breath There
by Kasim Abid || Iraq/UK || 2023
The Soil and the Sea
by Daniele Rugo || Lebanon/UK || 2023
R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity
by Mohanad Yaqubi || Palestine/Belgium/Qatar || 2022
Notes on Displacement
by Khaled Jarrar || Palestine/Germany/Qatar || 2022
Yallah Gaza
by Roland Nurier || France || 2023
In the Shadow of Beirut
by Stephen Gerard Kelly & Garry Keane || Ireland || 2023
Lyd
by Rami Younis & Sarah Ema Friedland || Palestine/UK/USA || 2023
Bread and Butter
by Marwah Jbara Tibi || Palestine || 2021
Dancing on the Edge of the Volcano
by Cyril Aris || Lebanon/Germany || 2023
Section: Documentary Short Films
Three Wishes in Gaza
by Marco Pirrello || Italy || 2022
Summer, City and a Camera
by Anas Zawahri || Syria || 2022
Little Sahara
by Emilio Martí López || Bojador refugee Camp for Sahrawi people -Tinduf, Algeria, and València, Spain || 2023
Reel Rock: Resistance Climbing
by Nick Rosen & Zachary Barr || USA || 2023
We Will Remain
by Bashar Zarour || Palestine/Ireland/UK || 2023
Heavy Metal
by Edward Knowles &Timo Bruun || Germany/Jordan || 2023
Section: Fiction Films
The Visit
by Ali El-Saadi || Jordan || 2023
Uncle Give Me a Cigarette
by Al Masna || Palestine || 2023
The Most Beautiful Among Mothers
by Mahmoud Abu Jazi || Palestine || 2023
The Key, by Rakan Mayasi
Palestine/Belgium/Qatar || 2023
Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
by Ward Kayyal || Palestine || 2022
Mar Mama
by Majdi El Omari || Palestine || 2023
Awa
rds
– Best Long Feature Documentary (awarded by the Jury):
In the Shadow of Beirut
by Stephen Gerard Kelly & Garry Keane || Ireland || 2023
– Best Short Documentary (awarded by the Jury):
Heavy Metal
by Edward Knowles &Timo Bruun || Germany/Jordan || 2023
– Best Fiction Film (awarded by the Selection Board):
Uncle Give Me a Cigarette
by Al Masna || Palestine || 2023
– Audience Award:
Reel Rock: Resistance Climbing
by Nick Rosen & Zachary Barr || USA || 2023
Awarded by the audience attending the screenings
– Special Mention (Feature Doc):
The Soil and the Sea
by Daniele Rugo || Lebanon/UK || 2023
– Special Mention (Short Doc):
Little Sahara
by Emilio Martí López || Bojador refugee Camp for Sahrawi people -Tinduf, Algeria, and València, Spain || 2023
– Special Mention (Short Fiction Film):
The Key,
by Rakan Mayasi || Palestine/Belgium/Qatar || 2023
collateral
events
Sa Terra: Showcase of Sardinian Films
Film: Il Dito e la Luna (out of competition)
by Agostino Marco D’Antonio | Italy | 2023 | 73’
Film: Padenti (out of competition)
by Marco Antonio Pani | Italy, 2020 | 23’
More Events:
– Workshop: Gaza on Film: A Retrospective
chair: Abi Weaver
– Photo Exhibition: Palestinian Photographers from 1920 to Present. Biographies and Works
– Film: Syrians in a Shattered Heaven (out of competition)
by Hanaa Mahamid | Palestine/Lebanon, 2023 | 53’
– Theatre: Nakba. I nostri occhi sono i nostri nomi.
– Live Concert: Gazelleband
ju
ry
Anna Maria Brancato
Co-Artistic Director of the Festival
Hanaa Mahamid
Journalist and Film Director
Massimiliano Mazzotta
Film Director and Artistic Director of Life After Oil Festival
Marco Pasquini
Documentarian, Director of Photography, and Underwater Cinematographer
Mohammed Alatar
Documentary Director
Pro
gramme
Tuesday, Feb 20th
5:00 pm: Opening and inauguration of the Photography Exhibition featuring Palestinian authors from 1920 to the present day: works and biographies.
– 5:30 pm: Lyd, by Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland | Palestine/United Kingdom/United States 2023 | 79’ (Arabic, Hebrew, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section.
– 7:00 pm: Bread and Butter, by Marwah Jbara Tibi | Palestine 2021 | 52’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section.
– 8:00 pm: The Key, by Rakan Mayasi | Palestine/Belgium/Qatar/France 2023 | 19’ (Hebrew, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section + Q&A.
– 8:30 pm: Theatre: Nakba. I nostri occhi sono i nostri nomi, by Enrico Frattaroli, with Franco Mazzi.
Wednesday, Feb 21st
– 3:00 pm: Dancing on the Edge of the Volcano, by Cyril Aris | Lebanon/Germany 2023 | 87’ (Arabic, French, English, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section.
– 4:30 pm: The Most Beautiful Among Mothers, by Mahmoud Abu Jazi | Palestine 2023 | 15’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section + Q&A.
– 4:50 pm: We Will Remain, by Bashar Zarour | Palestine/Ireland/United Kingdom 2023 | 30’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section.
– 5:30 pm: The Visit, by Ali El-Saadi | Jordan 2023 | 8’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section.
– 5:45 pm: Little Sahara, by Emilio Martí López | Tindouf/Algeria/Valencia/Spain 2023 | 30’ (Hassani Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 6:30 pm: The Soil and the Sea, by Daniele Rugo | Lebanon/United Kingdom 2023 | 73’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 8:30 pm: Padenti/Foresta, by Marco Antonio Pani | Italy 2020 | 23’ (Italian, English subtitles) | Sa Terra Section + Q&A.
Thursday, Feb 22nd
– 3:00 pm: Summer, City and a Camera, by Anas Zawahri | Syria 2022 | 22’ (No dialogue) | Short Documentaries Section.
– 3:30 pm: Heavy Metal, by Edward Knowles, Timo Bruun | Germany/Jordan 2023 | 32’ (Arabic, English, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section.
– 4:10 pm: I Live Here and Breath There, by Kasim Abid | Iraq/United Kingdom 2023 | 80’ (English, Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 5:45 pm: Bakdi, by Salah Boufellah | Algeria 2022 | 25’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 6:15 pm: R21 Aka Restoring Solidarity, by Mohanad Yaqubi | Palestine/Belgium/Qatar 2022 | 71’ (Japanese, Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 7:45 pm: Reel Rock. Resistance Climbing, by Nick Rosen, Zachary Barr | United States 2023 | 38’ (English, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section.
– 8:30 pm: Sa Terra – Il dito e la luna, di Agostino Marco D’Antonio | Italia 2023 | 75’ (sardo, italiano, sottotitoli inglese) | FC Sezione Sa Terra + Q&A
Friday, 23rd Feb
– 3:00 pm: Uncle, give me a Cigarette, by Al Masna | Palestine 2023 | 5’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section.
– 3:10 pm: Mar Mama, by Majdi El Omari | Palestine 2023 | 15’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section.
– 3:30 pm: Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me, by Ward Kayyal | Palestine 2022 | 19’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Fiction Section + Q&A.
– 4:15 pm: In the Shadow of Beirut, by Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane | Ireland 2023 | 93’ (Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section.
– 6:00 pm: Three Wishes in Gaza, by Marco Pirrello | Italy 2022 | 40’ (English, Arabic, Italian subtitles) | Short Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 7:00 pm: Yallah Gaza, by Roland Nurier | France 2023 | 101’ (French, Arabic, English, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section + Q&A.
– 8:45 pm: Notes on Displacement, by Khaled Jarrar | Palestine/Germany/Qatar 2022 | 74’ (Arabic, English, German, Italian subtitles) | Long Documentaries Section + Q&A.
Saturday, 24th Feb
– 08:30 am: Workshop: Gaza on Film: A Retrospective, by Abi Weaver (in English).
– 11:00 am: Presentation of the book “Università e Militarizzazione” by Michele Lancione (in Italian).
– 4:00 pm: Syrians in a Shattered Heaven, by Hanaa Mahamid | Palestine/Lebanon 2023 | 53’ | (Arabic, Italian subtitles).
– 5:30 pm: Awards Ceremony.
– 6:00 pm: Closing and concert by the duo Gazelleband
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