ARAB CINEMA TODAY
The films will
be screened that the Mulkata-Meeting Place The Jewish-Arab Cultural Center On
the first Sunday of each Month from April through July at 20:00
- 3.4.2011
Sacrifices
Director: Osama Muhammed
2000/ 113 minutes.
Syria/France
Arabic with English subtitles
Sacrifices is a visually
stunning and heart-wrenching film which explores how violence and power justify
themselves, creating self-perpetuating rituals and discourses. The story
revolves around a large family controlled by a patriarch who exercises absolute
power. It is this grandfather who has fertilized the soil, created the family
and planted the giant tree around which their lives revolve.
- 4.5.2011
We Were Communists
Director: Maher Abu Samara
2010 85 mins Lebanon/France/United Emirates
Arabic with English sub-titles
We Were Communists is a meditation on the lives of four members of the Lebanese communist party who in the past were connected by ideological commitment and who have remained close friends.
- 5.6.2011
Salata Biladi
Director: Nadia Kamal
2008 105 mins Egypt
Arabic with English subtitles
The family tradition of the prize-winning director, Nadia Kamal, is a complex mix of religions and cultures. Her mother was half-Jewish, half-Italian Catholic who adopted Islam when she married Nadia’s father, who was half Turkish, half-Ukrainian. Driven by the knowledge that her 10-year old nephew, Nabil, is growing up in a society that speaks of the clash of cultures as something taken for granted, the director decides to have her mother share the convoluted family history.
- 3.7.2011
FIX ME
Director: Raad Andoni
2009: 98 mins
Palestine/France/Switzerland
Arabic with English subtitles
Ra’ad Andoni suffers from a chronic headache that has lasted for several generations, and that doesn’t look like letting up any time soon. This is because Ra’ad is a Palestinian living in Ramallah where the chances of a tension-free life are unimaginable.
Through his encounters with family and friends, Andoni explores the realities of life for thousands of Palestinians, torn from their history and homeland. The film, which can be called a Palestinian work in progress, is full of humour and irony.
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