Retrospective: Focus Palestine

Presented by the FIFEQ in collaboration with Regards palestiniens.

In the wake of the zionist government’s genocidal escalation in Palestine on 7 October, in continuation of its racist and colonial policy since 1948, a number of volunteers have stressed the political and cultural importance of showing a myriad of images of Palestine – in a context where we are particularly inundated with decontextualized and even dehumanized images. The aim is to provide a space for reflection and discussion that will enable us to break out of the paradigm of political crisis and understand, above all, what an enduring colonial and racist force represents and what it means in the context of Palestine.

Through an eclectic selection of ethnographic short films made mainly by Palestinian filmmakers, combining a sensitive and sensory approach, visual and technological experimentation and intimate portraiture, we invite you to (re)question your position as spectator through the prism of politics, images and filmic ethnography. Ethnographic filmmaking is distinguished by its desire to understand and convey, as close as possible to people’s experiences, cultures and everyday gestures. Here, it’s not just a question of showing, but of listening, of cohabiting with reality, of allowing time for stories to be told in a different way. Rooted in life contexts marked by violence, occupation, exile or memory, these films invite us to perceive what we don’t always see: the silences, the expectations, the forces and struggles that shape existence.

MAN NUMBER 4

Miranda Pennell | 2024 | 10 min

S’ILS ME LA PRENNENT

Liali Kilani | 2014 | 14 min

YOUR FATHER WAS BORN 100 YEARS OLD, AND SO WAS THE NAKBA

Razan AlSalah | 2018 | 7 min

GAZA TUNNELS

Mohamed Harb | 2013 | 25 min

VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA

Rehab Nazzal | 2023 | 16 min

OFFING

Oraib Toukan | 2021 | 28 min

See the detailed program.