Free event
Palestine Cinema Days
On the somber anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, observed on November 2nd, and in an effort to amplify Palestinian voices, Cinéma Public and Regards palestiniens present a program of two films, free of charge. The works will be shown with French subtitles at 6:00 pm and with English subtitles at 8:30 pm. The event is part of Palestine Cinema Days Around the World, an initiative of Filmlab Palestine.
MA’ALOUL CELEBRATES ITS DESTRUCTION
Michel Khleifi / 1985 / Palestine, Belgium / 30 min / Arabic, Hebrew (top image). Ma’aloul is a Palestinian village in Galilee. It was destroyed by the Israeli army in 1948, and its people were deported to Lebanon and to the neighbouring city of Nazareth. Since then, they have only been allowed to return to Ma’aloul once a year, for the anniversary of the creation of the state of israel in 1948, known as the Nakba (the catastrophe, in Arabic) for Palestinians. On the site where their demolished village once stood, they organise a picnic.
INFILTRATORS
Khaled Jarrar / 2012 / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon / 70 min / Arabic (bottom image). The checkpoint is closed. “Detour, detour!” shouts a taxi driver and announces the beginning of the journey. The film follows the adventurous attempts by individuals and groups as they search for gaps in the Wall, devise myriad strategies to sneak past it. The Wall has made Palestinians prisoners in their own country. Some do make it through, while others get arrested by the Israeli army: a never-ending cat-and-mouse game, retraced in the film.
- Saturday, Nov 2
18:00 - FST
Free entrance - Saturday, Nov 2
20:30 - EST
Free entrance
FST - French subtitles
EST - English subtitles