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URL:https://palestinecampaign.org/events/palestinian-shorts-sheff/
SUMMARY:Programme of Palestinian Shorts
DESCRIPTION:70 Years of Nakba - A Programme of Palestinian Shorts + Post-sc
 reening discussion\n\nJoin us for a diverse and thought-provoking programm
 e of 9 short films by both young and established Palestinian filmmakers. T
 he first part of the programme reflects directly on the events of the Nakb
 a (the 1948 Catastrophe) and the dream of return through animation\, oral 
 testimony and digital technology. The second part explores contemporary ex
 periences\, through traditional documentary\, docu-drama and the film essa
 y.\n\nThe screenings will be introduced by Dr Anandi Ramamurthy\, Sheffiel
 d Hallam University and followed by a post-screening discussion with Dr Ru
 th Aburashed\, University of Manchester. The event is organised in collabo
 ration with Cinema Palestino Manchester and (Creative Interruptions\, AHR
 C)\nPart One: HISTORY AND EXILE\nHouse dir. Ahmed Saleh 2011\nFor generati
 ons\, a family lived in a spacious and beautiful house. Guests were always
  welcome to enjoy a pleasant stay. Until one guest arrived with a differen
 t plan in mind. (4mins)\n\nAlyasiini dir. Sahera Dirbas 2012\nMahmad Alyas
 iini is a Palestinian survivor from Deir Yassin\, west of Jerusalem. He re
 counts his life in the village before the Nakba and tells how he survived 
 the massacre on April 1948. (22 mins)\n\nYour father was born 100 years ag
 o and so was the Nakba dir. Razan Al Slaah 2017\nOum Amin\, a Palestinian 
 grandmother\, returns to her hometown Haifa through Google Maps Streetview
 . 7mins\nPart Two: CONTEMPORARY DREAMS AND REALITIES\nOslo Syndrome (6 min
 ) dir. Ayman Azraq\nJourney of a Sofa (9 min) dir. Alaa Al Ali\nTwenty Han
 dshakes for Peace (3 min) dir. Mahdi Fleifel\nMessage to Obama (7 min) dir
 . Muhannad Salahat\nInterference (11 min) dir. Anim Nayfeh\n\nThese five f
 ilms were produced by Palestinian directors 20 years after the signing of 
 the Oslo Accords in 1993 and are part of a larger collection of short film
 s called Suspended Time. The films present what feels like a suspended rea
 lity of unfulfilled dreams to capture feelings of fragmentation\, loss\, h
 ope and humour in contemporary Palestinian experience. (2014)\n\nToday the
 y Took my Son (8mins) dir. Farah Nabulsi\n\nThe story of a mother coping w
 ith her young son being taken away by a military system and her helplessne
 ss to prevent the inhumane treatment she knows he is experiencing. (2016)\
 n\nProgramme length 77 mins\n\nSee Facebook or website for more informati
 on.
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