Nottingham Palestine Film Festival

Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign programme their first film festival Nottingham Palestine Film Festival!

Hosted by: Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Location: Nottingham Contemporary, The Space

Date: Sunday 2 February

Time: 10:00 - 18:00

Rating: 15

Films will be screened with English Subtitles

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The Nottingham Palestine Film Festival is here to showcase the rich culture and stories of Palestine through the lens of talented filmmakers. Join Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign for their first film festival, featuring thought-provoking films that explore the everyday challenges Palestinians face due to the Israeli occupation, the exile many endure, and their resilience and boundless creativity in striving to live a life of dignity.

**All discussion sessions will be led by members of the local Palestinian community.

All profits will go to two organisations that do an amazing job in West Bank and Gaza:

"Freedom Theater" in Jenin (Home - The Freedom Theatre)
Defence for Children International- Palestine (Defense for Children Palestine)

Schedule

10:00 - 10:30 Doors Open

10:30 - 10:45 Welcome

10:45 - 12:35 SESSION 1- Resilience & Acts of Freedom

10:45 - 11:00 Walls Cannot Keep Us From Flying [Jonathan Mehring]

2021. Omar and Yasmeen are determined to make a difference in their West Bank communities. They both face the obstacles of the Israeli occupation, and both have a need to make the best of life as they know it. They do this by riding their skateboards, but that is just the beginning. They are both instructors at a local summer camp called SkateQilya. Through their love of skateboarding, they challenge the barriers set by both the occupation and their own society.

11:00 - 12:15 One More Jump [Emanuele Gerosa]

2019. The documentary tells the mirroring stories of Jehad and Abdallah, two Palestinian athletes who grew up together in the Gaza Strip. In 2005 they founded the Gaza Parkour Team to offer the younger generations an alternative to the war. Despite their shared past, the two young men’s choices have divided them for years. Today, more than ever, they need to find out how to lead to freedom someone who, like them, was born in prison

12:15 - 12:35 Discussion - Resilience & Acts of Freedom

12:35 - 13:15 BREAK (with food & refreshments)

13:15 - 15:15 SESSION 2 - Life in Palestine

13:15 - 14:55 Wajib [Annemarie Jacir]

2017. Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth. After his daughter’s wedding in one month, he will be living alone. Shadi, his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father in hand-delivering the wedding invitations as per local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head challenging their fragile and very different lives

14:55 - 15:15 Discussion - Life in Palestine

Inspired by the movie, we will discuss about life in Palestine under the occupation

15:15 - 15:45 BREAK

15:45 - 17:45 SESSION 3 - Exile

15:45 - 17:25 It Must Be Heaven [Elia Suleiman]

2019. Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home

17:25 - 17:45 Discussion - Exile

Following the movie, we will discuss about life in exile

*** Refreshments and delicious vegan catering provided by Nottingham's Syrian Vegan^ in the first break

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Nottingham Palestine Film Festival is supported by Film Hub Midlands Pitch Pots and BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery

Our Pitch Pots are available to help support a risk and try something new. Whether you are new to film exhibition and want to put on your first screening or an established cinema or community screen who wants to trial a new type of programming.

Our Pitch Pots are opening for applications on the 28 January. You must be a member of Film Hub Midlands to receive our support, you can register now.