On Gaza عن غزة // followed by Q&A with director Mary Jirmanus Saba
SCREENING OF TWO FILMS | total Running time: 106m | book tickets
A tribute to a Gaza that no longer exists, these films urge us to ask ourselves, what is our responsibility to Gaza?
Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production مهدي عامل في غزة
Assassinated Lebanese intellectual Mahdi Amel — often dubbed “the Arab Gramsci” — famously said: “He who resists is never defeated.” What use is his thought to us today, and what is our responsibility as image makers to Gaza?
directors: Tareq Rantisi & Mary Jirmanus Saba
Genre: Documentary, Short
Year of Release: 2024
Original Language: Arabic, English (English subtitles)
Content notes: Themes of colonialism, genocide and occupation. Descriptions of death.
Life Is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza الحياة حلوة
The young Palestinian director Mohamed Jabaly is visiting a film festival in Tromsø in 2014, when the borders to Gaza close. He finds himself stuck in the arctic winter. Little does he know that it will be seven years before he can see his family again.
Director: Mohamed Jabaly
Genre: Documentary
Year of Release: 2023
Original Language: Arabic, Norwegian, English (English subtitles)
Content notes: Themes of racism, islamophobia, state violence, migration and exile. Depictions of bombing, loud noises and colonial violence. Mentions of death, depression, incarceration and birth complications.
