BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008//iCal4j 1. 0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T000000 SUMMARY:Festival Opening Reception with Expressions of Nakba Exhibit DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of the film festival in conjunction with the opening of the Expressions of Nakba exhibition at Harvard. (7: 30 PM - 12:00 AM) See visual artwork\, spoken word\, photography and s hort films and hear from distinguished speakers about the 60 year commem oration of the Nakba (or Palestinian exile). Meet the festival organizer s as well as many of the featured directors and speakers. The event incl udes live Arabic music performance\, food and more...\n \nSuggested Don ation: $20 General / $10 Students\n \n Expressions of Nakba Exhibit: On line Gallery CATEGORIES:Featured, Party LOCATION:Harvard CGIS Knafel Bldg URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/openingparty_bostonpalest ine2008 UID:161547437-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T133000 SUMMARY:Telling Strings DESCRIPTION:Elias Jubran is a music teacher and oud maker who has lived i n Galilee since before it became part of Israel in 1948. Though his four children have grown up to live very different lives\, they each share h is love of music. Telling Strings examines the unique beauty of the oud and the enduring strength of Palestinian musical heritage. What is neces sary so that a culture – suppressed by the Israeli State – may continue to develop itself? \n \nThe film features Kamilya Jubran daughter of Elias and well known member of the Palestinian group Sabreen .\n \nVo ice Forward Film Festival Toronto 2007\, CARAVAN of Euro Arab Cinema\, A mman (Jordan) 2008\, Toronto Palestine Film Festival 2008. Anne Marie Haller started her career as a freelance journalist in several Swiss ne wspapers\, and magazines. With more than five years in the Public Swiss Radio Station\, DRS1\, she was an editor\, reporter and presenter of the program “Espresso” and the editor of “Ratgeber”. Her career as a filmma ker started in 2001\, producing and directing documentary films. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theatre URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/tellingstrings_bostonpale stine2008 UID:161520198-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T162200 SUMMARY:Maria's Grotto DESCRIPTION:An unflinching examination of the subject of “honor killings\ ,” still meted out as punishment in some Arab countries that use the tri bal system. Though not a common occurrence in Palestine\, the risk is al l too real for women who live with the possibility that even a suspicion of “impropriety” can put their lives in danger.  Khoury explores the is sue through the stories of four women whose experiences will horrify\, e nrage\, surprise and inspire.  Winner of a Silver Muhr Award at the Duba i Film Festival. Buthina Canaan Khoury \, born in Ramallah in 1966\, i s a Palestinian independent filmmaker who established Majd Production Co mpany in Ramallah city in 2000. The company's main objective is to produ ce documentaries about women's social and political problems. Khoury rec eived her Bachelors degree in Filmmaking and Photography from the Massac husetts College of Fine Arts in Boston\, in 1988. She is the first Pales tinian woman to work as cameraperson\, producer and coordinator covering special events in the Middle East for the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU) and several well known European TV channels in Palestine. She has a lso worked as assistant director\, documentary researcher and camerapers on in the films The Woman Next Door\, A Woman of Her Times: A Portrait o f Hanan Ashrawi\, and Youth of Both Sides. Women in Struggle (2004)\, co -produced with Lichtpunt in Belgium and Medea Fund\, is Khoury's first d ocumentary as producer and director. Screened worldwide\, the documentar y was awarded two prizes at the Allsmalia Film Festival and one at Amwa in Virginia\, USA. Her new project\, Taste the Revolution is a documenta ry about her family and their business.\n \n Co-presented with Women in Film and Video New England CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/mariasgrotto_bostonpalest ine2008 UID:161519135-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T183500 SUMMARY:Territories DESCRIPTION:Larry Towell is the only Canadian member of the legendary Mag num Photos agency\, known for its humanist and universal approach. His c uriosity may guide him to the areas of conflict\, but his works express a particular sense of intimacy. This documentary reveals the artist and the man through his photographic work and his open meditations on life a nd the creative process. The film was shot in the Occupied Palestinian T erritories\, at the border between Mexico and the United States\, in New York\, and in Southern Ontario\, Canada. Towell's breathtaking images a re bound together thematically by multiple notions of territory—forbidde n territories and territories of refuge\, occupied territories and terri tories of creative release. London Palestine Film Festival 2008\, Amnest y Film Festival Vancouver 2007\, Docudays Beirut\, Lebanon 2008\, Festiv al Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara\, Mexico 2008\, AsoloArtFilmFest ival\, Asolo Italy\, 2008. Mary Ellen Davis was born in Montreal and has been living in Québec since 1974. Mary Ellen teaches at the Concord ia University Mel Hoppenheim Film School. She also helps organize the fi lm and video section at the Présence Autochtone Festival. For more infor mation: Mary Ellen Davis Photos by Larry Towell\, Magnum Photos \n \n Co-presented with the Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLI FF) CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/territories_bostonpalesti ne2008 UID:161519517-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081004T205200 SUMMARY:Slingshot Hip Hop DESCRIPTION:Slingshot Hip Hop weaves together the stories of young Palest inians living in Israel\, Gaza\, and the West Bank as they use hip hop t o surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. Salloum follows these young artists as they grapple with the day-to-day physical boundar ies imposed by the occupation\, not to mention the more subtle forms of division that conspire to restrict their lives. From internal checkpoint s and the Separation Wall to gender norms and generational differences\, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate th em. Sling Shot is a rousing film not to be missed. Critic Justin Chang s tates “Salloum…pounds home the point that art is more constructive than violence” (Variety). An official selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Fes tival. Jackie Reem Salloum is a New York-based artist and filmmaker . Drawing on her Palestinian and Syrian roots\, her pop-infused work foc uses on challenging stereotypes of Arabs in the media. She has directed several shorts including Planet of the Arabs\, which received the Intern ational Editing Award at the 2005 CinemaTexas Film Festival and was an o fficial selection in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. After receiving he r MFA from New York University\, Salloum began directing her first featu re-length documentary Slingshot Hip Hop. Five years in the making\, Slin g Shot made its premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival-Documentary Competition and won Official Selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festiva l. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/slingshothiphop_bostonpal estine2008 UID:161519998-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T135900 SUMMARY:The Olive Harvest DESCRIPTION:Upon his release from an Israeli prison\, older brother Mazen develops romantic feelings for his childhood friend\, Raeda. However\, Raeda is already engaged to Mazen's younger brother Taher. Each of them find themselves painfully torn between love and loyalty. Honorable Menti on San Francisco International Film Festival and Special Jury Prize Cair o International Film Festival. Hanna Elias was born in Jish\, a vill age near Nazareth\, Galilee. In 1991 he graduated with an MFA in film p roduction from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He direc ted several short films\, including "The Mountain" (1992). In 1997 he di rected and produced the Israeli/Palestinian co-production of Children's Television Workshop of "Sesame Street". Then from 1998-1999\, he worked for the United Nations on a series of promotional films on democracy and women rights in Palestine. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theatre URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/theoliveharvest_bostonpal estine2008 UID:161544943-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T181500 SUMMARY:Bab Al-Shams: The Departure DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Elias Khoury’s epic novel of the same name\, thi s landmark film spans five decades\, starting in the years just before t he Nakba (or “Catastrophe”) when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians w ere driven from their homes and land. Intricately structured\, Bab el Sh ams weaves together the life stories of a collection of refugees with gr aceful yet haunting results. Critic Jenny Gheith calls it “a tour de for ce” and adds “Nasrallah not only succeeds in his large-scale recreations of demanding passages in Palestinian history\, but he infuses intimate scenes with a nuanced tenderness.” Yousry Nasrallah was born to a Co ptic-Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. He then worked as a film critic and directi ng assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982. He became an assistant to Yous sef Chahine whose company\, Misr International\, would go on to produce his films. Nasrallah's films have dealt with themes of leftism\, Islamic fundamentalism and expatriation. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/babalshamsthedeparture_bo stonpalestine2008 UID:161520558-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081005T211500 SUMMARY:Bab Al-Shams: The Return DESCRIPTION:Adapted from Elias Khoury’s epic novel of the same name\, thi s landmark film spans five decades\, starting in the years just before t he Nakba (or “Catastrophe”) when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians w ere driven from their homes and land. Intricately structured\, Bab al Sh ams weaves together the life stories of a collection of refugees with gr aceful yet haunting results. Critic Jenny Gheith calls it “a tour de for ce” and adds “Nasrallah not only succeeds in his large-scale recreations of demanding passages in Palestinian history\, but he infuses intimate scenes with a nuanced tenderness.” Yousry Nasrallah was born to a Cop tic-Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political s cience at Cairo University. He then worked as a film critic and directin g assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982. He became an assistant to Youss ef Chahine whose company\, Misr International\, would go on to produce h is films. Nasrallah's films have dealt with themes of leftism\, Islamic fundamentalism and expatriation. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/babalshamsthereturn_bosto npalestine2008 UID:161544881-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081006T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081006T200500 SUMMARY:Soy Palestino DESCRIPTION:Palestinian filmmaker Osama Qashoo travels to Cuba and discov ers that Havana has it’s own version of Palestinians. ‘Palestino’ is a r acist term used in Cuba for poor black migrants coming from the east. Qa shoo befriends a homeless “palestino” named Luisito\, a clown-singer-mus ician who lives in a wooden box. Luisito had not been home for seven yea rs\, so he and Qashoo set off to meet his family on a musical-comedy jou rney into the politics of today’s Cuba. Osama Qashoo began filming w hen he was in his early twenties in reaction to the events of the Second Intifada. After being given a broken camera from a friend\, Qashoo disc overed that when he pretended to film street demonstrations and military -enforced curfews\, the Israeli soldiers reacted. This experience that l ed him to believe that filmmaking was a powerful medium for protecting h uman rights and bringing Palestine to an international audience. He grad uated from the National Film in Television School in England in 2005\, a nd has screened his work throughout Europe\, the Middle East and the Ame ricas.\n \n Co-presented with the Boston Latino International Film Fest ival (BLIFF) CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Coolidge Corner Theatre URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/soypalestino_bostonpalest ine2008 UID:161545022-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T160000 SUMMARY:Wedding In Galilee DESCRIPTION:The elder of a Palestinian village is given permission to hol d a traditional wedding for his son— on the condition that the Israeli m ilitary governor and his staff be guests of honor. Wedding in Galilee is a sensual and compelling meditation on two conflicting cultures that at tempt to put aside their differences for one long day of celebration. Th is richly detailed allegory of marriage\, tradition and national identit y established Michel Khleifi as an extraordinary feature filmmaker. LA T imes critic Michael Wilmington calls it\, "A fine film beautifully shot… wonderfully acted.” Michel Khleifi was born in Nazareth in 1950. In 1970 he traveled to Belgium where he studied television and theater dire cting. His films include: Fertile Memory (1980)\, Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (1985)\, Wedding in Galilee (International Critics Prize\, Cannes 1987)\, Canticle of the Stones (1990)\, L'Ordre du Jour (1993)\, and Tale of the Three Jewels (1995). Tale of the Three Jewels is the fir st feature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. It was made in the days following the Hebron Massacre and before the arrival of the Palesti nian Authority.\n \nThe Michel Khleifi program was made possible by the participation of the Program in Cinema Studies at Northeastern Universi ty. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Northeastern University URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/weddingingalilee_bostonpa lestine2008 UID:161547182-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T191400 SUMMARY:Gaza Strip DESCRIPTION:Gaza Strip follows a range of people and events following the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\, including the first m ajor armed incursion into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. A lmost entirely in a verité style\, Gaza Strip is presented without narra tion and focuses on ordinary Palestinians rather than politicians and pu ndits. More observation than political argument\, Gaza Strip offers a ra re look inside the stark realities of Palestinian life and death under I sraeli military occupation. James Longley was born in the Oregon in 1 972 and received a film education at the University of Rochester\, Wesle yan University and the Russian Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Mos cow. James received the Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his short documentary\, Portrait of Boy w ith Dog. Gaza Strip\, his first feature documentary\, was produced on lo cation during the spring of 2001. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Harvard Law School\, Langdell North URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/gazastrip_bostonpalestine 2008 UID:161545166-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T191700 SUMMARY:The Zoo DESCRIPTION:The daily scramble of life in the town of Qalqiliya through t he eyes of Palestine's one and only zookeeper\, Dr. Sami Khader. Just 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv\, Qalqiliya is completely fenced off from the rest of the world by Israel's security wall. Like the town itself\, the Zoo has been hit hard by the conflict. Campbell accompanies the voluble and entertaining Dr. Sami on a mission to rescue two baboons from a run- down facility in Nablus. The degree of bureaucracy and checkpoint subter fuge they face turns an already bizarrely symbolic task into a flabberga sting exercise in absurdity. The Zoo is hilarious\, heartbreaking\, and infuriating all at once. Hayden Campbell studied Film Making at the University of Canterbury Fine Arts Film School in New Zealand. He reside s in New Zealand and is working on his next documentary film project. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Boston College URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thezoo_bostonpalestine200 8 UID:169871437-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T195800 SUMMARY:Enraged DESCRIPTION:A group of Jewish-Israeli activists break one of the country’ s most sacred taboos: they cross into the occupied territories to join t he non-violent Palestinian resistance to the occupation. They are the mo st radical leftist group in Israel. “Enraged” follows four activists as they bring food into Palestinian villages under curfew\, tear down parts of the separation barrier\, and serve as human shields trying to protec t Palestinian demonstrators from Israeli soldiers.\n \nThe heroes of “ Enraged” pay a heavy price for their actions. At home in Israel they are ostracized by their own society\; in Palestine\, they endure a similar fate to that of the Palestinians—they are beaten\, sprayed with tear-gas \, and shot at with rubber-coated bullets. One such bullet hits one of t he film’s main characters in the head\, permanently impairing his eyesig ht. “Enraged” exposes a face of the Israeli left that is rarely seen or talked about.\n \n“Enraged” premiered at the Haifa International Film F estival last October\, was broadcast several times on Israeli TV and was shown in theaters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.\n \n Eyal Eithcowich stu died film and screen writing at New York University and HB Studio in New York. In addition to Enraged\, he's directed a short fiction titled Pra cticing Bitterness and is currently working on his new documentary\, Cit y for All. \n \n Anarchists Against the Wall activist Matan Cohen will be present at the screening at Clark University in Worcester. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:Clark University\, Worcester URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/enraged_bostonpalestine20 08 UID:165271195-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081007T220000 SUMMARY:Occupation: Edge of Hope\, Against All Odds\, and B'Tselem Shorts DESCRIPTION:This screening explores the injustices that are born from occ upation. The documentary feature "Edge of Hope" is about a videographer in Ramallah who is trying to get the Palestinian story out to the world. "Against all Odds" is about Arab-Palestinians living in Israel\, and sh orts by B'Tselem\, an Israeli human rights organization\, give us an int imate look at the behavior of occupation forces and illegal settlers in the West Bank. We will screen some of their films from 2005-2007 in the West Bank.\n \n B'Tselem Since 1989\, B'Tselem – the Israeli Center f or Human Rights in the Occupied Territories- has worked to promote human rights by combining first class research\, advocacy and public educatio n strategies to effect change. B'Tselem has published over 125 reports on a wide range of human rights issues\, produced videos and created an extensive images and video archive\, organized major public campaigns\, and serves as an important source of information for journalists\, rese archers and the diplomatic community. For the last few years\, B’Tsele m has provided video cameras to Palestinians as part of their "Shooting Back" project\, so that they might document the extreme conditions of th eir own lives. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Harvard Law School\, Langdell North URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/harvardlawschooloccupatio n_bostonpalestine2008 UID:161634405-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T115000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T133000 SUMMARY:The Zoo DESCRIPTION:The daily scramble of life in the town of Qalqiliya through t he eyes of Palestine's one and only zookeeper\, Dr. Sami Khader. Just 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv\, Qalqiliya is completely fenced off from the rest of the world by Israel's security wall. Like the town itself\, the Zoo has been hit hard by the conflict. Campbell accompanies the voluble and entertaining Dr. Sami on a mission to rescue two baboons from a run- down facility in Nablus. The degree of bureaucracy and checkpoint subter fuge they face turns an already bizarrely symbolic task into a flabberga sting exercise in absurdity. The Zoo is hilarious\, heartbreaking\, and infuriating all at once. Hayden Campbell studied Film Making at the University of Canterbury Fine Arts Film School in New Zealand. He reside s in New Zealand and is working on his next documentary film project. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Northeastern University URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thezoo_bostonpalestine200 8 UID:161547226-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T194200 SUMMARY:Palestine Youth Media DESCRIPTION:BPFF presents a special program of creative media projects an d video shorts (5-10 mins each) by Palestinian youth (ages 10 to 22) liv ing in refugee camps in the West Bank. Weaving together original stories \, drama\, photography and video these youth express their own perspecti ves on Palestinian history\, culture and life under occupation\, as well as their dreams and aspirations. This special program showcases selec ted work emerging from digital storytelling workshops conducted by Voice s Beyond Walls in Summer 2008\, as well as selected Student Films from t he Palestine Audio-Visual Project (PAVP) supported by the A.M. Qattan Fo undation. Discussion with workshop organizers will follows the screening s. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Harvard Law School\, Langdell North URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/youthshortsprogram_boston palestine2008 UID:161545796-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T195800 SUMMARY:Enraged DESCRIPTION:A group of Jewish-Israeli activists break one of the country’ s most sacred taboos: they cross into the occupied territories to join t he non-violent Palestinian resistance to the occupation. They are the mo st radical leftist group in Israel. “Enraged” follows four activists as they bring food into Palestinian villages under curfew\, tear down parts of the separation barrier\, and serve as human shields trying to protec t Palestinian demonstrators from Israeli soldiers.\n \nThe heroes of “ Enraged” pay a heavy price for their actions. At home in Israel they are ostracized by their own society\; in Palestine\, they endure a similar fate to that of the Palestinians—they are beaten\, sprayed with tear-gas \, and shot at with rubber-coated bullets. One such bullet hits one of t he film’s main characters in the head\, permanently impairing his eyesig ht. “Enraged” exposes a face of the Israeli left that is rarely seen or talked about.\n \n“Enraged” premiered at the Haifa International Film F estival last October\, was broadcast several times on Israeli TV and was shown in theaters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.\n \n Eyal Eithcowich stu died film and screen writing at New York University and HB Studio in New York. In addition to Enraged\, he's directed a short fiction titled Pra cticing Bitterness and is currently working on his new documentary\, Cit y for All. \n \n Anarchists Against the Wall activist Matan Cohen will be present at the screening at Clark University in Worcester. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:Boston College URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/enraged_bostonpalestine20 08 UID:166493213-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081008T211000 SUMMARY:Identity Without A Homeland DESCRIPTION:Part of the six-part documentary series Chronicles of the Ref ugee\, “Identity without a Homeland” debates the formation of the Palest inian identity since the Nakba. How is the Palestinian identity transmit ted to new generations of refugees? How important are the camps to prese rving Palestinian identity? How does citizenship and immigration affect the Palestinian identity? Shapiro\, Issa and Mansour interview Palestini an refugees from over 25 countries. Adam Shapiro is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement\, and has previously made the documen taries About Baghdad (05)\, Darfur Diaries (06)\, Becoming Nadya (07) an d Nowhere to Flee (07). Perla Issa is a Palestinian from Lebanon\, wh o recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared (07). She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary Nowhere to Flee (07) and was part of the team that produced the documentary series\, Arabs and Terrorism (07). Aseel Mansour is an independent Palestinian filmmaker from Jord an. His filmography includes: Little Feet (06)\; Nightmares of Reality\, (03) co-director\; and Alert Guns (04).\n \n Trailer: Chronicles of a Refugee Preview CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Harvard Law School\, Langdell North URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/identitywithoutahomeland_ bostonpalestine2008 UID:161546109-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T191000 SUMMARY:Nakba Dailies DESCRIPTION:The first of the six-part documentary series Chronicles of th e Refugee\, Nakba Dailies presents accounts by Palestinian refugees who experienced firsthand the displacement in 1948. Those interviewed come f rom a wide cross-section of Palestinian society. Adam Shapiro is co- founder of the International Solidarity Movement\, and has previously ma de the documentaries About Baghdad (05)\, Darfur Diaries (06)\, Becoming Nadya (07) and Nowhere to Flee (07). Perla Issa is a Palestinian fro m Lebanon\, who recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared ( 07). She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary Nowhere to Flee (07 ) and was part of the team that produced the documentary series\, Arabs and Terrorism (07). Aseel Mansour is an independent Palestinian filmm aker from Jordan. His filmography includes: Little Feet (06)\; Nightmare s of Reality\, (03) co-director\; and Alert Guns (04).\n \n Trailer: Ch ronicles of a Refugee Preview CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/nakbadailies_bostonpalest ine2008 UID:161546287-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T194700 SUMMARY:The Zoo DESCRIPTION:The daily scramble of life in the town of Qalqiliya through t he eyes of Palestine's one and only zookeeper\, Dr. Sami Khader. Just 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv\, Qalqiliya is completely fenced off from the rest of the world by Israel's security wall. Like the town itself\, the Zoo has been hit hard by the conflict. Campbell accompanies the voluble and entertaining Dr. Sami on a mission to rescue two baboons from a run- down facility in Nablus. The degree of bureaucracy and checkpoint subter fuge they face turns an already bizarrely symbolic task into a flabberga sting exercise in absurdity. The Zoo is hilarious\, heartbreaking\, and infuriating all at once. Hayden Campbell studied Film Making at the University of Canterbury Fine Arts Film School in New Zealand. He reside s in New Zealand and is working on his next documentary film project. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Worcester Polytechnic Institute URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thezoo_bostonpalestine200 8 UID:165269018-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081009T210100 SUMMARY:La Terre Parle Arabe (The Land Speaks Arabic) DESCRIPTION:In this documentary the late 19th century birth of Zionism—an d its repercussions for Palestinians—is detailed with original source do cuments\, rare archival footage\, testimonies of witnesses and interview s with historians. All help to illustrate that the expulsion of the indi genous Arab population from Palestine was far from an accidental result of the 1948 war. This award-winning film shines a spotlight on the ethni c cleansing of Palestine by the Zionist movement. \nMaryse Gargour wa s born in Jaffa. She has been a journalist and a producer at the Office de Radio Diffusion et de la Télévision Française in Beirut. She has work ed at UNESCO in Paris\, at the International Council for Cinema and Tele vision\, and has also been a freelance journalist for international tele vision news services in Paris. Her documentaries include: “Une Palestini enne face à la Palestine”\, “Le Pays de Blanche”\, "La Terre Parle Arabe " and wrote and produced "Jaffa la Mienne" and "Loin de Falastin". CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/thelandspeaksarabic_bosto npalestine2008 UID:162533787-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T193000 SUMMARY:Palestinian Cinema - A Lecture by Michel Khleifi DESCRIPTION:Lecture and film clips by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Mich el Khleifi titled "Palestinian Cinema". RECEPTION follows the lecture.\n \nThe Michel Khleifi program was made possible by the participation of the Program in Cinema Studies at Northeastern University.\n \nDirectio ns: 20 West Village F (Large towers visible across the street from the M FA). Building 23 on this map accessible by the Green Line.\n \nFree A dmission - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CATEGORIES:Featured, Lecture LOCATION:Northeastern University URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/lecturereception_bostonpa lestine2008 UID:164481696-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T200000 SUMMARY:The Roof DESCRIPTION:The Roof is a lingeringly poetic film charting the Palestinia n director Kamal Aljafari's journey back to his family and homeland Pale stine. Despite the intense political background for the film\, its focus is universal\, as the director explores the political and social contex t for his story through a lyrical registration of the human capacity to imagine and create worlds across time and space. At the heart of the fil m is the belief that home is a feeling as well as a place. Even if a hom e is bombed to pieces its inhabitants will take it with them wherever th ey go\, unable to leave something so integral to their sense of self. Kamal Aljafari \, born in 1972\, graduated from the Academy of Media Ar ts in Cologne in 2003. In addition to The Roof\, he has also made Visit Iraq (2003). He is the recipient of the Visual Art Prize of the city of Cologne for the year 2004 and artist fellowship grants from Kunstfonds a nd Kunststiftung NRW. His work has been shown internationally at film fe stivals and art galleries. He is currently in pre-production for his nex t documentary film\, Port of Memory. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/theroof_bostonpalestine20 08 UID:161546521-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T210000 SUMMARY:World Music Concert by Simon Shaheen Trio DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed violinist and oud virtuoso\, Simon Shaheen is one o f the most significant Arab musicians\, performers\, and composers of hi s generation. His work incorporates and reflects a legacy of Arabic musi c\, while it forges ahead to new frontiers\, embracing many different st yles in the process\, from jazz to Western classical. \n Come hear the Simon Shaheen Trio at the Museum of Fine Arts on Friday\, October 10th a t 7:30 PM.\n \n Concert co-sponsored by the Center for Arabic Culture (CAC) . \n \nPresented at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in the Remis Au ditorium. \nGeneral admission $25\; MFA Members\, seniors\, students $2 0.\n \n Purchase Tickets Online \n Learn more about Simon Shaheen. \n Download Poster for the Concert Event at MFA CATEGORIES:Concert, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/simonshahinconcert_boston palestine2008 UID:161547608-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081010T221000 SUMMARY:33 Days DESCRIPTION:Mai Masri shows us life on the ground during and after the Is raeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006. Masri focuses on a small group of ind ividuals\, including a relief worker\, a theater performer\, and a telev ision journalist. Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker who has direc ted several films that have won over 60 international prizes and have be en broadcast on more than 100 television stations worldwide. Her most re cent film\, 33 Days (2007)\, received a Special Tribute at the Al-Kasaba Film Festival\, Ramallah. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/33days_bostonpalestine200 8 UID:161546699-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T161700 SUMMARY:Tale Of The Three Jewels DESCRIPTION:Tale of the Three Jewels is a moving parable and the first fe ature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. Made in the days followi ng the Hebron Massacre\, it tells the story of Yussef\, a twelve-year-ol d boy who escapes the surrounding violence by retreating into an imagina ry world of his own creation. One day he meets Aida\, a gypsy girl with whom he falls in love. When Yussef declares his desire to marry her\, sh e tells him that he must first find three missing jewels. An Official Se lection of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival\, the 1997 Human Rights Watch I nternational Film Festival and The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Michel Khleifi was born in Nazareth in 1950. In 1970 he traveled to Be lgium where he studied television and theater directing. His films inclu de: Fertile Memory (1980)\, Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (1985)\, Wedding in Galilee (1987 - International Critics Prize\, Cannes 1987)\, Canticle of the Stones (1990)\, L'Ordre du Jour (1993)\, and Tale of the Three Jewels (1995). Tale of the Three Jewels is the first feature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. It was made in the days following the Hebron Massacre and before the arrival of the Palestinian Authority. \nThe Michel Khleifi program was made possible by the participation of the Program in Cinema Studies at Northeastern University. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/taleofthethreejewels_bost onpalestine2008 UID:161546783-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T185200 SUMMARY:Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel DESCRIPTION:Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi and Israeli filmmaker Ey al Sivan set off on a two-month cinematic journey along the north-south axis of the land of their birth. They trace their trajectory on a map a nd call it Route 181\, after U.N. Resolution 181\, which in 1947 called for the partition Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. All those w ho cross their path are given voice: men and women\, Israelis and Palest inians\, young and old— all captured in the everyday life of a sixty-yea r conflict. By portraying both the divide of the physical landscape and that of the humans who inhabit it\, the film elegantly conveys a fuller understanding. Michel Khleifi was born in Nazareth in 1950. In 1970 h e traveled to Belgium where he studied television and theater. His films include: Fertile Memory (1980)\, Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (19 85)\, Wedding in Galilee (International Critics Prize\, Cannes 1987)\, C anticle of the Stones (1990)\, L'Ordre du Jour (1993)\, and Tale of the Three Jewels (1995). Tale of the Three Jewels is the first feature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. It was made in the days following t he Hebron Massacre and before the arrival of the Palestinian Authority.\ n \nThe Michel Khleifi program was made possible by the participation o f the Program in Cinema Studies at Northeastern University. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/route181_bostonpalestine2 008 UID:161546827-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081011T214200 SUMMARY:Wedding In Galilee DESCRIPTION:The elder of a Palestinian village is given permission to hol d a traditional wedding for his son— on the condition that the Israeli m ilitary governor and his staff be guests of honor. Wedding in Galilee is a sensual and compelling meditation on two conflicting cultures that at tempt to put aside their differences for one long day of celebration. Th is richly detailed allegory of marriage\, tradition and national identit y established Michel Khleifi as an extraordinary feature filmmaker. LA T imes critic Michael Wilmington calls it\, "A fine film beautifully shot… wonderfully acted.” Michel Khleifi was born in Nazareth in 1950. In 1970 he traveled to Belgium where he studied television and theater dire cting. His films include: Fertile Memory (1980)\, Ma'loul Celebrates its Destruction (1985)\, Wedding in Galilee (International Critics Prize\, Cannes 1987)\, Canticle of the Stones (1990)\, L'Ordre du Jour (1993)\, and Tale of the Three Jewels (1995). Tale of the Three Jewels is the fir st feature film ever to be filmed in the Gaza Strip. It was made in the days following the Hebron Massacre and before the arrival of the Palesti nian Authority.\n \nThe Michel Khleifi program was made possible by the participation of the Program in Cinema Studies at Northeastern Universi ty. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/weddingingalilee_bostonpa lestine2008 UID:161546875-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T160000 SUMMARY:The Roof DESCRIPTION:The Roof is a lingeringly poetic film charting the Palestinia n director Kamal Aljafari's journey back to his family and homeland Pale stine. Despite the intense political background for the film\, its focus is universal\, as the director explores the political and social contex t for his story through a lyrical registration of the human capacity to imagine and create worlds across time and space. At the heart of the fil m is the belief that home is a feeling as well as a place. Even if a hom e is bombed to pieces its inhabitants will take it with them wherever th ey go\, unable to leave something so integral to their sense of self. Kamal Aljafari \, born in 1972\, graduated from the Academy of Media Ar ts in Cologne in 2003. In addition to The Roof\, he has also made Visit Iraq (2003). He is the recipient of the Visual Art Prize of the city of Cologne for the year 2004 and artist fellowship grants from Kunstfonds a nd Kunststiftung NRW. His work has been shown internationally at film fe stivals and art galleries. He is currently in pre-production for his nex t documentary film\, Port of Memory. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature, Featured LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/theroof_bostonpalestine20 08 UID:162538631-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T190000 SUMMARY:Expressions of Nakba Exhibit: Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:The Closing Reception for the Expressions of Nakba exhibition at Harvard (Free Event). Come see the artwork and meet filmmakers and a rtists who will discuss their work and how it relates to the Nakba. Ther e will be a small reception with drinks and snacks for this closing even t.\n \nExpressions of Nakba is an international competition and exhibit ion to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba: the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.\n \nThe initiative strives to present the extraordina ry narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse range of express ions (from young artists) that interpret the collective identity\, histo ric struggle\, and emotional experience of the Nakba for Palestinians. T he exhibit strives to highlight the ongoing effects of the Nakba on the contemporary life of Palestinian refugees along with a deeper exploratio n of emerging notions of being in “exile” today. \n \nThe exhibition sh owcases the winning entries from the competition (held early this year) in addition to a wonderful range of selections in the form of visual art s\, poetry\, essays\, music\, video and digital media.\n \n Expressions of Nakba Exhibit: Online Gallery \n \nSpecial Screening: Collection of Testimonies from the Nakba Archive\n (2007\, Lebanon\, 40 mins\, docume ntary) \nby Diana Allan & Mahmoud Zeidan \nThis video archive will ser ve both a archival and pedagogical role by recording the collective memo ry of this passing generation of eyewitnesses\, as well as functioning a s a public act of witness to the legacy of 1948 and its continuing impac t on the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Harvard CGIS Knafel Bldg URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/expressionsofnakbaexhibit closingreception_bostonpalestine2008 UID:165447301-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T212900 SUMMARY:Salt of this Sea DESCRIPTION:The first feature film by a Palestinian woman\, Salt of this Sea tells the story of Soraya\, a third-generation\, working-class Pales tinian refugee living in Brooklyn NY. Soraya discovers that her grandfat her’s savings have been frozen in a bank account in Jaffa since he was e xpelled in 1948. Determined to reclaim what is theirs\, she fulfills her life-long dream to return to Palestine. Critic Deborah Young says Salt of this Sea "boldly grabs hold of the central issue at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict.” This film was the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2008. The film has also been nominated as the Pales tinian Entry to the Oscars. (FIPRESCI Critics Award\, Osians)\n \n Spec ial pre-screening of Salt of this Sea at the festival \n \n Director A nnemarie Jacir speaking with Palestinian-American Poet and Actress Suh eir Hammad \n \n News: 'Salt' to be Palestinian Oscar entry \, Sept 2 2\, 2008. \n Stranger than paradise: Film Review by Rasha Salti\, The National\, September 4\, 2008 \n Annemarie Jacir has been working in independent cinema as a filmmaker and writer since 1994 and has written\ , directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Salt of This Se a is the first feature film directed by a Palestinian woman director. Sh e is chief curator and co-founder of the ground breaking Dreams of a Nat ion Palestinian cinema project. She has taught courses at Columbia Unive rsity\, Bethlehem University\, and Birzeit University and also works as a freelance editor\, cinematographer and film curator. She organized Pal estine’s first major traveling film festival in 2004\, screening films a cross the country. She is a founding member of the Palestinian Filmmaker s’ Collective\, based in Palestine. Jacir currently lives in Amman since being forbidden from returning to Palestine. CATEGORIES:Featured, Narrative Feature LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/saltofthissea_bostonpales tine2008 UID:161547129-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T082752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081012T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081013T000000 SUMMARY:Festival Closing Party DESCRIPTION:Come mark the conclusion of the festival at the Casablanca Re staurant by celebrating with the organizers as well as many of the featu red directors and speakers. Light appetizers served and drinks available for purchase. (9:30pm-12:30am)\n \nAdmission: $10 General / Students F ree (tickets available at the door)\, included for Festival Pass holders .\n \nPictured here: Festival organizers Michael Rainho\, Nitin Sawhney \, Salma Abu Ayyash\, Christine Giraud\, Emna Ben Salem and Katherine Ha nna (organizer Don Veach was not present). Photo taken at the 2007 festi val opening reception held at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMF A). CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Casablanca Restaurant URL:http://bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008/films/closingparty_bostonpalest ine2008 UID:161547693-bostonpalestine.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR