Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

In my childhood in Palestine, walls and what was written on them were my daily newspaper. But the years have passed and the situation has changed along with our dreams. So what has happened to my walls?

Palestine Audio-Visual Project of the A.M. Qattan Foundation trained Palestinian young adults to use film to convey their diverse experiences. Filmmakers in Palestine face difficulties not only in securing funding or finding qualified technicians, but also in finding a distributor for their work. In response, the A.M. Qattan Foundation created the Palestinian Audio-Visual Project (PAVP) and ran the program from 2004-2007. PAVP was co-funded by the A.M. Qattan Foundation and the European Union. The project had three areas of intervention: capacity-building through a National Training Program; a Film Education Program aimed at school students; and publication and distribution of audio-visual works with Palestinian themes. For more information: www.qattanfoundation.org.