A Fidai Film

Kamal Aljafari

Altered States Competition

Duration: 78 min.

Country: Germany, Brazil, France, Palestine, Qatar

Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English

Year: 2024

Screenings:

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Friday 22nd, 10:50 hs., Paseo Aldrey (Sala Aldrey 2)

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Friday 22nd, 19:50 hs., Paseo Aldrey (Sala Aldrey 2)

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Saturday 23rd, 16:50 hs., Paseo Aldrey (Sala Aldrey 2)

In the summer of 1982 the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents of Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Taking this as a premise, A Fidai Film explores the visual memory of this looting and appropriates images now in the hands of Israeli archives.

Kamal Aljafari

Kamal Aljafari (Palestina) studied at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln and currently lives in Berlin. In 2024 his film UNDR was selected at IFFR and A Fidai Film at Visions du Réel, where it won the Grand Jury Prize Burning Lights Competition.

Data Sheet

D/G/F: Kamal Aljafari
E: Kamal Aljafari, Yannig Wilmann
S: Attila Faravelli, Jochen Jezussek
M: Simon Fisher Turner
P: Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino
CP: Kamal Aljafari Productions

Contact:

Kamal Aljafari Productions. Flavia Mazzarino
E: kamalaljafari.productions@gmail.com
W: kamalaljafari.art
IG: @kamalaljafariproductions, @aljafarifilms