DETAILS:
Palestinian Film Season
Thursday January 31st, 2002:
"Chronicle of a Disappearance"
Dir. Ella Sileman Palestine/Israel/USA 1996
1hr 28 min Times 1.40 6.00 (subtitles )
A demanding, beautiful and understated experimental film
of detailing daily life in Jerusalem and Nazareth through
vignettes that erase the borders of fiction and documentary.
followed by:
"Cyber Palestine"
Dir. Ella Sileman Palestine 2000 16 min subtitles
Monday, 28th January 2002:
"Frontiers of Dreams and Fears"
dir. Mai Masri, Palestine 2001 57min Time
Time: 6.00 ( In arabic with subtitles )
Two girls in Shatila and Dheisha refugee camps filmed after
the liberation of South Lebanon from Israeli occupation and
during the intifada.
followed by:
"Children of Shatila"
dir. Mai Masri, Palestine/Lebanon 1998 50min in Arabic with
subtitles
How children's imaginary worlds help them survive the horrors
of refugee camp life.
These films are being screened at Corner House during January
as part of a Palestinian Film Season
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