DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival October 2-5, 2014

posted on: Sep 26, 2014

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is pleased to announce its fourth annual festival, which will run between October 2nd and 5th, 2014.

This year’s festival is dedicated to the resilient Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip. As Such, the program features films showcasing life in Gaza including “Where Do the Birds Fly?” by Fida Qishta, “Gaza 36 mm” by Khalil Al Mozayen, and “Condom Lead” by Tarzan and Arab Nasser. It will also highlight the work of Palestinian writers and artists from the Gaza Strip like Laila El Haddad, author of Gaza Kitchen and Huda Asfour, musician and composer, who will be debuting her latest work, Mosaic.

This year’s Festival takes huge leap forward by featuring a broad and unprecedented array of art forms. This includes our traditional offering of feature films and shorts as well as musicians, photographers, folklorists, writers, and digital artists.

The opening reception will feature an exhibit of Visualizing Palestine infographics at FICA DC with a reception. Visualizing Palestine’s infographics have been able to capture conditions appropriate for several books in a single and striking image.

This year’s most prominent films include Hany Abu Assad’s Oscar nominated film, “Omar,” as well as Cherien Dabis’s critically-acclaimed “May in the Summer.” The panel, “Between Two Lovers: Palestinian Art Between Old & New” will feature Laila Jadallah, photographer, and Tamara Essayad, co-founder of Ibra w-Khayt, an embroidery start-up led by Palestinian women on the ground.

The DCPFAF aims to highlight Palestinian subjectivity through cinema, music, and other forms of visual arts. The stories shared in this festival are not necessarily about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, nor are they necessarily stories about Palestinians, but they are stories told by Palestinians that reflect the dynamic formation of a transnational identity common to Palestinians and diasporic communities in general. Beyond that, this project aims to bring DC’s various communities closer together through art, and catalyze invigorating discussions about film and culture using the lens of Palestinian filmmakers as an entry point.

Click here for more information:
http://dcpfaf.org/program/2014-program/

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http://dcpfaf.org/program/ticket-sales/