By IRNA,
London : The Palestine Film Festival started on Friday in Europe’s largest multi-arts centre with a selection of documentary, fiction, art, and animation works by Palestinian directors.
The Barbican Centre in London is hosting Palestinian directors who will display their works on Palestine.
“This year, as always, the festival presents new as well as rarely-seen archive films from across the world, and a rich series of panel discussions on the culture, film industries and critical politics of Palestine and the Middle East,” Barbican’s Press Office said.
The Festival opens Friday with director Elia Suleiman’s latest feature “The Time that Remains”.
It is believed to be Suleiman’s most complex and rewarding work to date which is a personal depiction of Palestine since 1948.
Further highlights of the Palestine Festival include the first Palestinian animation “Fatenah” by Ahmad Habash, the UK premiere of Eyal Sivan’s groundbreaking documentary “Jaffa: The Orange’s Clockwork” as well as Kamal Al-Jafari’s “Port of Memory”.
“A session dedicated to militant cinemas of anti-imperial resistance will also bring together rarely-screened work from Palestine, Japan, Lebanon, and Vietnam; further thematic sessions will highlight new video art and profile iconoclastic Palestinian women now and in history”.
Another documentary under the title of “Gaza: A Humanitarian Disaster in the Making” will examine the aftermath of the 22-day war on Strip.
There will be also a photo exhibition by Palestinian artists Noel Jabbour and Taysir Batniji, on the sidelines of the festival in the Barbican Foyers.
Following the week of screenings at the Barbican, the Palestine Film Festival continues for an additional week at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.