Nadia Ghanem extract
FILM "CE NOM" by Ghassan Salhab
LAGO FILM FEST Lago/Venise // july 22 2024 // claire fontaine // multi-program screening
Each memory that is freed is the first step for all memories to gather Edouard Glissant
Filmmakers and artists from around the world have formed Some strings, an ensemble of unreleased filmic gestures that is rooted in Palestine, where poet and teacher Refaat Alareer was targeted by Israeli strikes along with seven members of his family. In his last poem, If I Must Die, published five weeks before his murder, Refaat Alareer calls those who should live to create a kite - a long-standing object of resistance- with bits of string and Some Strings, just like each of his readers, receives it as a legacy.
The kites here are a diversity of views that share a space against the silences, international indifference and continued approval of states, which are already fabricating memorial confusions about the greatest civilian massacre of the 21st century.
The systematic extermination of the Palestinian people on Palestinian soil is taking place before our very eyes, and international diplomacy is failing to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal actions.
“It's important to remember that genocide occurs whenever we deny the organic link of populations to genos, to what we have in common. When Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says that there are “human animals” opposite, he is pedagogically expressing genocidal intentions. When the President of Israel says that there is no difference between civilians and combatants and subjects the entire Palestinian population to collective punishment, when Israeli government ministers claim that the use of nuclear bombs against Gaza is plausible, (...), when we discover plans for the mass displacement of Palestinians.nes, when the Israeli Minister for Social Equality and Women's Empowerment declares that she is “proud of the ruins of Gaza” and that, in 80 years' time, all babies will be able to tell their grandchildren what the Jews did there, we are confronted not only with genocidal intentions, but with one of the most sordid and intolerable declarations of the cult of violence imaginable.” Vladimir Safatle, April, 2024 (São Paulo University)
Launched in March 2024, Some Strings has so far brought together over 100 artists, producing nearly 6 hours of short films, shown since June 25 and with no limit on dates, all over the world: cinemas and festivals as pre-programs or continuously. Some Strings can be adapted to all kinds of community spaces, protest camps and arts centers.
This initiative will continue to build and its diffusion will take place over the short, medium and long term.
DMZ DOCS Gyeonggi-do, Korea/ september 26 to october 02 (exhibition 6 programs)
UPCOMING SCHEDULES
DANCING ON THE EDGE FESTIVAL Amsterdam
november 23 to december 7 (program to be announced)
TOKYO FILMeX
december 2 (full program at Athénée Français Cultural Center)
LIMESTONE BOOKS Maastricht (full program all december long)
BOGOSHORTS Bogota
december 5/6/9/10 (2 hours program)
OJO AL CINE FESTIVAL Bogota and several Colombian cities
(full programm)
LIMESTONE BOOKS Maastricht (december, program to be announced)
CINEMA SPOUTNIK Geneva / ongoing
(all single films in pre-program - no date limit)
MAUI FOR PALESTINE Hawaï (program to be announced)
VIDEODROME 2 Marseille (program to be announced)
LA GRENZE Strasbourg (program to be announced)
FILMMAKERS 4 PALESTINE GREECE / Athens (program to be announced)
ASSOCIATION ZABARRA Palerme (program to be announced)
LA BANTITA Palerme (program to be announced)
ERG - École de recherche graphique Bruxelles (program to be announced)
BERWICK FILM & MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Berwick (March 2025, program to be announced)
Further venues will be announced in the coming months in London, NYC, Madrid, California, Berwick, Melbourne, Milan, Porto Vecchio...
alain gomis, alain kassanda, alexia roux
& saad chakali, ali arkady, ali cherri,
alice brygo, amel alzakout, amie barouh, anhar salem, anne penders, annik leroy
& julie morel, apichatpong weerasethakul, aude fourel, axelle poisson, bahia bencheikh el fegoun, basma al-sharif, baya medhaffar, ben rivers, ben russell, bani khoshnoudi,
bo wang, bruce clarke, charlieshackleton, christophe clavert, claire fontaine,
corinne castel, dalila mahdjoub,
dania reymond, daniela ortiz, declan clarke,
djamel kerkar, diego mandaca,
douglas gordon, dora garcía, elena lópez riera & philippe azoury, éléonore weber,
ellie ga, eric baudelaire & claire atherton & marius atherton, eva giolo, eyal sivan, fernanda pessoa, francis alÿs,
franssou prenant, génesis scarlet valenzuela valdez, ghassan salhab, hassen ferhani,
idit nathan, ignacio agüero, ismaïl bahri, jayce salloum, jeremiah mosese, jerónimo atehortúa, jilani saadi, julie courel,
juruna mallon, kamal aljafari,
khaled abdulwahed, kiswendsida parfait kaboré, khristine gillard & mohammad hammash & filip momikj, kyoshi sugita,
lana daher, laura huertas millán, lav diaz, léandre bernard brunel, lene berg,
leos carax, lucie kerr, m’hand abadou djezairi & marcel mrejen, mali arun,
maria aparicio, marielle chabal, marwa arsanios, maryam tafakory, mehdi meklat
& badroudine saïd abdallah,
michaël andrianaly, mira adoumier,
misha zavalniy, mitra farahani,
mohamed bourouissa, mohanad yaqubi,
monica maurer, muriel modr, nadia ghanem, narimane mari, naël khleifi, niles atallah, noma omran & ossama mohammed,
newton ifeanyi aduaka, onyeka igwe,
pablo sigg, philip rizk, philippe parreno, pierre creton, primo mauridi, raman djafari, renée nader messora & joão salaviza,
saif fradj & mahshid mahboubifar,
safia benhaim, samir guesmi,
sarah beddington, sarah wood,
sepideh farsi, serge garcia, sharon lockhart, silvia maglioni & graeme thomson,
simplice herman ganou, soumeya ait ahmed & nadir bouhmouch, suneil sanzgiri,
tariq teguia, taysir batniji, ugo rodinone, valentin noujaïm, valérie massadian,
valérie osouf & cromix onana, victor missud, vincent guilbert, virgil vernier, wendelien
van oldenborgh & cathleen schuster
& marcel dickhage (titre provisoire),
wiame haddad, wilmarc val, yann gonzales & alain garcia vergara, yannick kergoat, yohei yamakado, yosr gasmi & mauro mazzocchi, youssef chebbi
(more strings to come)
SCREENINGS CONTINUING SINCE JUNE 25
ZUMZEIG Barcelone / from july 12 (all single films in pre-program - no date limit)
LA COMPAGNIE Marseille / Special programs
CINEMA GALERIES Bruxelles / Special programs
LES ATELIERS SAUVAGES Alger / Special programs
PALESTINE FILM INDEX has now reached 400 films, 41 texts, 4 audio sources & is still growing daily. The index starts with films from the revolutionary period (68 - 82) made by the militant filmmakers of the Palestine Film Unit and their allies and extends through a multitude of voices to the present day.
FREE PALESTINE Bimonthly newsletter published by Friends of Free Palestine, Washington, DC throughout the 70s. Now on internet archive
LES ATELIERS SAUVAGES catalog / Alger
PAST PROJECTIONS
OYA Berlin november 28/29 (full program)
ENTREVUES Belfort november 18 to 24 (full program, ongoing throughout the festival)
FESTIVAL DU MONDE ARABE Montreal november 6-10 & 18 (full program followed by discussion)
FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS Nantes (1h20 program)
DOCUMENTAIRE SUR GRAND ECRAN Saint Denis / November 3 at 6pm at Cinéma L'ECRAN (30')
ASSOCIATION CINEMA BRAQUAGE Paris / October 30 at 8pm (one film : Wiame Haddad)
DOCLISBOA Lisbon / Opening Culturgest / october 19th at 14h00 (one program)
CASA DE COMUN Lisbon / october 23rd to 25th from 15h to 17h / as part of Doclisboa (full program)
LE CINÉMATOGRAPHELausane /october 24 (2 hours program)
FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINEMAMontreal / october 9 to 20 (All films on loop at the Cinémathèque)
CINEMAS DIFFERENTS et EXPERIMENTAUX Paris / october 13 to 20 (pre-program)
JAOU TUNIS contemporary art festival (we had to cancel the screening)
CANCELED AGAIN // UNDERDOX Munich / october 14 at 19h Werkstattkino CANCELED AGAIN
FIFIB - Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux / October 9 (one program)
DMZ DOCS Gyeonggi-do, Korea/ september 26 to october 02 (exhibition 6 programs)
REVUE LIBERTÉ Montréal / october 2 at 6pm Librairie N’était-ce pas l’été (1h program)
ARTCITE Montréal / september 28 / 7pm-8.30pm (1h program)
RCB - Rencontres cinématographiques de Bejaia / september 24 to 29 (pre-program)
MASAHAT FESTIVAL Oslo / september 22 / Cinéma Vega (30'program)
CINEMA BIO in collaboration with the FIFDH festival Carouge / september 19 (1:30 program)
RAUMERWERWEITERUNGSHALLE Berlin / 2 september (full program)
WERKSTATT KINO Munich / mid-July, program to be announced) / Cancelled
LE 18 Marrackech / july 27 (1 hour programs and talks - 20h30-22h30)
LAGO FILM FEST Lago / july 27 to 29 (3 long programs)
CINEMADART Tunis / from july 19 (1 hour programs)
ZUMZEIG Barcelone / from july 12 (pre-programmed in the theater) / Back in september
LA PARCHEMINERIE Festival Obskura Rennes / july 4 to 6 (exhibition 5 programs)
FESTIVAL OBSKURA 04 Rennes / july 3 to 7
CAMP AL-SUMUD Pro-Palestinian encampment Montréal / Dismantling by the authorities
TY FILMS Mellionnec / from june 27 to 30 (6-film short program)
LES ATELIERS SAUVAGES Alger / from june 25
CINEMA GALERIES Bruxelles / from june 26 (exhibition of all films pre-programmed in the theater)
FID Marseille / june 25 to 30 (films pre-programmed in theaters)
LA COMPAGNIE Marseille / june 25 to 30 (exhibition 5 programs)
RADIO FIREFLY FREQUENCIES Silvia Maglioni, Nikolay Oleynikov, Alessandra Pomarico, Graeme Thomson
Born in 2020, Firefly Frequencies is a radio platform that brings together artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, theorists and other collaborators from many different countries. For us radio is first and foremost a place of gathering where many voices can meet, mix, transform. A membrane, a communal body that perpetually reinvents itself through different modalities and temporalities, through the dimensions of creation and care and the shared powers of reception and receptivity.
LAGO FILM FEST Lago
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DMZ DOCS Gyeonggi-do, Korea/ september 26 to october 02 (exhibition 6 programs)
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DOCLISBOA Paula Astorga Riestra Directora Doclisboa & Serge Garcia
RAUMERWERWEITERUNGSHALLE Berlin / 2 september (full program)
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REVUE LIBERTÉ Montréal / october 2
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