1. ERASED,___ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLE on Aflamuna
2. Larissa Sansour's SCI-FI TRILOGY and IN VITRO in Lithuania
3. IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN in Germany
4. MY NAME IS NOT ALI at Shasha Movies
5. NATION ESTATE and SOLOMON'S STONE in Germany
6. events
7. DVD/ of the month - PANOPTIC
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1. ERASED,___ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLE on Aflamuna

Ghassan Halwani feature documentary is presented in the May program of Aflamouna, curated by Mohammad Soueid on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of AFAC.

Content
Thirty-five years ago, I witnessed the kidnapping of a man I know.
He has disappeared since.


Director Ghassan Halawani takes the viewer on a forensic paper chase, uncovering, layer by layer, the darkest chapters of Lebanese history on walls, in documents, and urban architecture.
essay-documentary, Lebanon 2018, color and black & white, 76 min, Arabic and English with English subtitles
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2. Larissa Sansour's SCI-FI TRILOGY and IN VITRO in Lithuania

Larissa Sansour's Sci-Fi Trilogy and IN VITRO by Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind show on May 26th at Meno Avilys in Vilnius (Lithuania).

Sci-Fi Trilogy
Under the common themes of loss, belonging, heritage and national identity, the three films A Space Exodus (2008), Nation Estate (2012) and In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain (2015) each explore different aspects of the political turmoil the Middle East.


In Vitro
In Vitro is set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. An abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard. Using heirloom seeds collected in the final days before the apocalypse, a group of scientists are preparing to replant the soil above.

short Sci-fi, Larissa Sansour & Soren Lind, Palestine/Denmark/UK 2019, 28 min, digital, picture ratio 1:2.66, Arabic with English subtitles
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3. IN THE FUTURE THEY ATE FROM THE FINEST PORCELAIN in Germany

Content
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion and CGI, the film explores the role of myth for history, fact and national identity.


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4. MY NAME IS NOT ALI at Shasha Movies

Viola Shafik's anti-biography shows at Shasha Movies' April/May program on films in films.

Content
His anti-racist film Ali, Fear Eats Soul (1973) gained German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder international acclaim. The protagonist, an Arab foreign worker, was played by Moroccan El Hedi Ben Salem M'barek Mohammed Mustafa, Fassbinder's lover at that time. While the film itself courageously deals with the racism of post-war German society, its makers reproduced the insensibility and invention of the Other, fantasizing their own 'Salem'. Collage-like, through interviews and archive material, My Name Is Not Ali uncovers the invention of El Hedi Ben Salem by the Fassbinder troupe, an image not revised by most of its members till today.
Documentary, Viola Shafik, Egypt/Germany 2011, 93 min, German/Arabic/French with English ST
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5. NATION ESTATE and SOLOMON'S STONE in Germany

Nation Estate
Nation Estate is a 9-minute sci-fi short offering a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East.
The film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood: One colossal skyscraper housing the entire Palestinian population - now finally living the high life.
short Sci-fi, Larissa Sansour, Palestine/Denmark 2012, 9 min, digital, no dialogue
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Solomon's Stone

The story is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.
short film, Ramzi Maqdisi, Palestine/Spain 2015, 25 min, color, digital, Arabic with Engl. or French ST
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7. DVD/ of the month - PANOPTIC

Content



In a rare case where the sound landscape of a film dictates the visual landscape, Panoptic is a depiction of the turbulent Lebanese past and the way society copes with trauma.

DVD-Info
documentary, Rana Eid, Lebanon 2017, 69 min, Arabic
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
synopsis, credits, director's bio
PAL, region free

Subjects
Childhood, Civil War, Memory, Father-Daughter-Relation, Soundscape

Awards
Best Feature-Length Documentary Debut Film - Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Best Feature Film - Cinemigrante Buenos Aires
Award in the Human Latitudes Section - DocsMX
Special Mention - LatinArab Film Festival

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