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Arts, Music & Culture
Films
Despite censorship in both Israel and the U.S., Palestinian film is becoming increasingly visible on the international film scene. Here are EI's film reviews, film news, film distributors, news on film festivals, and links to individual film and film directors' websites. Included are reviews from the annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival.
EI's film reviews and features
Film Review: Rashid Masharawi's "Waiting", Ali Abunimah (8 May 2006)
Film review: Munich, or Making Baklava, Joseph Massad (3 February 2006)
Film review: "Munich": Spielberg's thrilling crisis of conscience, Maureen Clare Murphy (14 January 2006)
"Just Married" divorced from the bigger picture", Maureen Clare Murphy (29 September 2005)
Film review: "Private", Arjan El Fassed (26 July 2005)
Film review: "The Syrian Bride" makes for a difficult marriage, Jonathan Cook (21 July 2005)
Two new Israeli films explore the moral failure of Zionism, Maureen Clare Murphy (20 July 2005)
Film review: "Another Road Home", Jenny Gheith (3 May 2005)
Film review: "The Eternal Dance", Jenny Gheith (2 May 2005)
Film review: "Curfew", Jenny Gheith (1 May 2005)
Film review: "Rainbow", Jenny Gheith (30 April 2005)
Film review: "Land of '48", Jenny Gheith (28 April 2005)
Film review: "Soraida, A Woman of Palestine", Jenny Gheith (26 April 2005)
Film review: "Sense of Need", Jenny Gheith (22 April 2005)
Film review: "Door to the Sun", Jenny Gheith (17 April 2005)
Star power deflects attention from ongoing debate, Maureen Clare Murphy (14 April 2005)
Film review: "Paradise Now", Arjan El Fassed (23 February 2005)
Film review: "The Syrian Bride", Maureen Clare Murphy (2 February 2005)
Film review: "Edward Said: The Last Interview", Jenny Gheith (31 December 2004)
Documentary film review: "Israeli Wall in Palestinian Lands", Maureen Clare Murphy (15 December 2004)
Documentary film review: "Mur" (Wall), Arjan El Fassed (21 November 2004)
Documentary film review: "Checkpoint", Maureen Clare Murphy (15 October 2004)
Documentary film review: "News from the Holy Land", Victor Kattan (2 August 2004)
Film review: "Aftershock" exposes IDF soldiers' psychology, Victor Kattan (23 July 2004)
Palestinian film-maker, novelist hope to make award winning book into a movie, Massoud A. Derhally (9 July 2004)
The Spiderman-Palestine Connection!, Maureen Clare Murphy (7 July 2004)
Review: Death in Gaza", Victor Kattan (1 July 2004)
Review: "Elias Chacour: Prophet in His Own Country", Maureen Clare Murphy (19 June 2004)
Documentary film review: "Keys", Maureen Clare Murphy (17 June 2004)
Review: "A Stone's Throw Away" and "The Children of Ibda'a", Maureen Clare Murphy (15 June 2004)
Review: "Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Israel-Palestine, Maureen Clare Murphy (13 June 2004)
Review: "Planet of the Arabs" and "Arabs a Go-Go", Maureen Clare Murphy (6 June 2004)
Review: "Remembering Palestine" and "Writers on the Borders", Maureen Clare Murphy (3 June 2004)
Review: Jihad!, Maureen Clare Murphy (2 June 2004)
Review: Ford Transit, Maureen Clare Murphy (30 May 2004)
Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land: New documentary takes Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage to task, Maureen Clare Murphy (26 March 2004)
Film review: James' Journey to Jerusalem meets complex road blocks, Maureen Clare Murphy (19 March 2004)
Like Twenty Impossibles, Tina Dybvik (27 January 2004)
Arna's Children, Arjan El Fassed (11 December 2003)
James Longley's Gaza Strip, Nigel Parry (29 July 2003)
Nizar Hassan's Istiqlal and Invasion, Maureen Clare Murphy (29 April 2003)
Rana's Wedding, Maureen Clare Murphy (29 April 2003).
Diary of a Male Whore, Maureen Clare Murphy (21 April 2003)
Lord's Song in a Strange Land, Maureen Clare Murphy (21 April 2003)
Jeremy Hardy vs. the Israeli Army, Maureen Clare Murphy (27 May 2003)
Film news
Palestinian Filmmakers Question EU Audiovisual Grant, Palestinian Film Collective (16 March 2006)
Palestinian Film Professionals Question Euromed Funding Initiative in Open Letter, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (13 February 2006)
Palestine gets its first Oscar nomination with Paradise Now, Arjan El Fassed (31 January 2006)
"Paradise Now" wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Photostory (16 January 2006)
Paradise Now nominated for Golden Globes, Arjan El Fassed (14 December 2005)
More Academy Resistance to Films From or About Palestine?, Arab Film Distribution (23 October 2005)
Hany Abu-Asad key guest at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA (7 June 2005)
Fourth annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival, April 15-May 3, Chicago Palestine Film Festival Committee (24 March 2005)
DC Cinema Palestine Film Festival, April 3-May 7, DC Cinema Palestine Film Festival (31 March 2005)
Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2005: Official Selections, Chicago Palestine Film Festival Committee (12 March 2005)
Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2005: Call for films, Chicago Palestine Film Festival Committee, (17 December 2004)
Chicago film crew explores Palestine through the lens of soccer, Futbol Palestina (27 October 2004)
Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival to be held October 1-3, Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival (23 September 2004)
Interview: Jihad! filmmakers Muhammed Rum and Nara Garber, Maureen Clare Murphy (10 June 2004)
3rd annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival, June 4-20, Chicago Palestine Film Festival (13 May 2004)
Film Route 181 censored by French Culture Ministry, Sindibad Films (15 March 2004)
1st Ramallah Film Festival announces call for submissions, press release (24 December 2003)
Israel’s Supreme Court lifts ban on Jenin, Jenin, Arjan El Fassed (11 November 2003)
Palestinian film joins Oscar race, the BBC reports that the previously banned Divine Intervention will contend for the annual award (20 October 2003)
Divine Intervention on VHS/DVD, Avatar Films (25 July 2003).
Hany Abu-Assad wins 'Spirit of Freedom Award' at Jerusalem Film Festival, Arjan El Fassed (21 July 2003).
Palestinian Filmmaker this year's winner of the Nestor Almendros Prize, Human Rights Watch (12 June 2003).
Richard Gere visits Ramallah under curfew, Palestine Monitor, (4 June 2003)
Palestinian filmmaker denied entry to Israel on "security" grounds, Qattan Foundation (17 May 2003).
Documenting the Occupation: Director Yahya Barakat discusses working under Israeli military rule, Maureen Clare Murphy (22 April 2003)
Video Petition Project on Exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, press release (18 January 2003)
'When we started shooting, so did they', Xan Brooks interviews Elia Suleiman in The Guardian (13 January 2003)
"Gaza Strip" director to return student Academy Award to protest exclusion of Palestine, Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty (20 December 2002)
Oscars' double standard turns Palestinian film into refugee, Benjamin J Doherty & Ali Abunimah (10 December 2002).
Jenin Jenin features at International Documentary Filmfestival, Arjan El Fassed (27 November 2002)
Premiere of Pilger's Palestine is still the issue, Arjan El Fassed (10 September 2002).
"Gaza Strip" director to return student Academy Award to protest exclusion of Palestine, Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Doherty (20 December 2002).
Film distributors
Arab Film Distribution's website features many Palestinian films, both documentaries and feature films
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water on VHS and DVD
Filmmakers
Omar Al-Qattan, Sindibad Films
Hany Abu-Assad
Ralph Bakshi - the Palestine-born, Brooklyn-raised cult filmmaker animated the first Spiderman television series in the 1960s. His website is at www.ralphbakshi.com.
Interview: Director Yahya Barakat discusses working under Israeli military rule, Maureen Clare Murphy (22 April 2003).
Michel Khleifi, Sindibad Films
Interview: Jihad! filmmakers Muhammed Rum and Nara Garber, Maureen Clare Murphy (10 June 2004)
Jackie Salloum - download the experimental short videos by the multimedia artist
Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention
Film websites
Articles appearing on EI about Divine Intervention
Avatar Films- distributor of Divine Intervention
Dreams of a Nation- Web resource for Palestinian film
Gaza Strip
Israeli Wall in Palestinian Lands
Like Twenty Impossibles
Jihad!
Occupation 101
Rana's Wedding
Awards
Palestine gets its first Oscar nomination with Paradise Now, Arjan El Fassed (31 January 2006)
"Paradise Now" wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Photostory (16 January 2006)
More Academy Resistance to Films From or About Palestine?, Arab Film Distribution (23 October 2005)
Paradise Now nominated for Golden Globes, Arjan El Fassed (14 December 2005)
Hany Abu-Assad wins "Spirit of Freedom Award" at Jerusalem Film Festival, Arjan El Fassed (21 July 2003)
Palestinian Filmmaker this year's winner of the Nestor Almendros Prize, Human Rights Watch (12 June 2003)
Festivals and events
Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival to be held October 1-3, Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival (23 September 2004)
Second Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival (April 17-25, 2003).
Israeli and Palestinian movies feature at Amnesty film festival, Arjan El Fassed (11 March 2003).
Divine Intervention features at Rotterdam International Film Festival, Arjan El Fassed (21 January 2003).
Video Petition Project on Exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, press release (18 January 2003)
Jenin Jenin features at International Documentary Film festival, Arjan El Fassed (27 November 2002).
Chicago Palestine Film Festival: Call for Films (25 November 2002).
Gaslight boycotts Israeli film festival, IPSC (21 September 2002).
Divine Intervention screened at Melbourne Film Festival, Arjan El Fassed (25 July 2002).
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