Filmabende im Amerlinghaus
Stiftgasse 8, 1070 Wien
Mittwoch 1. Februar 2012, 19 Uhr
"Being With Juliano"
Palestine 2011, 26 min.
Director: Emtiaz Diab
"Being with Juliano" is not a biography of Juliano
Mer-Khamis. It is a testament to what Juliano did to empower youth and give
hope. His accomplishments will not die with him. The film gives a voice
to those who were inspired by his principles and devotion and stimulated
by his energy and creativity. We see Juliano's students, colleagues and
friends speaking about his life, legacy and commitment. Saleh Bakri describes
him as a magician. Clara Khouri says he was a clown and insane, while other
interviewees tell of his mad, tireless work in his theatre project. The
focus of "Being with Juliano" is on the multiple dimensions of
change Juliano brought to the deprived and impoverished young people in
Jenin.
"Like Twenty Impossibles"
Palestine 2003, 17 min.
Director: Annemarie Jacir
"Like Twenty Impossibles" is the work of Annemarie
Jacir, ("Salt of the Sea"), co-written with Kamran Rastegar. Jacir
is a Palestinian filmmaker, activist, and poet living between New York City
and Palestine. The 17-minute short documentary tells the story of a journey
in a country where checkpoints and a sinister patchwork of controlled areas
make freedom of movement itself impossible.
Occupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints.
When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking
a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers
are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation.
Both a visual poem and a narrative, "Like Twenty Impossibles"
also questions artistic responsibility and the politics of filmmaking.
The credits end with an excerpt of poetry from "We Shall Remain"
by Tawfiq Zayyad, 1965:
It is a thousand times easier for you
To pass an elephant through the needle’s eye.
To catch fried fish in the Milky Way…
A thousand times easier
Than smoldering with your oppression
The spark of an idea
Like twenty impossibles
We shall remain.
In 2003, "Like Twenty Impossibles" received the "Best Film" award at the Palm Spring Festival of Film Shorts, and “Best Short Film” award at the Independent Film Project New York Market. It was a New York Regional finalist in the Alternative Category for the 30th Student Academy Awards.
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