Sector Zero by Nadim Mishlawi
A documentary about the derelict area of Karantina and its peculiar history.
The Moment of Tarab
How do we feel Tarab and why? What does Tarab provoke in one’s self, and during which moments of music is it evoked?
Gate #5 by Simone El Habre
The film follows truck drivers whose lives revolve around waiting at the city’s port, which is closely intertwined with Lebanon’s history.
Dunia by Jocelyne Saab
A student of Sufi poetry and belly dance in Cairo, Dunia is looking for herself and wishes to become a professional dancer.
Besieged by Hala Alabdalla
In the intimacy of his kitchen, Farouk Mardam Bey attempts to dissipate the fog around Syria.
Salman Abu Sitta
A conversation exploring Dr Salman Abu Sitta's life's work on documenting and mapping Palestine, past and present, and on demonstrating the feasibility of Palestinian return.
Theeb by Naji Abu Nowar
The film presents a Bedouin story of brotherhood and betrayal set in Wadi Rum in 1916.
Visualizing Palestine: A Conversation
Visualizing Palestine’s work has been built around the challenge of finding effective ways to educate and engage a diverse range of audiences on the issue of Palestine.
Palestine Open Maps
This talk will introduce Palestine Open Maps (palopenmaps.org), an online platform for interacting with historic and present-day maps of Palestine.
Blessed Benefit by Ahmad Al Massad
Ahmad gradually feels something that he's never experienced before: liberty. He realises that life in prison could be better or easier than the one he has outside.
Interactive Storytelling & Wearable Data
Using one of Visualizing Palestine’s latest communication tools, the VP Wearable, the public will actively engage in live storytelling.
Artist Q&A Moderated by Amira Solh
In the framework of the public program of A National MonumentDar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invites you to a talk by Marwan Rechmaoui and Ahmad Barclay, moderated by Amira Solh.
The Last Friday by Yahya Alabdallah
his film is a sober tale, set in Amman, of a marginalised man, a compulsive gambler, who is struggling to survive and making the best out of a difficult life.
Curator & Artist Tour with Ahmad Barclay & Marwan Rechmaoui
To mark the opening of A National Monument, Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invites you to a guided tour of the exhibition with artist Marwan Rechmaoui and curator Ahmad Barclay.
Language: English (January 12) - Arabic (January 16)
A National Monument
An exhibition by Visualizing Palestine and Marwan Rechmaoui. Inspired by a series of highly detailed maps of Palestine from the British Mandate period, the main installation recreates a 3-dimensional snapshot of the major Palestinian cities and towns circa 1947, based on the final British surveys before the Nakba.
When Monalisa Smiled by Fady G. Haddad
Monaliza, a 37-year-old Jordanian woman unable to draw a smile, grew up with her grumpy, older, unmarried, agoraphobic sister, Afaf.
Georges Nasser
The DVD launch of the film “Where to?” and the documentary “A Certain Nasser” in the presence of director Georges Nasser.
‘Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow’ and ‘Ayed’
Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow
A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle, an automaton gifted to Lebanon in 1945 that still haunts an abandoned mansion in Beirut.
Ayed
This film is a portrait of Ayed Fadel, a member of Jazar Crew and one of the leading figures of the Palestinian cultural underground scene.