https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021 daily 0.75 2024-09-24 https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/streetart monthly 0.5 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633573199715-Y571VCH8WMS9M7GM3Q39/IMG_2406.jfif 2021 Festival Program - VIRTUAL TOUR // We Will Remain: Street Art as Resistance - VIRTUAL TOUR // We Will Remain: Street Art as Resistance with Chris Gazaleh and Baha Hilo in partnership with Eyewitness Palestine Join this Virtual Delegation to discuss street art as resistance. From San Francisco to Palestine, artists are using public spaces to showcase their powerful artwork and messages of resistance. Learn from Palestinian artists about their work, challenges they face in creating these public art pieces, and why they choose this powerful form of expression. Also learn more about Israel's apartheid wall and why it has become a canvas for important artist resistance. Chris is a artist from San Francisco dedicated to promoting cultural, political, and social awareness from a Palestinian-American perspective that is rooted in social justice. Gazaleh uses many mediums to create and spread his art to the world. From murals to illustrations and from graffiti style pieces to clothing designs, Gazaleh's art is meant to come from all angles. Born in San Francisco and full blooded Palestinian, C. Gazaleh is a cross cultural anomaly. Like the poet Mahmoud Darwish said “Ana min huna, ana min hounak” I am from here, I am from there. Baha is a native Palestinian born and raised in the town of Bethlehem. He is a graduate of Birzeit University with a degree in Sociology. Baha has worked with different humanitarian, human rights, and advocacy groups including the UN, the Joint Advocacy Initiative of the YMCA & YWCA, and Badil Centre for residency and refugee rights. Since 2013, he has focused on education in Palestine through an initiative called “To Be There”, where he coordinates different educational visits highlighting various topics. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/theater monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1634230628663-1THU76C9SQEVW33PR3SG/Keffiyeh-Fargo.png 2021 Festival Program - THEATER // Keffiyeh/Made in China - THEATER // KEFFIYEH/MADE IN CHINA The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival presents Mosaic Theater Company of DC’s production of Keffiyeh/Made in China by Dalia Taha, directed by Adam M. Kassim. Ramallah-based, Palestinian playwright Dalia Taha's utterly distinct slices of Palestinian life are at times unsettling, heartbreaking, and humorous - as parents, lovers, sisters and friends cope with a decades-long occupation. These exquisite short plays explore how the most intimate of relationships are infiltrated by colonization and displacement. A review of 20 years of programming from The Voices of a Changing Middle East Festival (about 75 projects in all) revealed that only one project was written by a Palestinian – a staged reading entitled In Spitting Distance by Taher Najib. In an effort to provide some balance, Mosaic's artistic team began discussions around using a virtual platform to highlight a play by a Palestinian writer appropriate for online presentation. The virtual presentation of Keffiyeh: Made In China, was the result of that commitment. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/warpedrealities monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633629264493-7KZJ6622IBAHXQKVRKOE/Copy+of+MarchofReturn4.png 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // 'Warped Realities' — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Canada Park by Razan AlSalah 8 min. | 2019 I walk on snow to fall unto the desert. I find myself on unceded indigenous territory in so called Canada, an exile unable to return to Palestine. I trespass the colonial border as a digital spectre floating through Ayalon-Canada Park, transplanted over three Palestinian villages razed by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633629360306-LATI6GT084LQAXK143ZF/image1.jpg 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // 'Warped Realities' — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Struggle by Moayed AbuAmmouna 8 min. | 2020 The film presents the state of human struggle in a man’s search for the normal form of life and preservation of it, and his adherence to hope in light of the conflict and the extremely dangerous circumstances in Gaza City, Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633629685083-GJON07BZ4DWPKWKM54JK/The+Children+%26+The+Wolf_2.jpg 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // 'Warped Realities' — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - The Children and the Wolf by Omar Jabareen 11 min. | 2020 A young boy is deprived of his innocence upon realizing his role model is being consumed by a tragedy. Now he must decide whether to confront his concerns or give in to social state of affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633629907028-B3R3FKLHUYQE0V0AZTK6/cmc-film00-08-03-22still009_3yVuCNU0.jpg 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // 'Warped Realities' — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Uranus by Aya Ahmed Matrabie 11 min. | 2020 "When great people die, they turn into a glowing star up in the sky." There is more to this myth. When the dreams of Gazan youth die, they get sent out to a distant, cold planet. However, every night, and from the top of their homes, Merna and others resuscitate their dreams. They bring Uranus "illegally" with no Visa or travel permission. Merna succeeds to bring Uranus "illegally" with no Visa, from and to Gaza. But what about her dreams? https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/halaalyan monthly 0.5 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633569179525-1WT854NOQT8RKO6KMXPU/Headshot.jpeg 2021 Festival Program - BOOK TALK + Q&A // Hala Alyan (POSTPONED) - SPOTLIGHT AUTHOR // Hala Alyan - POSTPONED Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/regeneration monthly 0.5 2021-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633637122194-5LISZ2EIS7WXKEHG92RR/3.png 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // REGENERATION — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Touchline by Mohammed Saffouri 15 min. | 2021 In Haifa, 1948, Ahmad plays soccer in a local club in his town. He gets an offer to play for the Palestinian National Team after a wonderful performance in a friendly match. On his way back home, Ahmad and his two friends face soldiers blocking their way back and see the people of the city fleeing. Ahmad returns to his home seeing his own family leaving the city to seek a safer place as well. Ahmad leaves the city with his family, leaving his home, friends, and most importantly his dream behind. Finally, Ahmad unites the refugees with a soccer match in the refugee camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633637429569-ZCI8TX7ZFAS2KMG2AJIL/ambience+still+%281%29.jpg 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // REGENERATION — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Ambience by Wisam Jafari 15 min. | 2019 Two young Palestinians try to record a demo for a Music Competition inside a noisy crowded refugee camp, while failing recording because of the chaos of the place, they discover an authentic way allow them to meet the deadline creatively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633637695863-5ASM1IYB7J3X02T1O4IG/Still+3.png 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // REGENERATION — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Tallahassee by Darine Hotait 22 min. | 2021 On the day of her release from a psychiatric facility, Mira returns to her mother’s home in Brooklyn for her grandmother’s birthday, only to discover that her sister has told the family that she has been on a trip to Florida. Tallahassee is the portrayal of a young woman’s re-entry into the world, a meditation on the enormous task of life after grief. Framed in the context of diaspora, Tallahassee grants a glimpse into the struggles of mental illness, an issue often silenced and pathologized in Arab culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633641840875-NUOZ5V0VYWYVYN8ZHE93/Copy+of+MARIAM_03.jpg 2021 Festival Program - SHORT FILMS // REGENERATION — AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND - Mariam by Reem Jubran 12 min. | 2021 Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen, has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer's grandfather about his identity on an average night gone terribly wrong. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/tatreezpanel monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633658479188-CLHC9XVTKQE6KL70M13D/wafa1.jpg 2021 Festival Program - PANEL // With Tatreez, We Resist (FREE) - Wafa Ghnaim Wafa Ghnaim is a Palestinian-American artist, researcher, writer, educator, and businesswoman who began learning Palestinian embroidery from her mother, award-winning artist Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim, when she was two years old. Her first book, “Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora” (2018), documents the traditional patterns passed to her by her mother. Wafa has since become a leading educator in the field as the first-ever Palestinian embroidery instructor at the Smithsonian Museum, and an artist-in-residence at the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C. In addition to her extensive scholarship, Wafa continues her mother’s educational legacy through Tatreez & Tea, a global arts education initiative she began in 2016. Wafa has been featured in major media outlets, recently featured in Vogue Magazine, naming her and her mother “the world’s leading guardians of tatreez”. Wafa currently resides in Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633581169462-J67QCOAMHQ7B7G8S5Y2K/Suzy+Tamimi-+477.jpg 2021 Festival Program - PANEL // With Tatreez, We Resist (FREE) - Suzy Tamimi Suzy Tamimi is a first generation Palestinian/American fashion designer based in New York. Raised in California, her parents instilled in her a strong Palestinian identity, keeping her connected to her roots. They came to the United States in the mid seventies in hopes of raising a family and living a better life. She has been drawn to traditional Palestinian clothing and textiles since her youth. After studying Fashion and Textile design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, inspired by her family history, she felt compelled to bring positive change to the world using fashion as her medium. In 2016, she was invited to design a modern interpretation of a traditional Palestinian dress that was showcased at the United Nations headquarters in New York, commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in the exhibit “Palestinian Embroidery: Threads of Continuity, Identity and Empowerment”. Suzy used vintage remnants of Palestinian embroidery to complete the dress. She has been featured in Vogue Arabia in 2019 and again in September 2021. Her new collection, Freedom Fighter, is a political and humanitarian expression, implementing indigenous fabrics and innovative textile design to pay homage to the past with eyes to the future. The collection is primarily athletic wear, unpretentious and practical. The trims of traditional fabrics that decorate the sleeves and collars are hand-embroidered by Palestinian women refugees. “Freedom Fighter” is printed in both Arabic and English text using bold, uncomplicated typography. The centerpiece of the collection is a boxing robe adorned with traditional Palestinian textiles and a crest designed by Suzy. The coat of arms contains three emblems: Doves, universal symbols of peace, branches from olive trees, cornerstones of Palestinian agriculture and heritage, and poppy flowers, honoring the many lives lost in the pursuit of freedom for the Palestinian people. The crest and robe together make a clear statement relatable to all oppressed peoples of the world: We have to fight for our freedom. Suzy was invited to debut the Freedom Fighter collection at the 61st Annual Ramallah Convention in Washington DC on July 5th, 2019, which was presented by Tatreez and Tea's Wafa Ghnaim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633581507773-3IV9CCNYBXS6NNI5EP89/RAMI_Shot_02_003-709x1024_fdd5f2c9-c71e-45e9-b383-6303bdc5a0fe_grande.jpg 2021 Festival Program - PANEL // With Tatreez, We Resist (FREE) - Rami Kashou The son of the former Miss Jordan, Rami Kashou grew up in style. Kashou was born in Jerusalem on May 11, 1976 and raised in Ramallah where he was often commissioned by the local town socialites to design their ensembles. Upon arriving in the U.S. in 1996, Kashou worked in retail for several years. This eventually led him to a buying and merchandising position at a well-known boutique in Los Angeles. After a stint of traveling to Europe as a buyer, Kashou bit the bullet and purchased two sewing machines. He vigorously studied pattern making from the local vintage boutiques. “I would buy a piece and take it apart and inspect it, then I would learn.” Kashou said. After three years of self-education, he began creating what would later be known as the “One of a Kind” collection that was picked up by various notable Los Angeles boutiques. A seasoned veteran of runway shows, Rami Kashou has shown his devotion and passion for groundbreaking feminine design, and as a result has become one of the most coveted runway shows to attend during fashion week, attracting celebrities such as Jessica Alba and Christina Aguilera. Rami showcased his finale collection in Bryant Park as a finalist and runner up during his appearance on Bravo's television hit show Project Runway where his passion for fluid draping was embraced by many women around the globe. Known for his dramatic red carpet gowns, Rami has draped the silhouettes of celebrities and trendsetters such as Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan, Penelope Cruz, Dita Von Teese, Heidi Klum, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. His designs have graced the pages of the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Women’s Wear Daily, Interview, Elle, In Style, and Flaunt amongst many others. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/200meters monthly 0.5 2021-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633568578158-LX0I0WLZ3UGYGCGM7U8C/200-meters.jpg 2021 Festival Program - OPENING FILM // 200 Meters - 200 Meters by Ameen Nayfeh 96 min. | 2020 Mustafa (Ali Suliman) and his wife Salwa live a mere 200 metres apart in two Palestinian villages on opposite sides of the separation wall. One day he gets a call every parent dreads - his son has been in an accident and is in the hospital. Rushing to cross the checkpoint to be with his family, Mustafa is denied entry and embarks upon a journey to cross the border illegally. A 200-metre distance becomes a 200-kilometre odyssey as Mustafa attempts to get to the other side of the wall joined by a motley crew of fellow passengers. Palestinian director Ameen Nayfeh’s debut drama is a heart-pounding depiction of the life-threatening struggles of daily life under occupation in an urgent story of resistance, dignity, family and hope. https://www.dcpfaf.org/program2021/doubledocumentary monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1633635254379-2OOQTLUWOOQHNCIRHV9Q/Photo+1+_.jpg 2021 Festival Program - DOUBLE DOCUMENTARY // The Bride Dress and Fishless Sea — AVAILABLE U.S. ONLY - The Bride Dress by Marwah Jbara Tibi 52 min. | 2019 The film captures the journey of two Palestinian brides, Lubna and Sumoud, who share the same wedding dress and the same challenge of having their grooms present on their wedding days. A political prisoner, Sumoud's Fiancé watches his engagement party through video from behind bars, and Lubna’s groom, denied an entry permit, takes the risk of being smuggled into Nazareth. 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Washington City Paper | The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, Reviewed Al Jazeera | Q&A: 'Middle East's most powerful army chasing 18 cows' Washingtonian | Things to Do in DC This Weekend October 1-4: Jadaliyya | Fifth Annual DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival Runs October 1-4, 2015 American Word Magazine | DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival Arab America | DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival 2015 Free Speech Radio News | The Wanted 18 film tells the tale of West Bank cows that became outlaws https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574b6d9722482ec4b4324b2f/1504159189248-ER2Z81XI432L519495SA/https%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Flenaghannam%2Fdocs%2Fprogram_final Past Festivals - In the News: "The star of the show here is Between Two Lovers, a panel of women artists hosted by Journal of Palestine Studies managing editor Nehad Khader, with two short films to break up the action. The discussion [explored] how Palestinian art has changed over the years and how, specifically, that’s related to women’s rights in the area." 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