Competition - Awards ceremony

2021-06-02T17:00:00Z - 2021-06-02T18:30:00Z

Meet the 6 filmmakers and the members of the jury and join us at the awards ceremony on June 2nd at 7 pm : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82272384637#success The 6 short films selected for the competition remain available online for the entire festival on our Mediapart blog : https://blogs.mediapart.fr/festival-cine-palestine/blog/280521/les-courts-metrages-du-concours-du-fcp-paris-sont-disponibles The voting is open from Friday 28 May at 8 pm until Wednesday 2 June at 6:30 pm : https://www.festivalpalestine.paris/festival-vote GIVE UP THE GHOST by Zain Duraie Jordan - 2019 - 15 min - Fiction Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. SARD by Zeina Ramadan Palestine - 2019 - 9 min - Documentary/Animation For a year, Reham talks with Zeina about her dream of studying abroad and her attempts to leave Gaza under blockade for 12 years. Their messages vacillate between good and bad tidings, excitement and disappointment, losing hope then retrieving it, and eventually a possible beginning of a new journey. THE DAY MY FATHER DIES de Nayef Hammoud Palestine - 2017 - 22 min - Fiction Salah, an acting student in Paris, returns to his hometown Haifa in order to work on a play based on a eulogy to his father, Amar. THE GHOUL d'Ala Desoki Palestine - 2019 - 17 min - Fiction In Gaza, the myth of the Ghoul does not terrify our children. Their greatest fear is war and occupation, which steal life and land – these are the real Ghoul. In this film, the mother, in a long and seemingly endless night of terror, tries to ward off the ghoul and protect her two children through ritualistic dances. HOMENESSNESS d'Ahmad Al-Bazz Palestine - 2018 - 18 min - Documentaire When William was 35 years old, he lost his job, his wife and his house. He decides to take refuge in nature to heal himself. William’s journey leads him to discover his new permanent place and pushes him to change his view of the concepts of home, materiality and belonging. MARIAM de Dana Durr Palestine, The Netherlands - 2020 - 5 min - Animation After the loss of her precious paradise, Mariam undergoes a journey to find strength within herself through her culture and heritage.