Focus "PALESTINE IN THE EYE" - Conference by Asmaa Al-Atawna

2024-05-31T16:00:00Z

Le Polygone étoilé, 1 Rue François Massabo, 13002 Marseille, France

In partnership with the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, the Palestinian Cultural Fund, the Art Jameel Foundation and the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem. Conference by Asmaa Al-Atawna (novelist and freelance journalist who has worked on the documentary processing of Palestinian archives at the Cinémathèque de Toulouse) This event, conceived by Asmaa Al-Atawna, will take the form of a conference at the crossroads of her personal and professional experiences, with her encounter with the Palestinian archives as a common thread. It will be illustrated by two short films from the collection hosted by the Cinémathèque de Toulouse, which in 2023 undertook the conservation and digitization of Palestinian activist films. Exodus 1967 by Ali Siam Jordan, Palestine | 1968 | 13 min | Documentary The exodus of Palestinian refugees to Jordan after the Six-Day War (June 1967). In 1968, at the UN, King Hussein spoke about the situation of the refugees settled in Jordan. El Fatah 1968 by Thewalt Palestine, Germany | 1968 | 11 min | Documentary Images of the training camps of Al-Assifa, the military wing of the Fatah movement in Jordan. The Israeli army organized raids against the city of As-Salt, located northwest of Amman, on August 4, 1968. Members of the Palestinian brigade, interviewed in English and German, talk about their guerrilla actions, which sometimes involved soldiers of the Jordanian army. Screening followed by a meal prepared by the festival team