La Belle Fête de Mai - Short film screenings

2026-05-30T13:30:00Z - 2026-05-30T16:30:00Z

Cinéma Le Gyptis, 136 Rue Loubon, 13003 Marseille, France

As part of La Belle Fête de Mai 🎟️ Free admission On Saturday, May 30, alongside many other organizations, the FCP will participate in the 25th edition of La Belle Fête de Mai, the Belle de Mai annual neighborhood party. All afternoon, there will be activities for young and old alike to celebrate struggles, this year’s party theme. From 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM, inside the screening room of the Gyptis, come and enjoy three themed programs of new short films. 3:30 PM -4:30 PM - PROGRAM 1: « PALESTINE, CHILE : DECISIVE PASSES » 🎤 In the presence of Alaa Hathleen (director) - to be confirmed BAISANOS by Andrés and Francisca Khamis Giacoman Palestine, Chile, Spain | 2025 | 14 min | Documentary “Baisanos” follows the fans of the Club Deportivo Palestino, weaving a dialogue between Chile and Palestine. Through reflections on identity and return, two distant lands connect in a space of celebration, where hope for victory is the promise of a possible future. LIVING DESPITE THEM by Antonia Colodro and Alaa Hathleen Palestine, Chile | 2025 | 19 min | Documentary Filmed entirely with cellphone footage, Alaa, a soccer player and physical therapist from Umm al-Kheir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, records daily life amid demolitions, settler violence, and military control. 4:30 PM -5:30 PM - PROGRAM 2: « AND LAND, LIKE LANGUAGE IS INHERITED » WHERE THE OLIVES ARE by Kay Ayach Lebanon, Portugal | 2025 | 16 min | Documentary Four young Arab women, living in Portugal, spend a day in their friends’ land to disconnect from their everyday lives. A getaway which is rich in emotions, through trees, plants, smells, and stories bringing memories from their lands back home. ICH BIN HIER ICH BIN DA by Pary El-Qalqili and Marta Popivoda Germany | 2025 | 16 min | Documentary Palestinian women have always played a central role in the Palestinian liberation movement. In Berlin, Palestinian women in exile are also very active in demonstrations calling for a free Palestine. Despite facing arrests, police violence, and home raids, they continue to take to the streets. SEEDS & ROOTS by Woroud al-Qassas Palestine | 2025 | 7 min | Documentary Here, where gunpowder is mixed with soil, Seba kneels to cleanse the soil from the ashes of war, watering it with her small cup trying to revive memories buried in the seeds. Besides her stands her grandfather, Abu Diaa, his voice is rough as the land, rooted like an old olive tree. He knows the land and the land knows him. He teaches her that planting is a promise of life despite all forms of death. Together, they help their land to breathe again, each green leaf they grow together becomes a new birth certificate. 5:30 PM -6:30 PM - PROGRAM 3: « GAZA, PRESENTE. AHORA Y SIEMPRE » GAZA BRIDE 17 by Waseem Khair Palestine, UK, Estonia | 2025 | 20 min | Fiction A fisherman from Gaza is trapped in his haunting memories. After losing his only child, he suffers from post-traumatic disorder that leads him on a psychological journey, reliving his tragedy in a different reality. KENTUCKY GAZA by Omar Rammal Jordan | 2025 | 22 min | Fiction In besieged Gaza, where the existence of Kentucky only lives through legend - Anwar turns the craving of the masses into a successful smuggling venture whilst single handedly deepening an emotional wound between him and his father. LAST SHOT by Parham Rahimzadeh Netherlands | 2026 | 18 min | Fiction When Musa, a Palestinian in the Netherlands, receives his late brother’s camera, a Gaza photojournalist, he revives the final roll of film—forcing him to confront grief, censorship, and the weight of legacy.