Opening of the 5th edition of Festival Ciné-Palestine Marseille

2026-05-28T18:00:00Z - 2026-05-28T21:00:00Z

Cinéma Les Variétés, 37 Rue Vincent Scotto, 13001 Marseille, France

The 5th edition of Festival Ciné-Palestine Marseille will officially open with a screening dedicated to the memory of the great actor, director, and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri, who passed away in late 2025. His final short film, “Le Monde” (2025), will precede the documentary “Habibi Hussein” (2025) by his cousin Alex Bakri. At once biting, burlesque, tender, and melancholic, the film follows the renovation of a cinema in Jenin, the refugee camp to which Mohammad Bakri dedicated several of his own films. 🎤 Screening followed by a discussion with May Odeh, producer of “Habibi Hussein” LE MONDE Palestine | 2025 | 6 min | Fiction Inside ”Le Monde”, a café-restaurant, people of different ages and backgrounds are immersed in their private moments as a birthday celebration unfolds. In the background, a television quietly broadcasts images of the war in Gaza, largely ignored by those present. Only a seventy-year-old man sitting in a corner with his daughter seems to register what is happening. Director: Mohammad Bakri Production: Bakri Studios HABIBI HUSSEIN Palestine, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Germany | 2025 | 1h36 | Documentary Hussein is the last projectionist of the old cinema in Jenin. When a German NGO renovates the building, he desperately tries to prove his skills, hoping to reclaim his former job. But his craftsmanship and passion for cinema may no longer be enough as times have changed. Director: Alex Bakri Production: Odeh Films, Mayana Films, Kaske Film 🎟️ Full price: €11 | Reduced price: €9 | Students, Under 18: €8.40 🐣 Childcare will be provided by festival volunteers during the screening! Please let us know if you would like childcare for your child(ren) by the day before at the latest by emailing [email protected]