QUEER CINEMA FOR PALESTINE

2025-06-07T16:00:00Z

Cinéma Saint-André des Arts, rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris, France

Special Screening: Queer Cinema for Palestine – No Pride in Genocide For the third time since the launch of Queer Cinema for Palestine in 2021, the Festival Ciné-Palestine joins this international film event to stand united against the ongoing violence of Israeli occupation and apartheid imposed on Palestinians. The screening will be followed by a roundtable discussion with artists and activists, organized in collaboration with Wassla, a self-support association for LGBTQI+ people from the Arab world. I NEVER PROMISED YOU A JASMINE GARDEN Canada | 2024 | 20 min | Fiction Tara, a queer Palestinian woman in her late 20s, attempts to suppress her internal emotional turbulence during a phone call with her best friend Sarab, with whom she is in love. Director: Teyama Alkamli Production: Limbic Films BLOOD LIKE WATER Palestine | 2023 | 13 min | Fiction Palestinian Shadi embarks on a secret adventure and accidentally drags his proud family into a trap, where they must either collaborate with the Israeli occupation or endure shame and humiliation. Director: Dima Hamdan Production: Film Lab Palestine, Fresco Films, Rocliffe Ltd. A LETTER TO MYSELF: SOHA BECHARA Switzerland | 2022 | 10 min | Documentary In A Letter to Myself, Soha Bechara, a Lebanese icon of Liberation, expresses her worries about her son Juan, who recently confessed to her that he was a boy in a girl's body. Soha reflects on the struggles her child faces and what it would have meant for her had they not left Lebanon for Switzerland. Director: Omar Gabriel Production: Cyril Bassil