Bilal Krunz was born in Beit Jala in 1995. He was very active during his academic study, whereas he
participated in the production of the documentary film «Complexity» directed by Nidal Krounz.
He also participated in the film project “I love Bethlehem «”, which was organized by DAK during
spring and summer 2016. Besides, he had an effective role in producing a promotional film for
Herbawi Company.
Nader and Abed roam the mountains and dig caves to look for historical remains. The two boys deliver the pieces they find to an antiques dealer who gives them very little money in return. What they find in one remote cave will challenge their friendship. Things become more complicated when adults force themselves into the simple world of the two boys.
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Arabic with English subtitles
★The director will be present (Q & A)
Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker who studied film producing in the UK. She worked as an academic in various Palestinian universities. Her previous works include the documentary Ice & Dust (2013) and three short films.
In a land dotted with killing machines they find an easy cover-up of their crime. But even when the truth starts to find its way out, fate will play a game so common to this land.
Izriqaq is a story about the engraved damage that happens to a place after decades of desensitization with death and killings. It’s about the never-ending loop of patriarchy in a society never in control of its own being.
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Arabic with English subtitles
★The director will be present (Q & A)
Rama Mari studied Cinematography at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco.
She has worked as a Cinematographer and Assistant camera on a number of productions in Los Angeles before moving back to Palestine to work on her own films. IZRIQAQ is her directorial debut. She is currently working on her first feature.
During the summer of 2014 Gaza war; in the battered neighborhood of Shujaiya, 37-year Salam takes her house as a shelter to protect herself and her daughter Alia from the attacks outside, until she receives a message informing her of their impending fate. One Minute takes us through a journey between these moments
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Arabic with English sub
★The director will be present (Q & A)
Dina Naser holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Graphic Design; recently she finished her masters in Documentary Film Direction through the DocNomads film program. Beginning in the art department, Dina has worked her way through a variety of television and film productions, until she began independently directing and producing.
Billiardo tells the story of a kid living with his mother and siblings, their father is absent. They live in a small Palestinian village surrounded with checkpoints .He spends his summer holiday inventing games from recycled material, this time he decide along with his friends to make a Billiardo table by collecting the needed material and move it using their bicycles
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Arabic With English Subtitles
★The director will be present (Q & A)
Bilal Al-Khatib is a cinematographer born in Ramallah and graduated with a degree in Journalism from Al-Quds University, he participated in a number of specialized courses on directing and film making, made several short, fiction and documentary films