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A Fidai Film

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Archival fragments are repositioned and burnt through with searing red, laying bare the looting of Palestinian visual history as Aljafari reclaims and re-imagines footage plundered from the Palestine Research Centre.

Critics Reviews

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Apr 20
7
“A Fidai Film” transcends conventional cinema. Despite its experimental form, it fulfills one of the core missions of the documentary form: to educate and to resist forgetting. In that regard, it succeeds powerfully. Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye Dec 28
A Fidai Film is a dense if playful picture that questions our belief in the veracity of the image while exposing the hazardous role of narration: a simultaneous act of disruption and self-affirmation against time, violent depletion, and fate. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 10/14/2024
3.5/5
A Fidai Film is a film of denunciation (unfortunately, very current) against occupation and censorship, but also an exploration of new forms of narration... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Kamal Aljafari

Director

Kamal Aljafari

Writer

Kamal Aljafari

Producer

Flavia Mazzarino

Producer

Kamal Aljafari

Film Editing

Yannig Willmann

Film Editing

Movie Info

Synopsis Archival fragments are repositioned and burnt through with searing red, laying bare the looting of Palestinian visual history as Aljafari reclaims and re-imagines footage plundered from the Palestine Research Centre.
Director
Kamal Aljafari
Producer
Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino
Screenwriter
Kamal Aljafari
Production Co
Kamal Aljafari Studio
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 18m