Synopsis
Erasing, accelerating, slowing down, and layering noise onto archival footage are not just techniques but figurative tools that Kamal Aljafari skillfully deploys in his filmmaking. Here, he transforms these gestures into a narrative about how archives, rather than merely reflecting the past, call for accountability to the future. Through a sophisticated interplay of images – most shaped by the colonizer’s gaze – the film reframes the Palestinian issue as deeply tied to the core of the Zionist project: the material and symbolic erasure of an entire population from their land. (C.A.)
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Director
Kamal Aljafari
Kamal Aljafari is a Palestinian filmmaker based in Germany whose work stands among the most compelling in contemporary cinema. Drawing on his personal experiences and the political reality of Palestine, his films delve into the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of the image, uncovering historical erasures and reimagining ruins as remnants of collective memory. In 2024, he was the subject of a retrospective at IndieLisboa in Portugal, and in 2021, he was honored in the Focus section of the 10th Olhar de Cinema.
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