DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival

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LocationWashington, D.C.
Websitehttp://dcpfaf.org

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run annual film festival established in 2011[1] that showcases the work of Palestinian filmmakers and artists in Palestine and in diaspora, showcasing the range and complexity of Palestinian identities and narratives.[2][3]

Background

In 2011, a group of three women founded the DCPFAF to create a platform for the artistic creativity of Palestinians, primarily through film but also through visual art, music, and other mediums. The DCPFAF launched in 2011. [4][5]

2015 DCPFAF Program

  • The Wanted 18, by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
  • My Love Awaits Me by the Sea, by Mais Darwazah
  • Giraffada, by Rani Massalha
  • Hamule, by Mauricio Misle
  • Roshmia, by Salim Abu Jabal
  • Pioneer High, by Suha Araj
  • Nun wa Zaytun, by Emtiaz Diab
  • The Living of the Pigeons, by Baha' AbuShanab
  • Villa Touma, by Suha Arraf
  • Mars at Sunrise, by Jessica Habie
  • The Book of Disappearance: Arabic Literary Program with Ibtisam Azem
  • Layering Identities: From Architectural Heritage to Writing with Suad Amiry
  • Musical performance by Rahim AlHaj and the Wanees Zarour Ensemble
  • Photojournalism in Gaza with Eman Mohammed

2014 DCPFAF Program

  • Condom Lead, Tarzan and Arab Nasser
  • Gaza 36mm, by Khalil Al Mozayen
  • A World Not Ours, by Mahdi Fleifel
  • Cinema Palestine, by Tim Schwab and Majdi El-Omari
  • Where Should the Birds Fly, by Fida Qishta
  • Omar, by Hany Abu-Assad
  • May in the Summer, by Cherien Dabis
  • Horizon, by Zain Duraie
  • Yalla to the Moon, by Jacqueline Reem Salloum and Suhell Nafar
  • Leaving Oslo, by Yazan Khalili
  • From Ramallah, by Assem Nasser
  • Message to Obama, by Muhannad Salahat
  • Journey of a Sofa, by Alaa Al Ali
  • Apartment 10/14, by Tarzan and Arab Nasser
  • Interference, by Amin Nayfeh
  • Oslo Syndrome, by Ayman Azraq
  • Twenty Handshakes for Peace, by Mahdi Fleifel
  • Long War, by Asma Ghanem
  • The Huda Asfour Quartet
  • Lena Seikaly and Trio
  • Stories for Justice, Visualizing Palestine exhibit

2013 DCPFAF Program

2012 DCPFAF Program

  • The Last Friday
  • Man Without a Cell Phone
  • Nukayba
  • Gaza: Tunnels to Nowhere
  • Uncle Nashaat
  • Palestinian Innovators: Love Under Apartheid with Tanya Keilani, Mousa Kraish, and Huda Asfour
  • Yousef Erakat of FouseyTube

2011 DCPFAF Program

  • This is My Picture When I Was Dead, by Mahmoud Al Massad
  • Kingdom of Women, by Dahna Abourahme
  • From Palestine With Love, by Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
  • Samia, by Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
  • The Time That Remains, by Elia Suleiman
  • Diaries, by May Odeh
  • Yousef Erakat of FouseyTube
  • Mustafa Staiti of the Freedom Theatre[1]

Further reading

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Margaret (2011). "Palestinian Film Festival comes to DC/VA". International Solidarity Movement.
  2. ^ "D.C. Palestinian Film and Arts Festival features 4 days of storytelling". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Salih, Swara. "Reflections from the 2024 DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  4. ^ "The 8th Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  5. ^ "DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival". Philadelphia Assembled. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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