Introduction to the End of an Argument
Muqaddimah li-nihayat jidal
A fast-paced collage bringing together snippets from Hollywood, European, and Israeli film, documentary, news coverage and footage shot in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Suleiman and Salloum critique the representation of the Middle East, Arab culture and the Palestinian people as produced by the West.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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20 Handshakes for Peace
The Oslo Accords handshake between Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Bill Clinton repeated 20 times; tainted by countless shattered hopes. -
Like Twenty Impossibles
A Palestinian film crew is stopped at a checkpoint. A visual poem and a narrative about the fragmentation of a people that also questions the… -
And Yet My Mask Is Powerful
A richly layered film in which 3D-printed Neolithic masks worn in destroyed Palestinian villages in Israel become a counterpoint to the dominant image
Film details
- Country of production
- Palestine
- Year
- 1990
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 42'
- Medium/Format
- File
