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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Kamal Aljafari

Kamal ALJAFARI (1972, Palestine) graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne in 2003. In his films, he combines documentary and fiction to portray everyday life in Palestine. His work has been shown at various international film festivals and in galleries all over the world. In 2021, he was a jury member for the Leopard of Tomorrow section of the 74th Locarno Film Festival and at the Burning Lights Competition of Visions du Réel, Nyon. His work was showcased at Montreal’s Cinémathèque Québécoise in 2016 and in 2021 was also the subject of a focus programme at Curitiba International Film Festival in Brazil. Paradiso, XXXI, 108 (2022) premiered in Corti d’Autore at Locarno Film Festival and was selected for IFFR 2023. In 2024, Aljafari once again joins IFFR with UNDR (2024). 

Filmography

Visit Iraq (2003, short), Alsateh/The Roof (2006), Balconies (2007, short), Mina alzakira/Port of Memory (2009), Recollection (2015, doc), It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus (2019, short), An Unusual Summer (2020, doc), Paradiso, XXXI, 108 (2022, short), UNDR (2024, short)

More info: Wikipedia, Kamal Aljafari

Kamal Aljafari at IFFR

  • An Unusual Summer

    Homage to everyday Palestinian life in Israel, recorded by a security camera from the house where the filmmaker grew up.

    • Harbour

  • Paradiso, XXXI, 108

    Disquieting, found-footage collage of heroic images of modern warfare – depictions that obscure the reality.

    • Short & Mid-length

  • UNDR

    Employing archival footage, UNDR constructs an eerie narrative of calculated incursion.

    • Short & Mid-length

  • The Roof

    A Palestinian filmmaker who lives in Germany travels to his fatherland.

    • Cinema of the World: Time & Tide

  • Port of Memory

    Once a thriving Palestinian port city, Jaffa has now become an extension of Tel Aviv. Aljafari offers a subtle portrait and memoir of a disappearing c

    • Picture Palestine