Kamal Aljafari
Still: UNDRKamal 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)
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Kamal Aljafari at IFFR
The Roof
63'
Palestine
IFFR 2007
Port of Memory
62'
France
IFFR 2017
An Unusual Summer
Homage to everyday Palestinian life in Israel, recorded by a security camera from the house where the filmmaker grew up.
80'
Palestine
IFFR 2021
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Disquieting, found-footage collage of heroic images of modern warfare – depictions that obscure the reality.
19'
Palestine
IFFR 2023
UNDR
Employing archival footage, UNDR constructs an eerie narrative of calculated incursion.
15'
Palestine
IFFR 2024