FILM PROGRAM: RESISTANCE & RESILIENCE IN THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE AND MOURNING GHOSTS – QUEER GRIEF AND RITUALS

Resistance & Resilience in the Palestinian Struggle

We present a selection of short films shedding light on Palestinian narratives and the realities of struggle and resistance, followed by a conversation with organizers, activists, and artists about the films and the sentiments arising from them, along with the importance of showcasing them in a queer festival. 

Film selection:

 –  WE BEGAN BY MEASURING DISTANCE, by Basma Alsharif  (19 min, 2009)

 – Seven cities, one labyrinth, by Samara Sallam (5 min, 2017)

 – The Retreat, by Gelare Khoshgozaran (21 min, 2023)

Participants:

Zaina Shreidi (moderation)
Sarah Zeryab (artist and curator of the program)

Mourning Ghost – Queer Grief and Rituals

We live in a time of deep loss. From personal loss through genocidal violence and the devastation it wreaks, we fail to find the gestures to navigate mourning and grief. How can live in these cities that deem us criminals, and kill us? How can we live in a dying world? Orphans and despots of conservative religious (mourning) rituals, we think about how our communities have fostered ways to survive and resist, through the creation of our own rituals – from the dancefloors to the streets.

This film program will be accompanied with the collective sharing of thoughts and rituals on grief.

Film selection:

• Fateless (Auditions), by Bassem Saad and Maxi Wallenhorst (19 min, 2024)

• I don’t want to be just a memory, by Sarnt Utamachote (20 min, 2024)

• ORFEAS2021, FYTA (1h50min, 2021)

Co-curators and hosts:
marum
Davide Oberto

Participants:
Maxi Wallenhorst
Bassem Saad
Sarnt Utamachote
Alexandros Drosos