In collaboration with Sheffield DocFest, through the Palestine Showcase, PFI presents three feature documentaries in progress.
Amid the ongoing struggle to preserve the Palestinian narrative, the Palestine Film Institute (PFI) emphasizes the importance of supporting Palestinian cinema on international platforms. In collaboration with Sheffield DocFest, through the Palestine Showcase, PFI presents three feature documentaries in progress, providing filmmakers and producers with a unique opportunity to share their work with decision-makers and festival programmers in the film industry, creating a space for them to engage with the global film community, and amplifying Palestinian voices.
Participating projects include:
Different Colors of Sabir
الوان مختلفة من الصبر
Director: Safaa Khatib
Producer: May Jabareen & María Eugenia Lombardi
Countries: Palestine, Italy
As the filmmaker’s father - a prominent Palestinian political leader from the Galilee - is convicted of “incitement to violence and terrorism”, his daughter begins filming, capturing family life and resistance before the Israeli state possibly returns him to prison.
Director Safaa Khatib and Producers May Jabareen & María Eugenia Lombardi will be in attendance.
The Story We Broke
بين شقوق التغطية
Directors: Gaia Caramazza & Jude Taha
Producers: Kitty Hu, Sanjna Selva
Countries: USA, Jordan
A Palestinian journalist at Columbia University must navigate the tension between objectivity and identity as she documents a student movement that mirrors her own struggle for truth and belonging.
Director Gaia Caramazza and Producer Sanjna Selva will be in attendance
Unboxing Gaza
مصوّر غزة :كيف فتح الصندوق
Director: Marta Miskaryan
Producer: Alice Hughes
Country: UK
A Palestinian artist discovers his grandfather’s forgotten photo archive from 1940s Gaza. What begins as a family heirloom becomes a fight to preserve the memory of a place on the brink of erasure.
Director Marta Miskaryan and Producer Alice Hughes will be in attendance
Supported by British Council
