WEDNESDAY 26th OCTOBER
TIME 2pm admission €6.50 Siamsa Tire :Tralee
PALESTINIAN PROGRAMME
FEATURE FILM : FORD TRANSIT Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine / 80min / 35mm / Colour
A documentary with fictional elements, about the life of young
Rajai, a Palestinian taxi-van driver who struggles everyday
to get passed roadblocks and barriers, through detours and shortcuts
from East-Jerusalem to Ramallah and back again transporting
passengers for three shekels a trip. His point of view on the
Intifadah, the occupation, suicide attacks and life in general
is mirrored by that of his passengers, ordinary people but also
the politician Hanan Ashrawi, filmmaker BZ Goldberg and others.
East to West Enas I.Muthaffar
Palestine / 2005 / 16min / DVD / Colour
In 2004, a wall is being built and the family of Enas must leave
their home and move so they don’t find themselves on the
wrong side. It is the father’s second experience. He was
born in a house in Jaffa, but in 1948 he had to leave. Between
Jerusalem and Jaffa-to each generation its own move.
Director Enas I. Muthaffar
Diary
of a Male Whore Tawfik Abu Wael
Palestine / 2001 / 14min / Beta / Colour
Esam, a young Arab war refugee who lives in Tel Aviv, makes
his living as a male prostitute. His physical pleasure , that
makes him forget his hunger, reminds him constantly of his childhood
memories in his home village.
Director Tawfik
Abu Wael
JULIAN VIGO LECTURE
Wednesday 26th OCTOBER TIME 1-2pm admission €Free
Siamsa Gallery :Tralee
Julian will give a lecture on representations of violence in
the media. She is an Assistant Professor at the University de
Montreal where she is appointed in Comparative Literature, specializing
in postcolonial questions of modernity, gender, sexuality, issues
of national identity and globalisation. She is also a respected
writer, film maker, and installation artist.
European
Reception : Siamsa Foyer 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Kerry Film Festival are grateful to MEDIA Desk for supporting
this European evening of film which represents six European
States.
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