Women in Sink
By Iris Zaki
Israel | Hebrew w/English subtitles | 36
Most Innovative Mid-Length/ Visions du Réel 2015
Special Jury Mention, Karlovy Vary 2015
Introduced by Orly Yadin
Co-sponsored by the Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Program, celebrating their 25th anniversary
Preceded by cash bar and Middle East tastings at 6pm, prepared and sponsored by Slow Food Vermont
At “Fifi’s”, a hair salon owned by a Christian Arab in Haifa, Zaki installs a minimalist film set over the sink, where she converses with the clients she’s shampooing. She thus paints an unexpected choral portrait of this space that provides temporary freedom; where women share their differences and/or a community of views on politics, history and love.
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Write Down, I Am An Arab
by Ibtisam Mara’ana Menuhin
Israel | Arabic/Hebrew with English subtitles | 73 mins
Winner of the Audience Award at Doc Aviv, 2014 and Official selection Hot Docs, 2014. Mahmoud Darwish is the Palestinian national poet and one of the most influential writers of the Arab world. In 1964 Darwish was imprisoned for his defiant poem, Write Down, I am an Arab. At around this time he met and fell in love with Tamar Ben-Ami, a young Jewish-Israeli to whom he wrote love letters in Hebrew, which she kept secret for decades. Darwish was speech writer and confidant to Yasser Arafat, and for years during and after his exile, was a powerful voice for Palestinian people until his death in 2008. Through his poetry, secret love letters and exclusive archival materials, this film unearths the story behind the man. Poignantly, the filmmaker herself is also an Arab Israeli married to a Jewish Israeli.
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