The Palestinian Film Festival, organized by the Mahmoud Darwish Cultural Center, will occur between April 18 and 21 in Bucharest. It will have a new artistic direction and present Palestinian cinema as a Cinema of Existence. The name reminds the spectators of the current regional context.
Through our center’s activities and primarily through the Palestinian Film Festival, we address all those interested in exploring and better understanding Palestinian culture and traditions. The festival aims to create communication bridges through films and promote understanding and intercultural dialogue.
Anca Cristescu, Mahmoud Darwish Cultural Centre’s president
One of this edition’s titles is Alam (The Flag), directed by Firas Khoury. He will be a guest at the festival and hold a workshop for students and young professionals.
Tamer is a Palestinian teenager living in Israel. He and his friends lead a typical high school student’s life until the beautiful Maysaa’s arrival. To seduce her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, which is a mourning day for Palestinians.
The opening event of the Palestinian Film Festival in Bucharest will take place at the Luceafarul Cinema, and the subsequent screenings will occur at the cinema at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. The audience will be able to discover and explore a remarkable selection of Palestinian films produced in recent years, covering relevant topics and aspects of Palestinian life and culture.
If you’re interested in diving into the Palestinian culture, at least for a few days, join the audience at the Palestinian Film Festival and enrich your cultural exchange experience with this event, now at its fifth edition.
