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At Trianon Cinemaجزر فلسطين
Palestine Islands
2023
|Fiction
|22'
by Nour Ben Salem نور بن سالم and Julien Menanteau جوليان مينانتو
[Jordan]
Screening as part of Palescope 2: The Way Home.
Greek and English subtitles
Synopsis
Maha, 12, is part of the last generation of Palestinian refugees from the Balata camp. Following a faintness from her blind grandfather, she imagines a crazy project: to make him believe that the wall of separation has fallen and that a return to his native land is possible. With the help of her friends from the camp, the young girl imagines a funny trip for him.
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Biography
After earning a master's degree in cinema from the Sorbonne and completing a TV series course at La Fémis, Nour Ben Salem نور بن سالم worked as a scriptwriter for both television and film. She co-wrote the feature film Hard Shell, Soft Shelldirected by Emma Benestan (2021), as well as several episodes of the series Reign Supreme for Arte/Netflix. Palestine Islands is her directorial debut.
After studying cinema in Montreal and at the Sorbonne, Julien Menanteau جوليان مينانتو directed his first short film, Rikishi, followed by Samaritan, a creative documentary filmed over two years in Palestine. Broadcast on Arte, the film won a star from the SCAM. His first fiction feature, Lads, has just received an advance on receipts from the CNC.
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