Palestine Animated
A selection of animation projects from Palestine. All the profits from this screening will be donated for the benefit of Palestinian people.
Content warning: themes and topics of war and human suffering
Valikoima Palestiinalaisia animaatiotöitä. Kaikki tuotot tästä näytöksestä lahjoitetaan Palestiinalaisten hyväksi.
Sisältövaroitus: teemoja ja aiheita sodan ja ihmiskärsimyksen ympäriltä
Viinatehdas,
Saturday 23.08.2025
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Films in this screening:
Basel Naser:
Land Day
Palestine, Almasna, 2024. 2 minutes.
In Palestine, In the month of March, In the year of the intifada, The land told us its bloody secrets”. A stark visualization of the shrinking and fragmentation of Palestinian land, capturing the enduring impact of Israeli policies.
Rami Abbas:
Hide and Seek
Palestine, Madrid, 2024. 7 minutes.
Animated short film that narrates the story of a child and his fish on their journey into the unknown, following the raid on the child’s town during the ongoing war ravaging his country. The short film captures the steps of this journey and its transformations, concluding as the child reaches one of the coasts.
Dana Durr:
Mariam
Palestine, 2020. 5 minutes.
A young woman climbs into a favorite olive tree, enjoying Palestinian traditions, to only to find her peace disrupted.
Jana Kattan:
Checkpoint
Director based in UK, 2021. 6 minutes.
Set in the occupied territory of modern-day Palestine known as the West Bank, Checkpoint follows 11 year old Leila, who wakes up before dawn every morning to try to get to school on time. Her obstacle is the military occupation of her environment- specifically, the notorious checkpoint she must cross everyday to get to her school. Despite Leila’s best efforts to prepare, she cannot control the seemingly endless queue, or the strong possibility she will be randomly denied access to the other side.
Ahmad Saleh:
Ayny
Amman, Jordan, 2016. 11 minutes.
Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slackline on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.
Tariq Rimawi:
ZOO
Amman, Jordan, 2021. 8 minutes.
Wandering through the Worst Zoo in the World, a young boy SAMI is looking for his football. The loner finds more than that when he encounters the little tiger LAZIZ, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.