DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
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The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DC-PFAF) is an international film festival
held in Washington, D.C.
that was established in 2011. Its purpose is to showcase the work of Palestinian
filmmakers and artists
. The First Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival will take place September 26-30, 2011.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
that was established in 2011. Its purpose is to showcase the work of Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
filmmakers and artists
Cinema of Palestine
Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support. Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew...
. The First Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival will take place September 26-30, 2011.
Overview
The DC-PFAF is the first film festival in Washington, D.C. to focus entirely on Palestinian filmmakers. Run by volunteers, the DC-PFAF is organized by the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN-DC). The festival was established in order to showcase "stories that reflect the dynamic formation of a transnational identity common to Palestinians and diasporic communities more generally."The First Annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (2011)
- This is My Picture When I Was Dead
- Kingdom of Women, From Palestine With Love and Samia
- The Time That Remains
- A collection of short Palestinian films
- Diaries
- FouseyTube and Freedom Theatre
Further reading
- Gaul, Anny and Nour Joudah. "Film and its Voices: The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival." Jadaliyya, October 8, 2011.
See also
- Boston Palestine Film FestivalBoston Palestine Film FestivalThe Boston Palestine Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Boston, Massachusetts which shows the Palestinian narrative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Started in 2007, the 2008 version highlighted Palestinian expulsion, also known as al-Nakba, while the opening night film was ...
- Chicago Palestine Film FestivalChicago Palestine Film FestivalThe Chicago Palestine Film Festival is an annual film festival begun in 2002 in Chicago and is one of the most important venues in the US for the screening of Palestinian cinema. It accepts works in a variety of genres — documentaries, dramas, comedies — in both long and short formats...
- Cinema of PalestineCinema of PalestinePalestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support. Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew...
- List of film festivals