Running time: 67 mins
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Release Date: 13/02/2025
Ghosts of the Past, Present and Future
The Arab Film Club presents an evening of short films at the Genesis Cinema as part of Art Forward’s “I’m Migrant Festival”. Each film has been made by a Palestinian filmmaker in the last two years and in various ways explores the theme of grief, torment and loss in relation to the ongoing Palestinian struggle. After the screening, we will be joined on stage by actor Motaz Malhees for a Q&A hosted by Sarah Agha about his role in ‘Hamza: Chasing The Ghost Chasing Me’.
Films screened:
The Deer’s Tooth
Directed by Saif Hammash
A young man from a refugee camp in Palestine embarks on a perilous journey to fulfil his little brother's wish: to throw his milk tooth into the sea.
Hamza: Chasing The Ghost Chasing Me
Directed by Ward Kayyal
Despite recovering from an illness, Hamza refuses to abandon a routine he has kept every day since his release from an Israeli jail; to hunt the lion that the locals don’t believe exists.
Mar Mama
Directed by Majdi El-Omari
Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. To distract her, her father makes a stop-motion film.
The Key
Directed by Rakan Mayasi
An Israeli family's equilibrium gradually disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard every evening at the door of their apartment.
About the festival:
The I’m Migrant Film Festival is a month-long programme of screenings and events bringing together established filmmakers from across the SWANA Region alongside emerging filmmakers from the Arab World and platforming the most promising new talent from young directors.