DOUBLE FEATURE:

The screening will be introduced by Irit Neidhardt and followed by a talk with Thomas Kaske

 وكرانيا ٥٩ (Sokrania 59)
Abdallah Al Khatib, Algeria, France, Jordan, 2023, 21 min. Arabic, Ukrainian, German with English subtitles, DCP

In Germany, a family of Syrian refugees of Palestinian origin is suddenly forced to cohabit with new residents: Maria and her daughter Sofia, who are fleeing the war in Ukraine.

هوامش طاردة (Notes on Displacement)
Khaled Jarrar, Palestine, Germany, Qatar, 2022, 74 min. Arabic, English, German, with English subtitles, DCP

Pictures of overcrowded camps and sinking boats are often to be seen in Western media but what do we really know about what people experience on the run? Khaled Jarrar accompanies a Palestinian family from Damascus, via Lesbos, to Munich, shedding light on the ways uncertainty, fear, as well as administrative and human despotism transform human beings into pawns of migration policy decisions.
The film follows Nadira, whose childhood was shaped by displacement from Palestine, and her daughter Mona as they make their way through Eastern Europe towards an uncertain future. Jarrar’s camera brings forth the dignity with which the two endure racism, hostile weather and shelter life, making the audience reflect on the West’s great indignity in dealing with migrants. Notes on Displacement premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and won the Feature Documentary Award at the Doxa Documentary Film Festival. (ALFILM)

Irit Neidhard runs mec film, an international distribution and sales company for films by Arab directors and has co-produced several award-winning feature documentaries.

Thomas Kaske produces auteur-driven cinema with a strong basis in documentary research from Africa and the MENA region.