Curated by Fiona Berg, Sophie Holzberger and Arisa Purkpong

Followed by a talk with Edna Politi

Wie das Meer und seine Wogen (Like the Sea and Its Waves) is the second part of a trilogy that Edna Politi began at the DFFB – a cinematic negotiation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel. In Für die Palästinenser – eine Israelin berichtet (For the Palestinians: An Israeli Woman Reports, 1974), the Lebanese-born Jewish filmmaker shows the situation of the Palestinian population and its oppression and exploitation by Israeli society. The final part, Anou Banou oder Die Töchter der Utopie (Anou Banou or the Daughters of Utopia, 1983), interrogates the role of women within the kibbutz movement and the founding of the State of Israel. Wie das Meer und seine Wogen, likewise produced with Das kleine Fernsehspiel, is the only fiction film in the series. Here, the political conflict is explored through the relationship between two women who went to school together in Lebanon and reunite in Paris. Eva, a Jew, went to Jerusalem; Samia, a Muslim, remained in Beirut. The film makes painfully clear who is able to return. The screening is the German premiere of the restored version

Edna Politi is a filmmaker and author. Born in Sidon, Libanon, she today lives in Geneva, Switzerland. She studied at the DFFB from 1971 to 1975.

Fiona Berg is a film scholar and film curator. She is a founding member of the curatorial collective feminist elsewheres.

Sophie Holzberger is a feminist film researcher, PhD candidate at New York University and film curator. They are a founding member of the curatorial collective feminist elsewheres.

Arisa Purkpong is a visual artist and film curator. They are a founding member of the curatorial collective feminist elsewheres.