ALAM

France, Tunisia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar | Arabic, Hebrew | Color | 109 m

Subtitles: English

Five Israeli-Palestinian high-school classmates, struggling under the burden of forced forgetting, weigh the risks involved in remembering a different history.

Director

Firas Khoury  

Bio: A Palestinian scriptwriter and director who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema. Khoury’s filmography includes several short films, including the award-winning SEVEN DAYS IN DEIR BULUS (2007) and YELLOW MUMS (2010). These films were shown in festivals around the world and on TV channels.  In 2019, he directed MARADONA'S LEGS, a short film that received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize as well as Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg’s support. The film was screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.  

Contacts: moshira.bahar@mad-solutions.com