Films
Screening date : 02-12-2013 -- 20:30
The Suffering Grasses
Against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, this film explores the Syrian conflict through the humanity of civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced.
Screening date : 08-12-2013 -- 20:00
The Sun's Incubator
As news of the protests that filled Cairo's Tahrir Square is broadcast on a small television that continues with the incident of thirteen-year-old Hamza Al Khateeb killed in Syria, a man and his family are readying to attend a political rally…
Screening date : 06-12-2013 -- 20:30
Though I Know the River is Dry
Caught between his brother's past and his child's future, a Palestinian living in Detroit returns to Palestine. On the fraught road through the country he relives the choice that sent him to America and the forces of history now driving him home.
Screening date : 02-12-2013 -- 20:00
Tiny Souls
The true fighters of the Syrian revolution, the deadliest revolution of the Arab Spring to date, are the children. Tiny Souls opens a window following a group of young Syrians as they struggle to reclaim their childhood on the harsh soil of the Zaatari Refugee camp in Northern Jordan.
Screening date : 06-12-2013 -- 18:00
Wahdon (Alone)
In Norma Marcos' own words, "Wahdon draws its inspiration from two true stories: one is from the poem by the Lebanese writer Talal Haidar, which was written immediately after the failure of a Palestinian military operation.