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A poetic documentary that explores the emergence of a Palestinian cinema in recent years, and the concepts of land and space in films by Palestinian filmmakers.
This film will focus on the ‘fourth wave’ of Palestinian cinema, running from 1980 to the present and now considered a significant artistic force in world cinema. Films from this period have screened in major festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Toronto, and have won internationally renowned awards. Constructed as a series of dialogues in which the filmmakers speak on a series of linked themes, the subjects address their ancestral roots, their relationship to the landscape, the political situation and the concept of a Palestinian ‘national’ cinema.

Credits

Director
Tim Schwab
Screenwriter
Tim Schwab
Producer
Majdi El-Omari

About the Director

Tim Schwab
Tim Schwab is a Film and Television Production graduate from Montana State University and has an MFA in Cinema Production from Montreal's Concordia University. He is a producer, director and editor whose films and experimental works have screened at festivals, museums and on television around the world. His many awards include a Documentary Achievement Award from the International Documentary Asso