About the Event
Lyd
Directed by Sarah Ema Friedland and Rami Younis
(Palestine, 2023, 78 min.)
Sunday, May 19 at 7:00 pm
Preceded by the short “An Orange from Jaffa”
Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland have made a documentary about the city of Lyd, a city that could have been. “What makes Lyd stand out from other documentaries on this topic, but also in general is the way the filmmakers audaciously weave together different forms of storytelling. Along with interviews of Nakba survivors and current residents of Lyd, they show archival footage from 1989 featuring testimonies of Israeli soldiers recounting a massacre they perpetrated in the city. And here’s the kicker: Younis and Friedland use animation to explore the „what if?“ parts of their story: they show Lyd, and by extension Palestine as if it were never colonized in 1948 through animation sequences. These portions sprung from the filmmakers imagination are peppered throughout the film, showing a harmonious and idyllic place where people are living together without conflict. And this ultimately leads to a visual rupture on-screen, merging what is currently happening in the city with what could have been. It’s an ambitious moment in the film, where past, present, and future all meld into one, and are in a dialogue with each other” — Schayan Riaz, FIPRESCI
Tickets can be purchased at: hpff.org/2024-tickets
To view the complete list of films visit: cinema.rice.edu/HPPF2024
Discounted parking is available at Founder’s Court, a $6 flat rate, and a credit card is required.
Open to the public.
