About the Event
In the Waiting Room
Directed by Moatasem Taha
(Palestine, 2024, 15 min.)
Sunday, May 4, 7:00 PM
Hussien takes his mother, Rashida, to a medical appointment at an Israeli hospital. Rashida, originally from Palestine, has a strong desire to socialize, but there’s a challenge: unlike her son and everyone else around them, she doesn’t speak Hebrew.
From Ground Zero
Directed by Rashid Masharawi, and many others
(Palestine/France/Qatar/Jordan, 2024, 115 min.)
The combined work of 22 artists living in a besieged Gaza Strip, this omnibus film provides a contextualizing and critically important look beyond the brutal livestream. Organized by the Mashawari Fund for films and filmmakers in Gaza. In November 2023, Gaza-born Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi founded the Masharawi Fund for films and filmmakers in Gaza. From Ground Zero, their first project, sought to provide internally displaced artists — survivors of Israel’s long assault, which has resulted in apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, starvation, disease, and irreparable trauma for the people of Gaza — with a “canvas for the expression of personal stories.” The resulting collection features 22 three- to six-minute short films. Genre and narrative approaches vary widely, including documentary, hybrid forms, narrative drama, stop-motion animation, essay, and experimental video art. However, what these remarkable works present when taken together is critically important context and a counterpoint to the gruesome livestream populating screens globally.
Tickets can be purchased at the box office the day-of. For questions, please email: info@hpff.org
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Discounted parking available in Founder’s Court lot, $6 flat fee, credit card required.
