FOUR SHORT FILMS (62min)
Venue: The British Museum – Stevenson Theatre

Hiding Place
Director: Sarvenaz Ghazanfar, 2006, UK, 8min
UK Première

The director, a Persian Canadian, grew up in Iran during the country’s war with Iraq. 19 years after she left, she goes back to interview her childhood friends and share memories of growing up in a war zone.

Screened at the Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival 2007.

Hammoudi
Director: Anwar Saab, 2007, Lebanon, 10min

Mohammad is a young boy who was badly injured by one of the thousands of cluster bombs that now litter Lebanon. He lost both his legs in the blast, but now fights, with amazing good humour, to live the life of a normal young boy.

Beirut: All Flights Cancelled
Director: Katia Saleh, 2006, UK, 22min
UK Première

During the stifling summer of 2006, Beirut-born film maker Katia Saleh documented the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah that left ordinary Lebanese families in a state of chaos, fleeing their homes for shelter in overcrowded schools and hospitals. Meanwhile, those who still had electricity were receiving graphic email images of the victims – all deemed too shocking to be broadcast at the time. Amid the chaos, the director and her mother face the difficult choice of whether to stay in the country or try to get a precious foreign visa and leave.

The director, Katia Saleh, will be present at this screening.

Tunnel Trade
Director: Laila El-Haddad, Saeed Taji Farouky, 2007, Palestine/UK, 22min
UK Première

Tunnel Trade is an exclusive look at Gaza’s smuggling economy – from the perspective of the people who run it. Filmed in May 2007 during some of the Gaza Strip’s most intense fighting, it explores how a handful of individuals from Rafah have gone underground to achieve illicitly what politics otherwise makes impossible.

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