Sat., May 10, 3:00 p.m. | Kino Muza 1
Meeting with experts
after the screening of the film YALLA PARKOUR, dir. Areeb Zuaiter
US-based filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter first visited the Gaza Strip at the age of four with her Palestinian mother. After her mother's death, Areeb's sense of longing for her homeland returns with particular intensity when she watches online footage of joyful teenagers doing parkour among the ruins left by the explosions. She gets in touch with one of them, Ahmed, and embarks on a journey to Gaza. The film offers one last look at the place before the tragic events of October 7, 2023.
Host:
Przemysław Wielgosz – journalist, publisher and curator. Editor-in-chief of the Polish edition of Le Monde diplomatique. He is the author of, among other books, “Opium globalizacji” (2004) and "Gry w rasy. Jak kapitalizm dzieli, by rządzić“ (2021), nominated for the 2022 Nike Literary Award. In 2022, he curated the series ”Economies of the Future“ at the Warsaw Biennale and ”Stories of People Without History" at the Teatr Ósmego Dnia (Theatre of the Eighth Day).
Guests:
Emil Al-Khawaldeh – Polish and Palestinian event organizer and activist. Sociologist, expert in European educational projects and international training initiatives for inclusion and diversity. Involved in advocating for the rights of Palestinians and promoting Palestinian culture in Poland. Organizer of protests, cultural events and solidarity actions in support of Palestine and people with refugee experience. Co-organizer of Palestine Solidarity Days in Warsaw.
Ala Qandil – Polish-Palestinian reporter and social activist. Former PAP correspondent in Palestine/Israel. In the past she has worked with Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Le Monde Diplomatique Polska, Polityka weekly, among others. She is the author of the web-doc “Obliterated Families,” documenting the Israeli offensive on Gaza in 2014. Short documentary film director. She currently runs the Polish-Palestinian Initiative for Justice Kaktus.
