This Is My Land…Hebron (Oct 3rd, 7:00pm, AGO)
The fifth annual Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is pleased to present a wide selection of award-winning short, feature, documentary, experimental and animation films to Toronto audiences. TPFF celebrates film as an art form and means of expression by showcasing the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people living in exile and under occupation.
TPFF, together with Independent Jewish Voices and the Human Rights Watch Film
Festival, will screen the film This Is My Land…Hebron on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
at Jackman Hall, AGO, at 7:00 pm.
This Is My Land…Hebron Trailer
Giulia Amati & Stephen Natanson | 2010 | 72 min | Film | Italy
Wednesday, October 3 – Jackman Hall, AGO at 7:00 pm
Film synopsis:
Hebron, the largest Palestinian city, is home to 160,000 Palestinians and a centre of the three great Abrahamic religions. And in the heart of this ancient city is an Israeli settlement of 600 settlers, guarded by 2,000 Israeli soldiers. Their goal is to expel the indigenous population and occupy their homes. This highly-charged situation is captured in this documentary through interviews with Palestinian residents, settlers, human rights activists, former soldiers, politicians and journalists. Footage captured by filmmakers, residents and activists document the daily struggles of Palestinian residents trying to live their lives among
their hostile neighbours.
This Is My Land…Hebron will be screened with the short film, The Fig and the Olive,
directed by Georgina Asfour.
For the complete TPFF 2012 program or to purchase tickets, please click here.
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Other Films or Events of Interest:
- Roadmap to Apartheid (Oct 3, 9:00pm)
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The War Around Us (Sept 29, 6:30pm)
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Habibi (Oct 6, 7:00pm)
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Sahtain – TPFF’s Traditional Palestinian Brunch (Sept 30, 11am)
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Fall of the Moon: An Homage to Mahmoud Darwish – closing night concert featuring Marcel Khalifé and the Al Mayadine Ensemble (Oct 7, 7:00pm)
email: info@tpff.ca
