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5 MINUTES FROM HOME Documentary Screening + Q&A
Event by: Kino Palestine
Location: Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze, Smetanovo nábřeží 1012/2, Praha 1
Talks & discussions
About event
A screening of the documentary 5 MINUTES FROM HOME in the presence of Palestinian filmmaker and curator NAHED AWWAD, followed by a discussion, as part of the Nakba commemoration events in Prague.
5 MINUTES FROM HOME focuses on the growing isolation of Palestinians in the last decades. The life of the Jerusalem Airport symbolizes this very well: Once a hub for the entire world, now the filthy end of it.
🗓️ 16.05. Starts at 18:00
📍FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, 116 65 Prague
Screening Room (1st Floor) | Free Entry
52 minutes, Documentary, 2008
Arabic with English subtitles
Nahed Awwad is a Palestinian independent filmmaker and a film curator based in Berlin. She has been working in Film and Television since 1997. Awwad was professionally trained in Canada, Qatar, and Belgium. In 2004 she got her film diploma from the European film college in Denmark and has since released eight films, among them “25 km”, “Going for Ride?”, “5 Minutes from Home”, and “Gaza Calling”, “Palestine:Banned in Berlin”; all were meticulously researched. The ethos of Awwad’s filmmaking is to provide intimate access to the characters featured in her films. Audiences feel they know – and understand – the protagonists.
KINO PALESTINE is a series of screenings featuring Palestinian films and discussions with Palestinian filmmakers within Prague’s cultural scene and beyond, on-going since December 2023. These screenings aim to provide a platform to amplify Palestinian voices, bring the Palestinian narrative to the city and solidify solidarity from the art and cultural scene with Palestinians and Palestinian artists.
5 MINUTES FROM HOME focuses on the growing isolation of Palestinians in the last decades. The life of the Jerusalem Airport symbolizes this very well: Once a hub for the entire world, now the filthy end of it.
🗓️ 16.05. Starts at 18:00
📍FAMU, Smetanovo nábř. 2, 116 65 Prague
Screening Room (1st Floor) | Free Entry
52 minutes, Documentary, 2008
Arabic with English subtitles
Nahed Awwad is a Palestinian independent filmmaker and a film curator based in Berlin. She has been working in Film and Television since 1997. Awwad was professionally trained in Canada, Qatar, and Belgium. In 2004 she got her film diploma from the European film college in Denmark and has since released eight films, among them “25 km”, “Going for Ride?”, “5 Minutes from Home”, and “Gaza Calling”, “Palestine:Banned in Berlin”; all were meticulously researched. The ethos of Awwad’s filmmaking is to provide intimate access to the characters featured in her films. Audiences feel they know – and understand – the protagonists.
KINO PALESTINE is a series of screenings featuring Palestinian films and discussions with Palestinian filmmakers within Prague’s cultural scene and beyond, on-going since December 2023. These screenings aim to provide a platform to amplify Palestinian voices, bring the Palestinian narrative to the city and solidify solidarity from the art and cultural scene with Palestinians and Palestinian artists.