Observation and destruction. Primarily from a vertical perspective, this collage of archive material depicts human settlements, the natural landscape, and children playing, yet it also captures a series of controlled explosions. Calmly yet urgently the seemingly apolitical shots convey a clear, political message. In the light of the relentless uprooting of Palestinians, what might be taken for an innocent period picture postcard acquires darkly contradictory contours and meanings.
Viktor Palák
15 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Kamal Aljafari
/ Music Simon Fisher Turner
/ Sound Attila Faravelli, Jochen Jezussek
/ Editor Kamal Aljafari, Yannig Willmann
/ Producer Kamal Aljafari, Flavia Mazzarino
/ Production Kamal Aljafari Productions
/ Contact Kamal Aljafari Productions
Kamal Aljafari (1972, Palestine). Selected filmography: Visit Iraq (2003, short), The Roof (Alsateh, 2006), It’s a Long Way from Amphioxus (2019, short), Paradiso, XXXI, 108 (2022, short), UNDR (2024, short).
Kamal Aljafari Productions
Erkelenzdamm 65, 10999, Berlin
Germany
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