HIGHLIGHTED THEME: PALESTINIAN LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION AND SIEGE

FILM: ADVOCATE

A thrilling court drama about the controversial Israeli advocate Lea Tsemel.

The unapologetic 74-year-old has spent her whole life defending Palestinians charged with serious violent crimes, and argues that most of these acts of violence are acts of resistance against the Israeli apartheid regime. The documentary follows a 13-year-old Palestinian boy risking life imprisonment for stabbing Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv, and a Palestinian young woman charged with an attempted suicide bombing.

FILM: OF LAND AND BREAD

Daily, brutal meetings between Palestinians and Israelis in occupied territories.

A man stuck in a barbed wire fence has been caught in the act. On his way up a roof to remove a Palestinian flag, he is confronted by the occupant of the house, with a camera. To the sound of cheers from the Israeli settlers in the street below, the uninvited guest insists that the land, and even the house, ultimately belong to him. Of land and bread is composed of such moments: daily, often brutal meetings between the occupied and the occupied. Through Palestinian eyes, we witness house demolitions, random arrests and nightly house raids, in all their daily brutal reality. The seriousness of the occupation becomes visible in a mosaic of stories, captured on camera by Palestinians in the West Bank and collected by the Israeli peace organization B’Tselem.

FILM: MY GAZA ONLINE

Over the course of five years, Palestinian film director Mohamed Jabaly has been distant from his family and friends while living in the far north of Norway. Now the internet has become the only way to communicate with them, but it is difficult and challenging due to the situation in Gaza.

TEATER: OKKUPASJONENS FANGER

En av fire palestinere kommer til å sitte i israelsk fengsel. En av fire.

Dokumentarteaterstykket Okkupasjonens fanger, skrevet av Einat Weizman i samarbeid med politiske fanger bryter et tabu i det israelske samfunnet ved å gi stemme til de mest bortgjemte av alle ofrene for Israels okkupasjon: De palestinske politiske fangene i israelske fengsler eller leire. Weizman presenterer mennesker som formidler sine egne historier, med et bredt spekter av politiske og personlige motivasjoner for sin som oftest ikkevoldelige aktivisme.

TEATER: DEN VELSIGNEDE

En monolog av Tale Næss om et mord i Jeriko, om svik, kjærlighet og et ufødt barn. Om solnedgangen over Jerusalem og en israelsk bosetning på Oljeberget. Monologen er fiksjon, men basert på en sann hendelse.

DEBATE: HOPE DETAINED

In total they are about 5000 men, women and children; the Palestinian political prisoners behind the bars of Israeli prisons. Their activism stems from a variety of political and personal motivations. Some detained without any articulated reason, others convicted for terrorist acts. They meet very poorly treatment and are exposed to isolation and torture. How do you stay sane and keep a flicker of hope in such a situation? What legal rights do they possess? And what political strategies lay behind Israeli authorities’ active use of prison cells and torture?

ART: KUNSTPLASS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION: INTERNAL SHADOW

Ali Jabaly has for several years worked on art projects related to the occupation of Gaza. He is particularly concerned about the human challenges and the lack of freedom of movement both in Gaza and with the outside world. The exhibition Internal Shadow is related to the situation of young people, while also reflecting his inner emotions and sense of being under siege both psychologically and physically. Ali is breaking boundaries through his artistic expression and use of colours and images.

ARTIST TALK: DREAMERS AMONG THE RUBBLE

Ali Jabaly will take you on journey through his artistic practice. This will include the current exhibition at Kunstplass, the open-air exhibition “Dreamers among the rubble” in Gaza and other art projects.

Ali Jabaly has for several years worked on art projects related to the occupation of Gaza. He is particularly concerned about the human challenges and the lack of freedom of movement both in Gaza and with the outside world. The exhibition Internal Shadow is related to the situation of young people, while also reflecting his inner emotions and sense of being under siege both psychologically and physically. Ali is breaking boundaries through his artistic expression and use of colours and images.