A Film by Alaa Al Ali | 9 min Fiction Short | Arabic w/ English/French/Spanish Subtitles| Palestine
Arabic Media
2015
Malmo Arab Film Festival
2014
March
Eye on Palestine- Brussels
Oct
18th Arab Film Festival- San Francisco- USA
Boston Palestine Film Festival- Boston- USA
DC Palestine Films & Arts Festival- Washington DC- USA
Dec
London Palestine Film Festival- London- UK
Dubai International Film Festival- Dubai- UAE
The Jerusalem Fund- Washington DC- USA “Special Screening”
Reel Palestine- Sharjah- UAE “Special Screening”
To transport a newly purchased sofa to your home is an easy task.
In a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, this task becomes a Sisyphean journey revealing the complexities and absurdities of everyday life in the Shatila camp in Lebanon.
About the Director
Alaa Al Ali is a writer, filmmaker and multimedia artist from Palestinian origin. He was born in Burj Al Barajneh, a refugee camp in Lebanon. Alali worked with local and international artists in making films and multimedia works, with focus on Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon, Alaa is now living in Sweden since 2012.
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