National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza
Sven Augustijnen
In the wake of Palestinian memory, National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza follows Hassan Al Balawi, a diplomat based in Brussels, returning to his homeland on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat—a tutelary figure of the liberation struggle and leader of the PLO. Filmed in 2019, the film traces his journey from Jericho to the Gaza border, through an occupied West Bank where every checkpoint, every landscape, bears the imprint of broken promises.
This intimate journey sketches the portrait of a struggle in suspense: between the broken momentum of the peace process born from the Oslo Accords and the shockwave of the tragedies of October 7, 2023. In this intertwining of memory and present, a narrative of disillusionment and of persistence emerges, where the unfinished quest for justice and freedom continues to haunt bodies, voices, and territories.
The 6 Ocrober at 6pm
Théâtre Al Hamra
El Hamra Theater (map)
6th October at 6pm
Duration: 1h33min
Single ticket: 5 DT
Reduced rate: 3 DT for childrens and students on presentation of student card
Free: for residents of the medina on presentation of proof of residence
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Concept and image Sven Augustijnen
Protagonist Hassan Al Balawi
With Général Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, Lieutenant Ayat Housheiya, Hassan Saleh, Mahmoud al-Aloul, Mahmoud Abbas, Lina, Zeina, Khaled Yasser Arafat et Zubayda Zankari, Aisha Bargouthi-Saifi, Yaël Dayan, Jannat Nasser, Zahira Omar Saadine
Production assistants Fairuz Ghammam and Boris Belay
Editing Mathieu Haessler
Sound recording Benoît Bruwier and Sacha Hackier
Sound mix Frédéric Furnelle – A Sound studio
Grading Cobalt and Lennert De Taeye
Auguste Orts, co-produced by Projections, Cobra Films
With the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie–Bruxelles, S.M.A.K., Friends of Auguste Orts Fund, Image/mouvement du Centre national des arts plastiques, la République et canton de Genève, collectif dimanche des curatrices Bénédicte le Pimpec et Isaline Vuille, Mophradat, WIP Wallonie Image Production, deAuteurs, Jan Mot, Lund University / Malmö Art Academy
The project was presented at CineMart 2014 in Rotterdam, On & For Production 2014 in Brussels and VdR-Pitching 2019 at Visions du Réel, Nyon
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