Impact Fellowship: Participating Films
The Impact Fellowship is in the implementation stage!
The Impact Fellowship is in the implementation stage! The fellows will now employ the knowledge they gained in the past 6 months to build impact campaigns around the selected films.
Films that take us on journeys to Yafa, Gaza, the Nile River, Beirut, and the diaspora. Profound narratives around the filmmakers’ personal stories and the causes they espouse.
AIDA RETURNS BY CAROL MANSOUR / LEBANON
This is Aida’s story, the director’s mother who struggles with Alzheimer’s and memory loss. She is comforted by the frequent “return” to her youth in Jaffa and her journey back there eventually.
A tribute to the past forcibly taken from her and an attempt to restore the individual and collective memory of Palestinians, who are prevented from returning to their homeland even after their death.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL BY MOHAMED JABALY / PALESTINE
Shocked to be displaced, Mohamed is forced to confront being stateless – a label he rejects.
The film is an insider’s take on what it means to leave home and persevere despite being denied permission to work and travel. Using his camera as a diary, Mohamed records seven years of triumph and defeat, providing a unique insight into a modern struggle for self-determination.
Crocodopolis - Omar Manjouneh / Egypt
A documentary about a dazzling world above and below water. The film follows environmental researcher Mohamed Ezzat and his team in Lake Nasr in their attempt to protect the crocodiles from being hunted.
DO YOU LOVE ME - LANA DAHER / LEBANON
Lana Daher’s journey through Beirut’s fractured historical, social, cultural, and political landscapes. Using mainly archive footage, the film weaves the past and present together to better understand Lebanon’s history and current status today.
