17:00 masterclass by Hala, moderated by Rand
19:00 break
20:00 screening

The previous associated artist Rand Abou-Fakher invites the Syrian filmmaker Hala Al-Abdallah for a conversation and a screening. Conceived as a masterclass, but also questioning the idea of the masterclass, the two filmmakers from two different generations but sharing a past, will talk about their respective work, and reflect on working in exile.

I am the one who carries flowers to her grave (Hala Abdallah)

Filmmaker Hala Al-Abdallah was banned from Syria 25 years ago. Her acclaimed debut documentary is an intensely personal study of her native country Syria in which she reflects not only on the sense of loss which so many of her compatriots are coping with, but also on their enormous resilience. The documentary integrates interviews with three of her friends who have long ago left Syria for France with images of her husband Youssef Abdelke, a painter who is reunited with his mother after a long time.