Tuesday 10 October
Cinema La Compagnia – Via Cavour, 50r
H 9.00pm
Opening
Middle East Now 2023 – 14^ edition
OUR MALES AND FEMALES di Ahmad Alyaseer
(Giordania, 2023, 11’) v.o arabo – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death. But in this case no one wants to deal with it…
Anteprima italiana
A GAZA WEEKEND di Basil Khalil
(Palestina, Regno Unito, 2022, ‘90) v.o. arabo – sottotitoli: inglese, italiano
From acclaimed filmmaker Basil Khalil comes this comedy-adventure set against the backdrop of a sealed-off Israel. Israel is on lockdown after the outbreak of a deadly virus and Gaza has become the safest place in the region, leaving a British journalist and his Israeli girlfriend trapped on the wrong side of the border. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival winning the FIPRESCI Award.
Anteprima italiana, alla presenza dell’attrice protagonista Mouna Hawa e del co-sceneggiatore Daniel Ka-Chun Chan