QuARC and AL Berlin invite you to join us for a screening of short films from the Queer Cinema For Palestine Festival
Friday 19 November, 18:00-late
AL Berlin, Skalitzerstr. 114, Hinterhaus
🍿 FREE ENTRY! 🍿

Place is limited, come early to get a seat.
We will be selling stickers for donation, to collect money for ASWAT – Palestinian Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms.
We are screening two blocks of short films, the first at 18:30, and the second starting at 20:00. Each film block is about 1 hour long and we will have a break in between. You are welcome to come for one block of films or stay and watch them all – up to you!
🎬 Film Block 1 – 18:30
THINK OF OTHERS
Nada, 2021, Bulgaria 2 min
A reading of Palestinian author Mahmoud Darwish’s poem Think of Others.
COMING OF AGENCY
Sofia Zadar and Bogdan Balla, 2021, Romania 4 min
Music video story of queer failure and solidarity in the face of oppression and injustice.
SEBASTIA
Dima Srouji, 2020, Palestine, 24 min (Arabic with English subtitles)
Starting with the Harvard excavations of 1908, the small archaeological town Sebstia, in Palestine, continues to struggle against oppressive systems.
MOTHER-IN-LAW
SHIN Seung Eun, 2019, South Korea, 23 min (Korean with English subtitles)
Hyoung-suk visits her daughter Hyun-seo’s room to give her some Kimchi and there she encounters Min-jin, her daughters friend. Hyoung-suk gets displeased with Min-jin living off at her daughter house as if it is her own house. But as she talks to Min-jin a while, she becomes to open her mind and cooks a meal for her. And then, Hyun-seo comes in to the room drunken…
🎬 Film Block 2 – 20:00
SOMETHING FROM THERE
Rana Nazzal, 2020, Palestine / Turtle Island, 7 min (English and Arabic with English subtitles)
A short film on the substance of our original lands, reflecting the power of memory and symbol to revive a denied homeland and defy official histories.
FLESH – CARNE
Camila Kater, 2019, Brazil 12 min (Portuguese with English subtitiles)
Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the body, from childhood to old age.
DAWOUD, YA YONATHAI داود، یا یوناثاي
Qais Assali, 2020, United States, 6 min (Arabic with English subtitles)
Performative video with an embodiment of Palestinian educator, Khalil Al Sakakini.
INVISIBLE MEN – HOMENS INVISÍVEIS*
Luis Carlos de Alencar, 2019,
Brazil, 26 min (Portuguese with English subtitiles)
A glimpse at the situation of the transmasculine population in brazilian prisons, through the problems created by ignorance, transphobia, prejudice and discrimination.
POSITIONS
Justin Ducharme, 2019, Unceded territories of the
xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ
(Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, 12 min (English with English subtitles)
A simple and naturalistic approach to a day in the life of a two-spirit, male sex worker as he visits his clients.
After the screenings join us in the bar for a drink and some exuberant queer pop courtesy of DJ Bella Cuts.
AL Berlin is located in the hinterhaus of Skalitzer Str. 114. Enter through the park.
The screening takes place upstairs, there is no elevator or wheelchair access.
This is a 2G event, please bring your proof of recovery or vaccination.
Check out the full Festival Program including online screenings and events at queercinemaforpalestine.org