{"id":4682,"date":"2025-10-16T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.choreoscope.com\/archivo-audiovisual-de-danza-de-palestina\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T09:42:07","slug":"palestinian-dance-film-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.choreoscope.com\/en\/palestinian-dance-film-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian dance film archive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Palestinian dance film archive<\/h1><\/div>

November 29 – 9 PM – Cinemes Girona<\/h2><\/div>
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Bashar, de la Pharmacie au Dabk\u00e9<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:03:58<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Iyad Alasttal<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Bashar Al-Belbessy<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, 2023<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
Amidst the conflict, young Palestinians find in dabke a way to release their pain, connect with their history, and keep hope alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Shepherdess<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:11:22<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Fidaa Ataya<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Marmar Joulani<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, 2019<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
The story of Salty Valley and Sweet Spring in the Jordan Valley combines dance and animation in order to tell the story of a shepherding and farming woman who suffers the pain of ongoing loss of land and water resources. The film is shot on location in Salty Valley and Sweet Spring, which face ongoing land and water confiscation by the occupation. A folk tale interweaving with lived reality that embodies how the sweet melted the saltiness of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Ghoul<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:16:39<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Ala Desoki<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Olena Musalam<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, 2019<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
In my homeland and in Gaza, the myth of the Ghoul is made real by the most frightening event – war. The Ghoul myth does not terrify our children. Their greatest fear is war and occupation, which steal life and land \u2013 these are the real Ghoul. In this film, a mother, in a long and seemingly endless night of terror, tries to ward off the ghoul and protect her two children through ritualistic dances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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If You Say Yes or You Say No<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:16:39<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Layali Kilani<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Layali Kilani<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, 2008<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
A young girl dreams of flying and becoming free through dance, escaping from closed rooms and enclosed lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dancing Palestine<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:37:02<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Lamees Almakkawy<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Ahmed Najar, Sarah Amawi, Fares Farraj, Zeina Zkeih<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, United Kingdom 2024<\/p>\n

RRSS:<\/strong><\/span> IG @lameesalm<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
Spanish Premiere.<\/strong> As the Palestinian identity continues to be threatened with erasure, Palestinians turn to their folk dance, the dabke, to assert their existence. Ultimately, they dance because they love life, and insist on living it. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Gaza: La Danse pour Survivre<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:04:11<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Iyad Alasttal<\/p>\n

Choreography:<\/strong><\/span> Bashar Al-Belbessy<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> Palestine, 2025<\/p>\n

RRSS:<\/strong><\/span> IG, TW @gazastories FB @GazansStories<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
A Palestinian artist, Bashar, recounts how dabke has been for him and his community a form of identity, resistance, and personal transformation, especially after his cultural experience in France.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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From Ground Zero – Flashback<\/h2><\/div>

Duration: <\/strong><\/span>0:05:21<\/p>\n

Director:<\/span><\/strong> Islam Al Zeriei<\/p>\n

Country, Year:<\/strong><\/span> France, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, 2024<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/span>
Farah, a fifteen-year-old girl, hates the sound of planes and artillery. After her house is bombed, she goes to bed early for fear of the unknown. To combat the sounds of war, she puts her headphones on and practises her favourite hobby, dancing. Flashback is part of From Ground Zero, a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza. Initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, the project was born to give a voice to 22 Gazan filmmakers to tell the untold stories of the current war on film.<\/span><\/p>\n

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