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Farha was a classic indie film success story.
Darin J. Sallam’s low-budget drama, set in 1948, in the early days of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, premiered in Toronto last year before touring an A-list of international festivals with sold-out screenings in Rome, Busan, Gothenburg and Lyon. Critics loved the movie, praising the story of the feisty Farha, a 14-year-old girl living in a small Palestinian village who butts up against her society’s patriarchal restrictions on young women. When Israeli forces enter the town — part of a military action that saw more than 700,000 Palestinians displaced and scores of Palestinian towns and villages wiped off the map— Farha’s father locks her in a room for safety. From inside, she witnesses Israeli soldiers committing an atrocity against civilians.
Karam Taher in ‘Farha’
The festival buzz around Farha led to a global Netflix deal via sales group Picture Tree International.
Farha was a classic indie film success story.
Darin J. Sallam’s low-budget drama, set in 1948, in the early days of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, premiered in Toronto last year before touring an A-list of international festivals with sold-out screenings in Rome, Busan, Gothenburg and Lyon. Critics loved the movie, praising the story of the feisty Farha, a 14-year-old girl living in a small Palestinian village who butts up against her society’s patriarchal restrictions on young women. When Israeli forces enter the town — part of a military action that saw more than 700,000 Palestinians displaced and scores of Palestinian towns and villages wiped off the map— Farha’s father locks her in a room for safety. From inside, she witnesses Israeli soldiers committing an atrocity against civilians.
Karam Taher in ‘Farha’
The festival buzz around Farha led to a global Netflix deal via sales group Picture Tree International.
- 12/8/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having secured the support of the British government for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, on May 14, 1948, as soon as the British Mandate expired, Israeli forces declared the establishment of the State of Israel, triggering the first Arab-Israeli war. Later on, they expelled at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands and captured 78 percent of historic Palestine. The remaining 22 percent was divided into what are now the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. (source: https://www.aljazeera.com/). Jordanian Darin J. Salam, in her debut feature, begins her story a bit before the particular events, inspired by the real-life story of a young girl who experienced them in a rather unique, but quite dramatic way.
“Farha” is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
The story begins in 1948, where 14-year-old Farha is living in a small village along with her father, the local mayor, studying the Quran with a local teacher.
“Farha” is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
The story begins in 1948, where 14-year-old Farha is living in a small village along with her father, the local mayor, studying the Quran with a local teacher.
- 7/16/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The text reads: Palestine, 1948. That’s all you need to know to understand what’s coming. A year earlier marked the start of the Palestinian Civil War between Jewish and Arab residents after the United Nations recommended the land’s separation in a Jewish and Arab state. Israel declared independence in May of 1948 and, as some history books describe it, a mass exodus arose to render about half the nation’s pre-wwii Arab population into refugees without a home. To simply call it an exodus, however, is misleading. Most of these people didn’t choose to leave as a means of finding settlement elsewhere. They were driven out by Israeli military forces who in turn destroyed villages and murdered so-called “rebel forces” in an ethnic cleansing that continues today.
As anyone following the news knows, using the term genocide for what happened / is happening has always been a hotly disputed...
As anyone following the news knows, using the term genocide for what happened / is happening has always been a hotly disputed...
- 9/11/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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