Date of Screenings: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009
Place: Darat Al Funun
Time: 7:30 pm
DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW AFTERWARDS.

1) Title of Film: Still Waiting
Genre Experimental Documentary
Director/Camera/Sound: Mais Darwazah
Co-Producer Edinburgh College of Art
Duration 3min
Production Date 2007
Format Super8
Synopsis The film is a study of 2 states; memory and desire.

2) Title of Film: Take Me Home
Genre: Documentary
Producer/Director/Camera/Sound: Mais Darwazah
Co-Producer: Screen Academy Scotland/Greyscale Films
Duration: 54min
Language: Arabic with English Subtitles
Production Date: 2008
Format: HDV
Synopsis: Shot in Jordan and Syria, this film is an intimate account of history, and it sets out to understand the mental and emotional state behind the Arab Resistent movements of the 30s up until this date. An observational first person pilgrimage into the lives of a dispersed Palestinian family. The director questions her personal fears, and clings on to the resonance of intimate moments shared with her grandmother and great aunt; a passing generation whose hope has been challenged by decades of oppression and conflict.
Festival Participation:
– Caravan for the Euro Arab Cinema (Egypt)
– Franco Arab Film Festival (Jordan)
– FID Marseille: Selected for the professional audio-visual library (France)
– Montreal World Film Festival (Documentaries of the World Section) (Canada)
– Caravan Festival for Arab Documentary: Institut Du Monde Arabe (France)
– Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’eye [Beirut Cinema Days] (Lebanon)
– Medimed Market (Spain)
– Asiatica Film Mediale (Italy)
– Shahaat; Women’s film Festival (Palestine)
– London Palestinian Film Festival (UK)
– Rodos Eco Film Festival (Greece)
– Granada Film Festival “Cines del Sur”: Official Selection; Mediterranean Competition (Spain)