Manchester Palestine Film Festival

Palestine Lives 2008 - Film Festival (Manchester)

Four day festival (22nd Nov, 29th Nov, 6th Dec & 13th Dec) of Palestinian film & culture, aims to celebrate a people dispossessed of their land, their way of life and their foreseeable future. Tickets on the door are £2.50 for each day, which includes food.
29th November
2.15pm - Film: "Zaynab's Story - a call to boycott Israel", plus speaker from the Boycott Israeli Goods campaign ( http://www.bigcampaign.org/)
5pm - Palestinian Buffet
6.30pm - Short films: "Stranger in My Home - Jerusalem", "Voices Through the Rubble", "Larnaca to Gaza", plus speaker Musheir El Farra, human rights activist.

December 6th
2.15pm - Arabic Music Workshop, with Reem Kelani ( http://www.reemkelani.com/) *NOTE* - there is a £5 additional charge for this workshop; please book in advance by phone as places are limited.
5pm - Palestinian Buffet
6.30pm - Film: "A Palestinian Journey", with Kevin Brown of the FBU ( http://www.fbu.org.uk/), plus speaker Sarah Irving ( http://www.sarahirving.net), writer & activist.

December 13th
2.15pm - Poetry and embroidery with Nahida Izzat ( http://poetryforpalestine.spaces.live.com/), Palestinian poet & artist now based in Liverpool
5pm - Palestinian Buffet
6.30pm - Film: "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land", by Dr Ahmed Almari, Palestinian consultant radiologist from Jenin, now living in Bradford.

All at the WFA Film Society, 9 Lucy Street, Manchester - location map
Telephone: 01706 648104