Broken Cameras
Shorts
Salt Beyoğlu, Online
April 27 – May 5, 2024
April 27, 18.30, Salt Beyoğlu, Walk-in Cinema
April 29-May 5, saltonline.org
Broken Cameras features three short films by Muhammad Nour ElKhairy, Wisam Al Jafari, and Samira Badran.
P is for Palestine, 2018, 3 minutes
Director: Muhammad Nour ElKhairy
The film highlights the political aspect of language, featuring a man in Amman, Jordan repeating politically charged English words that contain the letter “P”—a letter that doesn’t exist in the Arabic language.
Ambience, 2019, 15 minutes
Director: Wisam Al Jafari
Two young Palestinians work on a demo for a music competition inside a noisy, crowded refugee camp. Despite struggling to record due to the chaos around them, they find a creative way to meet the deadline.
Memory of the Land, 2017, 13 minutes
Director: Samira Badran
Following a character trapped at an Israeli checkpoint, this animated short film depicts various forms of violence and reflects on mechanisms of oppression and control.
Total running time: 31 minutes
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Saturday, April 27 at 18.30, the films can be accessed at saltonline.org between April 29-May 5. All films will be streamed in their original language with Turkish subtitles, and can only be accessed online by audiences in Turkey.
April 29-May 5, saltonline.org
Broken Cameras features three short films by Muhammad Nour ElKhairy, Wisam Al Jafari, and Samira Badran.
P is for Palestine, 2018, 3 minutes
Director: Muhammad Nour ElKhairy
The film highlights the political aspect of language, featuring a man in Amman, Jordan repeating politically charged English words that contain the letter “P”—a letter that doesn’t exist in the Arabic language.
Ambience, 2019, 15 minutes
Director: Wisam Al Jafari
Two young Palestinians work on a demo for a music competition inside a noisy, crowded refugee camp. Despite struggling to record due to the chaos around them, they find a creative way to meet the deadline.
Memory of the Land, 2017, 13 minutes
Director: Samira Badran
Following a character trapped at an Israeli checkpoint, this animated short film depicts various forms of violence and reflects on mechanisms of oppression and control.
Total running time: 31 minutes
Following the Walk-in Cinema screening on Saturday, April 27 at 18.30, the films can be accessed at saltonline.org between April 29-May 5. All films will be streamed in their original language with Turkish subtitles, and can only be accessed online by audiences in Turkey.