Eleven Days in May

Synopsis
Over the course of 11 days in May 2021, at least 67 children were killed in Gaza. They should never be forgotten. Narrated by Kate Winslet and with music by Max Richter, this film is a diary of those days. Through archive and personal testimony, the film tells the story of each child as an individual boy or girl, with much the same hopes and dreams and ambitions of children everywhere.

Palestine/UK

2022
85 minutes
Arabic and English

Directors: Michael Winterbottom and Mohammed Sawwaf
Producers: Ben Pearce, Hashim Alsaraf, Mohammed Sawwaf, and Michael Winterbottom
Production: Revolution Films

Screening Dates

Ramallah, Municipal Theater - Ramallah City Hall, Friday 04.11 18:00

Jenin, Freedom Theater, Friday 04.11 18:00

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, one of the first productions Michael Winterbottom directed was Family (Winner of Prix Europa, nominated for BAFTA Best TV Drama Serial, Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival 1994), which was written by Roddy Doyle. His films include Butterfly Kiss (Official Competition – Berlin Film Festival 1995); Jude (Director’s Fortnight – Cannes Film Festival 1996, Winner of the Michael Powell Award – EIFF); Welcome to Sarajevo (Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 1998); I Want You (In Competition – Berlin Film Festival 1998); Wonderland (In Competition – Cannes Film Festival, Winner of Best British Film – British Independent Film Awards 1999); The Claim (In Competition – Berlin Film Festival); 24 Hour Party People (In Competition – Cannes Film Festival 2002), In This World (Winner Golden Bear – Berlin International Film Festival 2003); Code 46 (In Competition – Venice Film Festival 2003); 9 Songs (Best Cinematography – San Sebastian Film Festival 2004); A Cock and Bull Story (Toronto Film Festival 2005); Road to Guantanamo (Silver Bear Best Director – Berlin Film Festival 06); A Mighty Heart (Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2007); Genova (Best Director – San Sebastian Film Festival, 2008); The Shock Doctrine (Sundance Film Festival 2009); and The Killer Inside Me (In Competition – Berlin Film Festival 2010), The Trip (Toronto International Film Festival 2010),Trishna (Toronto International Film Festival 2011), Everyday (Telluride Film Festival 2012), The Look of Love (Sundance Film Festival 2013),The Trip to Italy (Sundance Film Festival 2014), The Face oof an Angel (Toronto International Film Festival 2015), The Emperor’s New Clothes (Tribeca Film Festival 2015). 2017 saw the release the third series of The Trip to Spain (Tribeca Film Festival) and On the Road (BFI London Film Festival), The Wedding Guest (Toronto International Film Festival 2018), Greed, (Toronto International Film Festival 2019), The Trip to Greece (2020), Isolation (2021), This Sceptred Isle (2022).

Director: Mohammed Sawwaf

Mohammad al Sawwaf is a script writer and director and founder of 1000 Multimedia. Mohammad is an acclaimed filmmaker working in the field since 2008. Mohammad is also a media and communication consultant working with a number of Palestinian organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in media studies and an MA in history. He directed a number of films, including Welcome to Gaza (2010), Abu Halima (2011), From Which Part of Rafah Are You? (2012), I Have a Blog (2012), and The Story Tellers (2014), which won Al Jazeera Award for Feature Films. He also directed Smuggling Life (2015), Severed Arteries (2016), Ill Gaza (2018), A Giant out of Grain, (2019), the series A story of a Picture (2020), Salt (2021), Shiekh Jarrah… the New Nakba (2021), The Generation of War (2022) , and The Escape (2022).

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