Palestinian Sunbird Documentary Competition
Synopsis
At the Freedom Theater in Jenin refugee camp, the next Palestinian Intifada is brewing. In every corner of the Freedom Theater you can breathe the idea of “Cultural Resistance”. In the main hall of the Freedom Theater, a group of brave actors rehearse a play, risking their lives in order to fulfill a dream they are not willing to abandon: to premiere this play on the stage of the theater of the University of New York. A little further on, more than 20 children fill the theater workshop during their vacation. Together, they forget the wounds of the occupation for a few hours. There, their most painful stories make way to their dreams of freedom, to the desire to express themselves, to their need to play.
Chile, 2019
Arabic and English with English subtitles
74 minutes
16+
Director: Jaime Villarreal Izquierdo
Cinematography: Sebastian Lara
Animation: Alex Vara
Editing: Pablo Toledo, Álvaro Cuellar
Music: Pablo López
Producer/s: Lorena Penjean, Álvaro Carrasco
Jaime Villarreal Izquierdo is a journalist and filmmaker born in Santiago de Chile. He went to film school at NYU and he currently serves as the CEO of Alto Andes Production Company, where they develop and execute creativ content for different media and platforms