SUMMARY
Suspended Time is a film program comprised of 9 short films by 9 Palestinian filmmakers and artists looking back at the 20 years that followed the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords. The spectrum of films reflect, on the one hand, the geographical dispersal and fragmentation of Palestinians and, on the other, the diversity of the Accords’ consequences on the various aspects of Palestinians’ lived experience. This work is a montage of confined spaces, physical and mental; handshakes; journeys; sounds; and time.
The films, which were selected as part of an open call in late summer 2013 and produced by Idioms Films, are:
Apartment 10/14, by Tarzan and Arab
From Ramallah, by Assem Nasser
Interference, by Amin Nayfeh
Journey of a Sofa, by Alaa al Ali
Leaving Oslo, by Yazan Khalili
Long War, by Asma Ghanem
Message to Obama, by Muhannad Salahat
Oslo Syndrome, by Ayman Azraq
Twenty Handshakes for Peace, by Mahdi Fleifel