Kulturna ambasada Palestine 2025: Projekcija dokumentarnega filma "A State of Passion"

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A State of Passion (Stanje strasti)
Celovečerni dokumentarni film Carol Mansour in Mune Khalidi, 90', Sirija, 2024

Po 43 grozljivih dneh neprekinjenega dela v urgentnih oddelkih bolnišnic Al Shifa in Al Ahli v Gazi ob nenehnem bombardiranju je britansko-palestinski kirurg za rekonstruktivno kirurgijo, dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, nenadejano postal obraz palestinskega odpora.

Medtem ko so po svetu krožili posnetki, na katerih je bled in pretresen, je Ghassan našteval grozote: od raztrganih teles, amputacij brez anestetikov, sirot brez preživelih družinskih članic, članov, do namernega napadanja zdravstvenih delavk, delavcev in bolnišničnih objektov.

To je bila Ghassanova šesta in najgrozovitejša "vojna" v Gazi. Zakaj to počne? Kje najde moč, da se vedno znova spoprijema s tem? Kako to vpliva na njegovo družino? Kako sprejemajo tveganja, ki jih prevzema? Odgovor je preprosto v njihovi skupni strasti: Palestini, strasti, ki jo izkazujejo s podporo njegovemu nevarnemu humanitarnemu delu.

Filmski ustvarjalki Carol Mansour in Muna Khalidi, tesni prijateljici družine Abu Sittah, delita to strast. Nestrpno sta čakali, da se Ghassan po dolgi in zastrašujoči nočni poti vrne iz Gaze, da bi se z njim srečali v Amanu. Odločeni, da posnameta njegova pristna čustva, sta ga začeli snemati v trenutku, ko je vstopil skozi vrata. Sledili sta mu v Bejrut, Aman, London, Kuvajt in Dubaj, kjer so raziskovali svojo skupno strast.

Film je bil predstavljen na mnogih mednarodnih festivalih, med drugim na Mednarodnem filmskim festivalu v Kairu, kjer je bil nagrajen za najboljši arabski film, najboljši celovečerni dokumentarni film in najboljši palestinski film.

Carol Mansour je neodvisna dokumentaristka, ki se strastno zavzema za socialno pravičnost in človekove pravice ter verjame, da je film pomemben medij, ki daje glas ljudem na obrobju. Po desetih letih dela na televiziji je leta 2000 v Bejrutu v Libanonu ustanovila produkcijsko hišo Forward Film Production. Mansour, ki ima več kot 24 let izkušenj v produkciji dokumentarnih filmov, je pokrivala dogajanja po vsem svetu, od Šrilanke do Libanona, Jemna in Uzbekistana. Njeni filmi so mednarodno priznani, saj so bili prikazani na več kot sto filmskih festivalih in uradnih izborih po vsem svetu.

Muna Khalidi ima doktorat iz zdravstvene politike in načrtovanja ter več kot 34 let izkušenj na področju socialnega in zdravstvenega razvoja v Libanonu in regiji. Sodelovala je z različnimi razvojnimi in zdravstvenimi organizacijami, jim pomagala pri razvoju strateških načrtov ter oblikovanju in razvoju programov. Leta 2011 je začela sodelovati s Carol Mansour pri raziskovanju in produkciji dokumentarnih filmov, ki obravnavajo vprašanja socialne pravičnosti in človekovih pravic, s čimer je svoje izkušnje iz akademskega, javnega, zasebnega in nevladnega sektorja prenesla na področje dokumentarnega filma.

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A State of Passion
A feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi
90', Syria, 2024

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.

With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anaesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities.

This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.

Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion. They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, Kuwait and Dubai, they and he explore their common State of Passion.

Carol Mansour is an independent documentary filmmaker who is deeply passionate about social justice and human rights issues and believes that film is an important medium that gives voice to the marginalized. After ten years of working in television, she founded Forward Film Production in 2000 in Beirut, Lebanon. With over 24 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Yemen to Uzbekistan. She has achieved international recognition and honour for her films, with over one hundred film festival screenings and official selections worldwide.

Muna Khalidi holds a Ph.D. in health policy and planning, and with more than 34 years of experience working in the social and health development fields in Lebanon and the region. She has worked with various development and health organizations assisting them to develop strategic plans and to design and develop programs. In 2011, she started collaborating with Carol Mansour on the research and production of documentary films dealing with issues of social justice and human rights, bringing her experience in the academic, public, private, and NGO sectors into the documentary-making field.

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