Georges Abdallah is a Lebanese struggler for Palestine who has been imprisoned since 1984, despite being eligible for release since 1999, for his involvement in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine — and Lebanon — from Zionist occupation.
“Fedayin,” the new film from Vacarme(s) Films in France, tells the story of George’s life in the struggle. The documentary traces the life of Georges Abdallah, Lebanese Arab Communist and struggler for Palestine and one of the longest-held political prisoners in Europe. It moves from the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon where his political consciousness was forged to the international movement to demand his liberation from French prisons.
Watch the trailer:
The film is available with appropriate subtitles in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian, Catalan and Castilian Spanish.
Check out the list of screenings below and organize your own. If you want to show Fedayin in your area, email us at samidoun@samidoun.net or contact the directors at vacarmesfilms@gmail.com. We will help you to get your screening organized, and the directors are available to attend your events in person or to join your in-person events via video link.
Screenings of Fedayin for October 2021 (check the directors’ site for changes and updates)
Gémenos, France (13) · Saturday October 2 / Sunday October 3
Screenings organized as part of the annual celebration of the National Association of Communists (ANP).
SCOP TI, 500 Avenue du Pic de Bretagne, 13420 Gémenos
Facebook event
Bayonne (North Basque Country) · Monday October 4 at 7 p.m.
Screening followed by a discussion with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films.
Epaiska, 4 Rue Pannecau, 64100 Bayonne
Facebook event
Brest, France (29) Wednesday 6 October at 8 p.m.
Screening organized by AFPS Brest, followed by a meeting with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films
Cinéma Les Studios, 136 rue Jean Jaurès, 29200 Brest
Facebook event
Boston (USA) Saturday October 9 at 6 p.m.
Screening organized as part of the Boston Palestine Film Festival, evening co-presented with Jewish Voice for Peace Boston
Facebook event
Strasbourg, France (67) Monday 11 October at 7 p.m.
Screening organized as part of the Palestinian Film Festival, followed by a meeting with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films
La Maison de l’Image, 31 Rue Kageneck, 67000 Strasbourg
Saint-Gaudens, France (31) · Tuesday 12 October
More info to come
Guingamp, France (22) · Thursday, October 14 at 8 p.m.
Screening organized by Bretagne Info, followed by a meeting with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films
Cinéma Les Korrigans, 6 rue Saint-Nicolas, 22200 Guingamp
Facebook event
Tarbes, France (65) · Thursday 14 October at 6.30 p.m.
Screening organized by the Collectif 65 for the liberation of Georges Abdallah
Bourse du Travail, 5 boulevard du Martinet, 65000 Tarbes
Facebook event
Aix-les-Bains, France (73) · Thursday 14 October
More info to come
Annecy, France (74) · Friday 15 October
More info to come
Albi, France (49) · Friday 15 October
More info to come
Chicago (USA) · Sunday, October 17 at 15H
Chicago Palestine Film Festival
Film Center Gene Siskel, 164 North State Street, Chicago, IL, 60601 United States
Get tickets online
Nanterre, France (92) · Thursday, October 21
More info to come
Toulouse, France (31) · Thursday, October 21 at 8:30 pm
Screening organized by the Collectif Palestine Vaincra with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films and Saïd Bouamama, author of “The Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Affair”.
American Cosmograph Cinema, 24 rue Montardy, 31000 Toulouse
Facebook event
Strasbourg, France (67) · Friday 22 October
More info to come
Madrid (Spain) · Tuesday, October 26
More info to come
Rotterdam (Netherlands) · Friday, October 29
More info to come
The film website
https://fedayin-lefilm.com/
Some press articles here:
https://fedayin-lefilm.com/category/presse/
and an interview with the collective Vacarme(s) Films on Media TV:
