The Al Ard (Doc) Film Festival opens in Cagliari, Sardinia, on Wednesday, 9 March and continues through Saturday, 12 March. The 18th edition of the festival features a wide variety of films, talks and an art exhibition by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar from Gaza, Palestine. Among the selection of films being screened is “Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight,” the film by Collectif Vacarme(s) Films that tells the story of the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years.
The festival is organized annually by the Associazione Amicizia Sardegna-Palestina, which organizes for justice and liberation in Palestine throughout Sardinia. “Fedayin” will screen at 5:30 pm on Saturday, 12 March.
Learn more about the festival at: https://www.alardfilmfestival.com/
Full program of the 18th edition of the festival (2022)
Wednesday, March 9 | Wednesday, 9th March
16:00 | Inauguration of the exhibition of Malak Mattar, artist from the Gaza Strip
Festival presentation
16:15 | Bethlehem 2001 | Out of competition by Ibrahim Handal | Palestine 2020 | 14 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
16:40 | Crowned by Bay Leaves | by Hajat Amjad Labban | Palestine 2020 | 14 ‘(English, Italian subtitles)
17:00 | 120 km | of Waseem Khair | Palestine 2021 | 30 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
17:45 | The Wall | by Mira Sidawi | Lebanon 2020 | 20 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
18:20 | Jump the Wall | by Mathilde Babo, Ahmad Al-Khalil | Germany 2021 | 5 ‘(English, Italian subtitles)
18:40 | As I Want | by Samaher Alqadi | Palestine / Egypt / Norway / France / Germany 2021 | 88 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
20:30 | Borderline | by Antoine Bonzon, Benoit Bizard | France 2021 | 52 ‘(Arabic, English, Italian subtitles)
Thursday, 10 March | Thursday, 10th March
10:00 | (At the Società Umanitaria Cineteca Sarda) For an authentic and anti-colonial dramaturgy, public meeting with Filippo Kalomenidis
11:00 | (At the Sardinian Film Library Humanitarian Society) Guided tour
15:30 | Roots in the Middle| by Farida Kilani | Italy 2019 | 10 ‘(Italian, Arabic, Italian subtitles)
15:45 | Om Layoun | by Habib Ayed | Tunisia 2021 | 80 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
17:20 | Bank of Targets | by Roshdi Sarraj | Palestine 2021 | 25 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
18:00 | The Seven Villages | by Farah Abou Kharroub | Lebanon / Czech Republic 2020 | 17 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
18:30 | Letter to a Friend | by Emily Jacir | Palestine 2019 | 43 ‘(English, Italian subtitles)
19:30 | Surda Checkpoint | Out of competition by Kasim Abid | Iraq / UK 2005 | 22 ‘(Arabic, English, Italian subtitles)
20:30 | Gaza Footbullet| by Iyad Alasttal | Palestine / France 2021 | 36 ‘(Arabic, French, English, Italian subtitles)
21:15 | Sard | by Zeina Ramadan | Palestine 2019 | 8 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
21:30 | Old Child | by Elettra Bisogno, Hazem Alqaddi | Belgium 2020 | 16 ‘(Arabic, English, Italian subtitles)
Friday, 11 March | Friday, 11th March
8:30> 13:00 | Teachers’ seminar “Palestine: colonialism and apartheid” Speakers Gabriel Traetta, Tina Marinari, Fausto Gianelli, Romana Rubeo; coordinated by Wasim Dahmash
15:30 | Mosaic | by Mohamad Khalil Abu Mathana | Syria 2021 | 7 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
15:45 | Uranus | by Aya Matrabie | Palestine 2020 | 11 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
16:00 | Don’t Cry | by Hisham Zreiq | Germany / Palestine 2022 | 10 ‘(German, Italian subtitles)
16:15 | Second Wind , | by Tariq Keblaoui, Nessim Stevenson | Lebanon 2021 | 26 ‘(Arabic, Lebanese, Italian subtitles)
17:00 | Shattered: Beirut 6.07 | Out of competition by Carol Mansour | Lebanon 2020 | 17 ‘(Arabic, English, French, Italian subtitles)
17:20 | What Remains | by Christian Harb | Lebanon 2020 | 5 ‘(silent)
17:30 | When Beirut Was Beirut | by Alessandra El Chanti | Lebanon 2021 | 12 ‘(Arabic, English subtitles)
18:00 |Liwan: a Story of Cultural Resistence | by Doris Hakim | Palestine / Spain 2021 | 28 ‘(English, Arabic, Italian subtitles)
18:45 | Abbas 36 | by Marwah Jbara Tibi and Nidal Rafa | Palestine 2019 | 72 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
20:30 | Beirut: Eye of the Storm | by Mai Masri | Lebanon 2021 | 75 ‘(Arabic, English subtitles)
Saturday, 12 March | Saturday, 12th March
9:00> 13:00 | Palestine in the chair Training of high school students: Historical introduction and screening of documentaries
16:00 | Walled Citizen | by Sameer Qumsiyeh | Palestine 2020 | 79 ‘(English, Arabic, Italian subtitles)
17:30 |Fedayin, le combat de Georges Abdallah | by Collectif Vacarme (s) film | France 2020 | 81 ‘(Arabic, English, French, Italian subtitles)
19:20 | A Talk with Remarkable People | by Maryse Gargour | Lebanon / Greece 2021 | 52 ‘(English, Italian subtitles)
20:30 | Wadi Al-Qilt the Untold Story | by Faisal Zakarneh | Palestine 2021 | 27 ‘(Arabic, Italian subtitles)
21:00 | Sun Ruled by a Crescent | Out of competition by Helmi Nouh | Egypt 2021 | 15 ‘(Arabic, English subtitles)
21:20 | Encountering Samir | by Rand Beiruty | Germany 2020 | 5.32 ‘(none, English subtitles)
21:45 | Horra, theatrical performance by the Our Voice group
Sunday, March 13 | Sunday, 13th March
10:00 | Guided tour: The history of the city and the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari, by the Arasolè Srls Association
16:00 | Holy Steps | by Mahmoud Emam Daood | Egypt / Italy 2021 | 39 ‘(Arabic, English, Italian, Spanish, Italian subtitles)
17:00 | Sarura. The Future is an Unknown Place | by Nicola Zambelli | Italy 2021 | 80 ‘(Arabic, English, Italian subtitles)
19:00 | Award ceremony
20:30 | Rahawan , Haya Zaatry in concert
