With Mohanad Yaqubi and Mathilde Rouxel
Age 15+
In English

Delve into the path-breaking filmography of Jocelyne Saab with editor and researcher Mohanad Yaqubi and Mathilde Rouxel, an Arab cinema researcher and film programmer. This talk is being held in conjunction with the launch of Yaqubi’s publication Jocelyne Saab: Inventory 1973–1983, which reflects on the emergence of political film production and the broader context of Saab’s work from 1973 to 1983. The conversation will be preceded by a screening of two of Saab’s films—South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege (1976) and Les Femmes palestiniennes [Palestinian women] (1974).
 

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About the speakers:

Mohanad Yaqubi is one of the founders of Idioms Film, an arthouse production company established in Ramallah in 2004. He is also a member of Subversive Film, a curatorial collective focused on researching and redistributing militant cinema from Palestine and beyond. Since 2017, he has been a lecturer and researcher at KASK School of the Arts, Ghent. His first feature film, Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory (2016), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, Berlinale, Cinéma du réel, Dubai International Film Festival and Carthage Film Festival. His second feature, R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity (2022), debuted at documenta fifteen, IDFA, Marrakesh Film Festival, True/False Film Fest and Melbourne International Film Festival.

Mathilde Rouxel specialises in the history of cinema in Arab countries, particularly resistance cinema since the 1960s. She is the artistic director of the Aflam Festival, Marseille, and the Franco-Arab Film Festival, Noisy-le-Sec. She has written and edited several publications on the work of Jocelyne Saab, with whom she worked during the last years of Saab’s life. She is also co-founder of the Jocelyne Saab Association and the Archive Circulation Initiative, which raise awareness about the challenges of preserving film heritage and share technical knowledge related to film and analogue technology through research and training workshops in Arab countries.