THE 2nd ANNUAL HOUSTON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL.

The Houston Palestine Film Festival
May 9 - May 18
Tickets
$7 each night for adults
$6 for students, senior citizens, children

The second annual Houston Palestine Film Festival brings an honest and independent view of Palestine and its society, culture and political travails through the art of film. This group of groundbreaking cinematic texts rise above the degrading stereotypes or politicized depictions that are so familiar to Houstonians.

The films will be screened at the Angelika Theater, Museum of Fine Arts, and the Rice Media Center.

Films Screening Include:
9 Star Hotel
Director - Ido Haar

Best Documentary Jerusalem Film Festival
Best Film: Human Rights Competition at Buenos Aires Film Festival
Presents – without rancor and with deep pathos – the irony of dispossessed young men who would normally be lauded for eschewing violence and striving to make a living, but find themselves building someone else’s future.” – Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

Driving to Zigzigland
Director - Nicole Ballivian

Winner of Best Film Award at Amal Film Festival, Spain
Winner of Best Actor Award at Amal Film Festival, Spain
Winner of Audience Award at Arabian Sights Film Festival
A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, Driving to Zigzigland portrays the social struggle of the arab immigrant in post 9/11 America. Shot in Los Angeles and Palestine, based on true stories.

A Day in Palestine
Mary Ellen Davis, José Garcia-Lozano, Will Eizlini

Best Documentary (Short Film), Saskatchewan FilmPool Cooperative
Scenes of everyday life in the occupied Palestinian territories with a dream-like feeling reminiscent of home-movies of the 60s. But instead of a day at the beach or in the backyard: a wall, an olive tree, a bulldozer, soldiers harassing grandmothers.

For a complete list of films and screening times visit: http://www.hpff.org/

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