Wedding in Galilee

A Palestinian patriarch seeks permission to lift Israel's curfew to give his son a grand wedding, but the governor agrees to it on one condition: that he and his officers can attend.

The father accepts the conditions, triggering a series of events involving the various villagers over the two days leading up to the wedding: the groom is angry with his father for accepting the demand, the women of the village prepare the bride for the wedding, and Palestinian youths plan violent resistance, to name a few. The tension between the army and the villagers increases, while the groom's anger and impotence threaten the family's honor.

Wedding in Galilee paints a fantastic picture of the various dynamics in a Palestinian village, emphasizing the residents' shared history and common struggle against Israeli occupation. Here, a vital film work about Palestinian national identity highlights the connection to the land and its past. The film is the first feature film made by a Palestinian and filmed entirely in Palestine.

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Introduction by Masahat

The screening of WEDDING IN GALILEE will be introduced by Masahat - Festival for Arabic Art and Culture.

Director

Michel Khleifi (b. 1950) is a Palestinian filmmaker from Nazareth. Khleifi is considered one of the most important filmmakers in Palestinian cinema history. In 1970, he moved to Belgium where he studied TV and theatre direction at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). He began as a documentary filmmaker with the documentaries Fertile Memories (1980) and Destruction (1985), before making his first feature film, Wedding in Galilee (1987).

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