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	other events \| screenings 2009 LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL THE 2009 LONDON PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL Friday April 24th to Friday May 8th View Screenings By Date: WEEK 1: Fri. 24th — Sat. 25th — Sun. 26th — Mon. 27th — Tues. 28th — Weds. 29th — Thurs. 30th WEEK 2: Fri. 1st — Sat. 2nd — Sun. 3rd — Tues. 5th — Weds. 6th — Thurs. 7th — Fri. 8th SEE SPONSORS AND PARTNERS OF THE 2009 LPFF. . FULL FESTIVAL CALENDAR: Friday, 24th April 2009 OPENING GALA: Barbican Cinema 1, 19:30 *Laila's Birthday* by Rashid Masharawi + Q&A with lead actor Mohammed Bakri Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Saturday, 25th April 2009 SCREENING 1: Barbican Cinema 3, 16:00 *Divine Intervention* by Elia Suleiman Synopsis (Opens in New Window) +The View by Hazim Bitar Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: Barbican Cinema 3, 18:15 *Laila's Birthday* by Rashid Masharawi + Q&A with lead actor Mohammed Bakri Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 3: Barbican Cinema 3, 20:30 *To My Father* by Abdelsalam Shehadeh UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + John Berger Reads Ghassan Kanafani’s "Letter From Gaza" Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Sunday, 26th April 2009 SCREENING 1: Barbican Cinema 1, 17:00 *NAKBA: Palestine 1948* by Ryuichi Hirokawa + Panel with director Hirokawa and scholars Ilan Pappe, Karma Nabulsi UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: Barbican Cinema 3, 20:15 *Introduction to the End of an Argument...* by Jayce Salloum & Elia Suleiman Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Palestine Remembered by Dominique Dubosc Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Sedition by Min Sook Lee UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Monday, 27th April 2009 SCREENING 1: SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON, Barbican Cinema 3, 18:30 *Smile! You Are in South Lebanon* by Dalia Al Kury UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + R:Existence by Marco Pasquini UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Welcome to Shatila by Raad Raad UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: Barbican Cinema 3, 20:45 *Shadow of Absence* by Nasri Hajjaj UK PREMIER ADDITION: At short notice and to our great pleasure, director Nasri Hajjaj will be in attendance for this premier screening + Q&A With director Nasri Hajjaj, Chaired Dr. Laleh Khalili Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Tuesday, 28th April 2009 Barbican Cinema 3, 18:15 *State of Siege* by Constantin Costas—Gavras Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Wednesday, 29th April 2009 SCREENING 1: Barbican Cinema 3, 18:30 *This Way Up* by Georgi Lazarevski Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Open Heart by Claire Fowler Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: Barbican Cinema 3, 20:30 *Friendship's Death* by Peter Wollen Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + A Space Exodus by Larissa Sansour Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Thursday, 30th April 2009 SCREENING 1: Barbican Cinema 3, 18:30 *“House Salad” (Salata Baladi)* by Nadia Kamel UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: Barbican Cinema 3, 20:30 *Salt of This Sea* by Annemarie Jacir + Q&A With co—producer Sawsan Asfari and historian Ilan Pappe, Chaired by novelist Nicholas Blincoe CLOSING NIGHT — WEEK 1 of LPFF 2009 Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + 60 Units of Time by Raad Raad UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Friday, 1st May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 18:30 FREE *Recognized* by Ori Kleiner Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + My Land by Tone Andersen Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Saturday, 2nd May 2009 SPECIAL ALL DAY SESSION: EDWARD SAID ON SCREEN SCREENING 1: SOAS, KLT, 16:00 FREE *Edward Said in Conversation with Salman Rushdie — 1986* ICA Archive Synopsis (Opens in New Window) SCREENING 2: SOAS, KLT, 18:00 FREE *Edward Said: The Last Interview* by Mike Dibb Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Sunday, 3rd May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 16:00 FREE *Take Me Home* by Mais Darwazah UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + We Like Life Tomorrow by Ismail Habbash UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Tuesday, 5th May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 18:45 FREE *La Terre Parle Arabe* by Maryse Gargour + Q&A with historian Nur Masalha Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Arthur Balfour and Me by Charlotte Cornic Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Wednesday, 6th May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 18:30 FREE *Memory of the Cactus* by Hana Musleh Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Stranger in My Home by Sahera Dirbas Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Thursday, 7th May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 18:30 FREE *A Summer Not to Forget* by Carole Mansour + Presentations by Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah and Nick Denes on civilian casualties in the 2008/9 Gaza offensive. NB: The film and presentations contain extremely graphic and disturbing imagery of human suffering, the session will be preceded by a statement from the PFF on the decision to exhibit this material. Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP Friday, 8th May 2009 SOAS, KLT, 18:30 FREE *5 Minutes From Home* by Nahed Awwad UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) + Easy, Easy by Riyad Deis UK PREMIER Synopsis (Opens in New Window) BACK UP